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If you’re in the mood for things to begin to look a lot like Christmas than this lovely, festive offering by Lindsey Kelk might just be an excellent place to start, especially if you want some hilarity to go with your fairy lights.

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Christmas Fling by Lindsey Kelk

A very dear colleague of thirty-odd years passed from a valiant battle against pancreatic cancer a few weeks ago. She was such a huge part of what she often referred to as “our work family.” She was vibrant, kind, smart, sunshine, and could cook and bake like no one’s business. She was French, need I say more? I looked up to her. She was goodness incarnate. This poem is for Isabelle.

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An art/murder thriller set a few months after 9/11 bringing back all kinds of memories of being in DC that day. And the thought: there are legal adults who were not even born then! Before I go too far into yikes-land, let’s get on with the review, shall we?

Chloe has an incredible job that she loves but can’t seem to keep herself from spinning out of control until a situation arises that forces her to straighten out her life or lose it in The Gallery Assistant.

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I don’t know if I’m quite done finding horror/scary novels for Halloween yet, but, anyway, LOOK at THIS! IT’S CHRISTMAS!! Maybe that’s scary enough.

And you know I’m just kidding. Well, sorta. But when it’s time, I’ll be all about Christmas! I’ll be decking the halls and boughing that holly and all the rest of it.

But seriously, I have a sweet book to review. Puppies and squirrels! What could be better?

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Do you need a little horror reading (supernatural or not . . . ) for your Halloween? The Haunting of Paynes Hollow has you covered!

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Convoluted! Not T. Kingfisher’s novella, but my journey to reading it. Read on!

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The always witty Mhairi McFarlane writes about a fake relationship, not one but two women done wrong but sleazy men, and so many current British colloquialisms, slang, and cultural references that you’ll need to keep an open Google tab to understand what’s going on in Cover Story.

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Despite the fact that so many are having a love affair with anything Austen these days (years?), I am not (gasp) one of them. In fact, I have not even seen the Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice! (Although I have heathen-ly devoured the version with Keira Knightley and Matthew McFadden. Alas, there may be no hope for me! ) Regardless, I do like twisty takes, as you may well know if you read my mystery/thriller reviews, and adore when someone goes off in a novel direction (the punster). Such is...

What happens when steadfast, loyal, smart Polly loses her memory in an accident and becomes the dynamic character, Sabrina Anderson, from the novel she’s been writing? A once in a lifetime chance to live life on her own terms in Milly Johnson funny and heart-felt, The Accidental Rewrite.

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For several days now I’ve been thinking about kindness. What does the word kindness mean? Is my society, the American society, kind, or has it lost its ability to be kind? Am I kind–still?

Kindness was a trait that I took for granted. Most people when I was growing up, and indeed, for most of my life were kind. There were some who seemed more barbari...