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Roxanne Reviews Getting to Know Death
Roxanne reviews Getting to Know Death by Gail Godwin Strange how coincidences go, but while reading the novel What Are You Going Through...
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Feb 32 min read
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Roxanne Reviews Apartment Women
Roxanne reviews Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo One of the greatest gifts literature provides us is a global connection. In Apartment...
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Nov 24, 20242 min read
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Roxanne Reads Memoirs
Roxanne is our most dedicated memoir reader. Here are three recent life stories that she recommends. Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti...
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Nov 11, 20241 min read
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Roxanne Reviews "Carrie Carolyn Coco"
Roxanne reviews Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable by Sarah Gerard. I used to be a wimp...
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Jul 22, 20241 min read
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Roxanne Reviews "I Hope This Finds You Well"
Roxanne reviews I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue Enjoying snarky comments and sarcastic musings isn’t necessarily something of...
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May 13, 20241 min read
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Scott Blurbs Jazz
Scott is a musician, so when he makes note of a book pertaining to music we pay attention. Here are three melodic titles he recommends. 3...
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Apr 28, 20241 min read
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An Interview With Ben Kerns: Editor in Chief, Magazine1
Poet and Educator Bubba Henson interviews Ben Kerns: Editor in Chief of Magazine1, Bookstore1's new literary magazine. When Georgia Court...
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Apr 15, 20245 min read
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Roxanne Review "Until August"
Roxanne reviews Until August by Gabriel García Márquez Though tourist season will soon wane, for those still lingering here on the beach,...
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Apr 8, 20241 min read
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Melanie Book Blurbs: Women's History Month Edition
Melanie enjoys reading historical fiction and biographies of historical figures. Since March is Women's History Month, here are two books...
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Mar 18, 20241 min read
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Roxanne Reviews "The Other Profile"
Roxanne reviews The Other Profile by by Irene Graziosi Translated from Italian by Lucy Rand Since my equal passion to books is film, like...
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Feb 26, 20242 min read
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Roxanne Reviews "Leaving"
Roxanne reviews Leaving by Roxana Robinson Leaving by Roxana Robinson isn’t typically a book I’d be dying to read. The story sounds...
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Jan 31, 20241 min read
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Roxanne Reviews "Obvious in Hindsight"
Roxanne reviews Obvious in Hindsight by Bradley Tusk As a confessed life long learner, I’m all about discovering new information...
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Dec 1, 20231 min read
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Roxanne Reviews "The Happy Couple"
Roxanne reviews The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan A recent study reported that a significant portion of thirtysomethings are marrying...
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Nov 13, 20231 min read
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Roxanne Review "Brutalities: A Love Story
Roxanne reviews Brutalities: A Love Story by Margo Steines I picked up Brutalities: A Love Story thinking the literal, ‘let me try a...
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Oct 2, 20231 min read
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Roxanne Reviews "The Pole"
Roxanne reviews The Pole by J. M. Coetzee The Pole, the new novel by Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee, is a pensive stream of...
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Sep 11, 20231 min read
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Roxanne Reviews "Hope"
Roxanne reviews Hope: A Novel by Andrew Ridker Hope: A Novel by Andrew Ridker impressed me. Let me count the ways: First, the novel’s...
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Jul 17, 20231 min read
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Roxanne Reviews Niki
Roxanne reviews Niki by Christos Chomenidis Told from the point of view of the ghost of Niki Armaos, this epic historical WWII fiction is...
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Jun 26, 20231 min read
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Roxanne Reviews "The Book of Charlie"
Roxanne reviews The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man by David Von Drehle. The new...
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Jun 6, 20231 min read
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Roxanne Reviews "Collecting Confidence"
Roxanne reviews Collecting Confidence: Start Where You Are to Become the Person You Were Meant to Be. Collecting Confidence: Start Where...
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May 22, 20232 min read
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Roxanne Reviews "Community Board"
Roxanne reviews Community Board by Tara Conklin. One of my mother’s sage maxims when I was a teen was, “Lighten up”. Surely this is also...
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Apr 30, 20231 min read
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