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Saint Death's Daughter

C S E Cooney
2022
"I loved Saint Death's Daughter to pieces. I loved the world-building and the characters …
Fantasy —
Seek and Hide

Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy

Amy Gajda
2022
We live in a world where we know more about each other than ever before. New technologies, social m…
History —
Shrines of Gaiety

Shrines of Gaiety

Kate Atkinson
2022
The latest novel from award winning author Kate Atkinson, "Shrines of Gaiety" is a sprawl…
Fiction —
Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel
2014
The first book chosen by Thornwell Books new Book Club #2 was a jolt to read. Set in a future when …
Science Fiction —
Station Eternity

Station Eternity

Mur Lafferty
2022
Depending on your point of view, "Station Eternity" is either a mystery set in space or a…
Science Fiction —
Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World

Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World: A History

William Alexander
2022
Growing up in Morganton, every July and August our kitchen counters overflowed with the tomatoes my…
Nature —
The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

Katherine Center
2022
I wanted to include a review of a romance in this newsletter but I hadn't read one in awhile s…
Romance —
The Daughters of Kobani

The Daughters of Kobani

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
2021
The fight against extremist and terrorist groups in the Middle East sometimes seems hopeless. Wins …
History —
The last days of the Dinosaurs

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black
2022
Riley Black has written a new sort of dinosaur book. It isn't really even about dinosaurs. Ins…
Nature —
The Latecomer

The Latecomer

Jean Hanff Korelitz
2022
The most delightful element of "The Latecomer" is the ironic deadpan humor of the narrati…
Fiction —
Towles

The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles
2021
Amor Towles has written a quintessentially American Odyssey, a “coming of age” story, following the…
Fiction —
the Maid

The Maid

Nita Prose
2022
The mystery genre has only 2 basic requirements, an apparent crime, most often murder, and an attem…
Fiction —