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Longbourn by Jo Baker

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“Things could change so entirely, in a heartbeat; the world could be made entirely anew, because someone was kind.”  Enjoyed this novel! It was written nicely with the events occurring in Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,”. It’s the version of the story, told by the perspective of the servants at Longbourn.  The main characters...

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I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon

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“She has been many things through the years, but helpless is not one of them.” Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter, and the fourth child of the last tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his wife, Alexandra, was long rumored to have somehow survived the ruthless and grisly death by firing squad her family...

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

by - 7:25 AM
“That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you to another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It's geometrically progressive - all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer...

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The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick

by - 8:51 AM
“One day, lad, your eyes will light upon a woman, and you will never forget that glint in her eye, that toss of her head, or sway of her hips. You will dream of her, whether you are asleep of awake. She will possess your mind, and your body will be on fire...

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March Book Wrap Up

by - 8:36 AM
The Secret Wife of King George IV by Diane Haeger (✬✬✬✬) Diane Haeger is a talented author, with an ability to create characters that are believable and larger than life. I especially liked her take on Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Most historians paint her as this wonderfully independent woman, but Haeger brings out...

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