Karen Bourland

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Karen Bourland

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Karen’s favorite books

Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Truman by David McCullough

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

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Karen’s Bookshelves

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read‎ (518)
historical-fiction‎ (2)

biography‎ (0)
psychology‎ (0)

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Karen is Currently Reading

Death on the Thames

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Death on the Thames (Alexandra Raven Mysteries #2)

by Shiv Saywack

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Feb 10, 2026 01:52PM

Retribution: A Fo...

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Retribution: A Former US Marine's Harrowing Journey from Wrongful Imprisonment in Russia to the Front Lines of the Ukrainian War

by Trevor Reed

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The Frozen River

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The Frozen River

by Priscilla Boakye -Yiadom

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Karen’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Lucy by the Sea (Amgash, #4)

Lucy by the Sea (Amgash, #4) by Elizabeth Strout

And so we settled in. “We can’t be with anyone for two weeks,” William

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Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose

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Biography, Fiction, Historical fiction, Humor and Comedy, Non-fiction, Psychology, and Travel

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