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Fiction 53

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer is a story written entirely by correspondences of some kind: be it telegrams, letters or even diary entries. The story is about English writer Juliet Ashton who, immediately after WWII, is attempting to move on, like so many others in Europe, by starting […]

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Angels and Demons

Angels and Demons is the first Robert Langdon book, and he wastes no time getting into the thick of it. Langdon, a Harvard professor and symbologist (because what other professions can a symbologist have?), is called upon to help solve cryptic messages that are left around the city of Rome shortly before the election of […]

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Deception Point

Deception Point by Dan Brown is an exciting tale of science, deceit and politics. Michael Tolland is an early version of the character that Brown later develops more fully, into internationally recognized, Mickey-Mouse-watch-wearing Robert Langdon, and Rachel Sexton is a version of the fit, beautiful female expert that will appear in the rest of Brown’s novels. […]

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Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk

Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk was a charming, witty, well-written adaptation of the real life of Margaret Fishback, who found herself a copywriter in early-to-mid 1900s in NYC, despite being a woman. Author Kathleen Rooney depicts this tough old woman through an evening walk on New Year’s Eve. At 85 years old, Lillian Boxfish sets […]

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The Spy

The Spy by Paulo Coelho is a story about Mata Hari, a woman who led a life that is easy to romanticize. From India to the stages of Paris, to being a spy during WWI, her life seemed like an exciting ride. Though there was more to the story, as she tells it. Coelho assumes […]

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Circling the Sun

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain is a beautiful trip to 1920s Kenya, where the reader follows a woman whose spirit cannot be contained by the rules that British society puts on her gender. Told in the first person, the reader follows a unique and adventure-filled life, led by a woman with a free spirit […]

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Winter of the World

Winter of the World, the second book in Ken Follett’s Century Trilogy, is a good entry point for people interested in WWII history fiction books, as the story is told from many points of view, something missing in a lot of WWII lit today. Winter of the World picks up on the heels of The […]

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

A modern classic, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, captures the imaginations of youth and adults alike. It introduces them to a world where there are flying brooms and people who wear emerald green capes. A world with moving staircases and wands are made with unicorn tail and phoenix feather. It’s also a world where […]

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