Title: The Badlands
Author: Richard Montanari
Genre: Police Procedural, Suspense, Thriller
# of pages: 416
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Borrowed/bought: borrowed
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: A

Description of the book: In the 4th book about Detectives Balzano and Burnes we learn about a cold case of a young runaway that explodes into a ( Read more... )

Title: Meet Me in St. Louis
Author: Sally Benson
Genre: Historical Fiction
# of pages: 290
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Borrowed/bought: borrowed
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B

Description of the book: I didn't realize this was a book until I stumbled onto it searching on Librarything. In turn of the century, the smith family is ( Read more... )

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author: Diane Setterfield
Genre: Mystery
# of pages: 406
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Borrowed/bought: bought
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: A+

Description of the book: Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent decades penning a series of alternative lives ( Read more... )

Title: Murder on Astor Place
Author: Victoria Thompson
Genre: Cozy, Historical Fiction
# of pages: 288
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Borrowed/bought: borrowed
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: A+

Description of the book: With the Victorian backdrop of New York City, this cozy introduces us to Sarah Brandt, a midwife who is estranged from her ( Read more... )

Title: Glimmerlgass
Author: Jenna Black
Genre: YA, Romance, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
# of pages: 304
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Borrowed/bought: bought
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: A

Description of the book: From the outset of the novel, we are introduced to Dana, whom we assume to be a normal teenager who has normal growing pains. ( Read more... )

Title: Remarkable Creatures
Author: Tracy Chevalier
Genre: Historical Fiction
# of pages: 299
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Borrowed/bought: bought
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: A

Description of the book: From the moment Mary Anning is struck by lightning as a baby, she is different. As a poor and uneducated youngster, Mary Anning starts hunting ( Read more... )

Title: The Romanov Prophecy
Author: Steve Berry
Genre: Historical Fiction
# of pages: 400
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Borrowed/bought: borrowed
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B+

Description of the book: A new era has dawned for Russia. The government is looking to restore the monarchy by finding the closest relative by blood to the ( Read more... )

Title: The Lost Cyclist
Author: David Herlihy
Genre: Biography
# of pages: 301
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Borrowed/bought: borrowed
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: C
Description of Book: In the 1880s bicycling was gaining attraction as a new sport and past time for Victorian gentlemen. These were referred to as wheelmen. During this time, ( Read more... )

Title: The Ice Queen
Author: Alice Hoffman
Genre: Magical Realism, Romance
# of pages: 211
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Borrowed/bought: bought
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B

Description of the book: The story opens as a little girl wishes her mother dead on a snowy, ice night in New Jersey. Full of illusions to fairy tales, our heroine ( Read more... )

Title: March
Author: Geraldine Brooks
Genre: Historical Fiction
# of pages: 304 pages
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Borrowed/bought: bought
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B+

Description of the book: This book follows the story of Mr. March of the famous March family of Little Women by L. M. Alcott. Mr. March enrolls to be a Chaplain in the ( Read more... )