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  BOOK REVIEW Cheyenne Summer: The Battle of Beecher Island: A History by Terry Mort (2021, Pegasus Books ) In Cheyenne Summer , Terry Mor...

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THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION The National Book Foundation  has awarded the National Book Awards to American writers since 1950. The ...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS What book captured your fancy this week? Please share the opening sentence (or so) with us here on Book Beginning...

BOOK REVIEW Shoot the Moonlight Out by William Boyle (2021, Pegasus Books ) Shoot the Moonlight Out , the new neo noir thriller by William...

  THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE The  James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction  is one of the oldest and most prestigious book prizes. It has...

  THE 2022 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE IS HERE! It's time to sign up for the 2022 European Reading Challenge! Many of you have already si...

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BOOK REVIEW Murder at the Castle by M. B. Shaw (2020, Pegasus Books) Iris Grey is an up-and-coming portrait painter whose last commission l...

  BOOK REVIEW Humanity's Grace by Dede Montgomery (2021, Bedazzled Ink ) Short stories, linked by a murder, set on the Oregon coast. I...

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  THE 2022 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE MY SIGN UP POST To sign up yourself (and I hope you do), go to the main challenge page here .   2022 i...

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