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Mother of Rome by Lauren Bear
Lauren Bear debuted her first novel, Medusa’s Sisters, in 2023, a tale of Greek Mythology focusing on the sisters of Medusa and their relationship to the world and gods around them. It was evocative,...
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The Magic of The Rainfall Market
I did not have an introduction to Korean folklore on my 2025 Bingo list, but I am glad I got to check that box off. In The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang, we join young Serin on her journey through...
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Tartufo: A Fungi Lover’s Dream by Kira Jane Buxton
In a small Italian village, but not the one you are thinking of, there is a restaurant. It’s not the one you are thinking of. This one is closed, that one is one town over. There is also a Truffle...
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Discovering the Shadow Realm with Sylvia Mercedes
For anyone who ever fell in love with the Beast, and was disappointed when the curse was broken and blondie appeared, this series from Sylvia Mercedes will scratch all those beastly itches and then...
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The Labyrinth of Souls by Leslie Vedder
When I was young I devoured books like Mallory Towers and The Naughtiest Schoolgirl by Enid Blyton. Though I had no desire to go there myself, I loved reading about kids at boarding school. The...
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A Surprising Easter Egg
Easter baskets were not something I grew up with in the UK. We didn’t hunt eggs in the Midlands in the 1980s. And while we did consume a vast quantity of oversized chocolate eggs, it wasn’t until I...
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Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson
When I was nine, or thereabouts, my family took one of the greatest vacations of my life. We took my Grandad’s small RV, drove up to Scotland from our house in the Midlands, and spent what felt like...
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Rediscovering Alexander McCall Smith
I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the storytelling and narrative voice of Alexander McCall Smith. When his exceptionally popular series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency first appeared in 2002, I was...
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