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A Re-Blog from Susan Finlay

Posted on April 3, 2015 by carolynbranch

How to Write a Book Review 02ThursdayApr 2015 Posted by Susan Finlay Before I became an author, I never wrote book reviews on Amazon. It never occurred to me that I should. I would read them, but I didn’t think it … Continue reading →

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The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier

Posted on May 13, 2014 by carolynbranch

The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Butcher made me feel the same way I feel driving past a bloody highway accident. You don’t want to look, but you can’t help yourself. You can’t resist … Continue reading →

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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Posted on April 16, 2014 by carolynbranch

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North My rating: 5 of 5 stars This novel is hard to categorize. Not exactly SciFi, regardless of the title and the basic premise. The author proposes that there are many … Continue reading →

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Ready to Die

Posted on August 8, 2013 by carolynbranch

Ready to Die by Lisa Jackson My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the fifth book in Lisa Jackson’s “To Die” series about Regan Pescoli and Selena Alvarez, detectives in the Grizzly Falls Sheriff’s Department, set in the mountains … Continue reading →

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Book Drunk

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Carolyn Paul Branch

Hello. My name is Carolyn and I’m a Bookaholic. I’m trying to pull out of a six week book binge right now. I’ve ignored family and friends, allowed dust bunnies and dirty laundry to accumulate, and even refused to play … Continue reading →

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The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Carolyn Paul Branch

The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell by William Klaber I picked up this book without reading any reviews. The cover and title looked interesting, so I started to read it on my Kindle. One of the first things you … Continue reading →

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Under the Dome???? NOT!

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Carolyn Paul Branch

Just watched “Under the dome” on CBS. SO disappointed. It is nothing at all like the Stephen King book – nothing.   Barbie, the main character has been transformed from a ex-army short order cook wanderer to some kind of … Continue reading →

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Robert B. Parker is Dead

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Carolyn Paul Branch

I was thrilled to find Ironhorse, a new addition to his wonderful Appaloosa series, and grabbed it up, even after I saw it was written not by Robert Parker, but by Robert Knott, the screenwriter who adapted Appaloosa for the … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Unreliable Narrator

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Carolyn Paul Branch

Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was the second choice, the runner-up in this year’s One Read program in my community. As often happens, the one they should have chosen, in my … Continue reading →

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An Unlikely Good Read

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Carolyn Paul Branch

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is one of those books you can’t describe adequately. It’s just so much better than the bare plot sounds. A sixty-five years old man … Continue reading →

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