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Ruth’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ruth’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Ruth F. Stevens
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Providence, RI, The United States
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September 2014
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My Year of Casual Acquaintances (South Bay #1)
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Stage Seven
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The Unexpected Guests (South Bay #2)
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Literary Luncheon
I'm honored to be one of the featured authors at “Between the Covers…a Literary Luncheon” on October 20 at the Palos Verdes Golf Club, Palos Verdes Estates, California. I’ll be joined by four other local authors – Dr. Marilou Ryder, Rebecca Forster, Wendell Thomas, and host James T. Bartlett – in an informal book chat over a catered three-course luncheon.
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Ruth’s Recent Updates
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Kellie Harris's review
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My Year of Casual Acquaintances: A Novel (The South Bay Series Book 1):
"At first I had a really hard time with the main character, Margaret. She's unlikable in a lot of ways. She is unhappy with her life and is really unsatisfied with her relationships (and lack thereof).
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| For anybody seeking guidance on how to care for someone with dementia, there is no better teacher than a dementia patient who retains enough self-awareness, and enough verbal acuity, to describe what it’s like to live with this disease. Fortunately f ...more | |
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"3.5 stars. I'm surprised I got so invested in these characters as most of them made me want to smack them upside their heads for a good deal of the story."
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"The Unexpected Guests is a quiet novel that understands the complicated, tender, often funny emotional terrain of midlife. Stevens writes with a calm confidence, allowing relationships to unfold in ways that feel earned rather than engineered.
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Sandy Mckenzie's review
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My Year of Casual Acquaintances: A Novel (The South Bay Series Book 1):
"Margaret has been recently divorced after a twenty-eight-year marriage and embarks on a life journey to find her new place in the world. Each month she meets a new friend. She is addicted to fitness and wine. Much of the story is at the fitness club "
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| I read this book based on Mindy Kaling's endorsement, but overall it was disappointing. As a send-up of the publishing industry and social media engagement, it was okay, but I've read better. The author did have a different take on the subject of bul ...more | |
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| Nicola Cooper is a self-proclaimed mess, and who can blame her? Her beloved husband died in a car crash, her neurodivergent daughter is brilliant but challenging, her father has dementia, and her mother is pressuring her to move back to her childhood ...more | |
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| Fiction author Janis Robinson Daly has made it her writing mission to celebrate women in history, especially ones who are lesser known. Under Two Flags, set in World War I Berlin, is a worthy addition to her body of work. Young Bostonian Josephine Ma ...more | |
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