Tala placed her secrets in the box. In dreams, the box would open, spilling her secrets into the world. The Hour of Daydreams by Renee...

One new book came into my house last week. What new books came into yours? The Only Woman in the Room: The Norma Paulus Story by Norma ...

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What books came into your house last week? One new release from Forest Avenue Press came to me that looks super cool: The Hour of Daydr...

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The plants weren't touching any of the other students. Just him, and he had better get out of here. --   Kinship of Clover by Ellen...

Ellen Meeropol is the author of two previous novels, House Arrest and On Hurricane Island . Her new novel, Kinship of Clover , puts a hu...

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Susan DeFreitas was born in Michigan, lived in Arizona, then moved to Portland, where she now writes realistic fiction and sci-fi. Her d...

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Arin sipped her tea, as if choosing her words. "He was part of the crew that blew the Snoquomish Dam." Hot Season by Susan D...

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Accompanied by a clowder of hungry cats, I made for the kitchen. Coffee and cat food, my morning routine, only today it was a little late...

One HOT new book came into my house last week and I am excited to get it! What books came into your house last week? Hot Season by Susa...

We read Astoria by Peter Stark for book club and I was swept away by this real life adventure. In 1810, John Jacob Astor, with the bles...

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Bart King is the author of several nonfiction books, including the wildly popular Big Book of Boy Stuff  and Big Book of Girl Stuff . ...

He was unsteady on his feet, from the booze, the beating, or both. Someone had stuck him in a wheelchair and rolled him into the exam ro...

Rose City Reader has been around for nine years!  In the last couple of years, I haven't been doing as many book reviews as ...

One very cozy and fun book came into my house last week. What books came into your house last week? Cat's Paw by Mollie Hunt . This...

Author and medical doctor, Patricial Kullberg found inspiration for her historical novel and her new memoir in the lives around her. H...

THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book ...

THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book ...