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Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon by Mizuki
Tsujimura, Yuki Tejima (Translator)
When a young woman from Tokyo contacts the Go-Between to
request a meeting with a deceased TV star who once helped her, she doesn’t
expect a teenage boy to show up. Dressed in a designer duffel coat and carrying
a tattered notebook, Ayumi Shibuya, our mysterious intermediary, offers an
extraordinary service: he reunites the living with their dearly departed. Meeting
his clients at a luxury hotel, Ayumi lays down the ground rules: each reunion
is a one-time arrangement that the dead can refuse; the service is entirely
free, and the meeting must take place during a full moon.
I found this book to be enchanting, very well-written, beautiful, and thoroughly enjoyable. -MS 5 stars
The Bandit Queens by Parini
Shroff
Geeta's no-good husband disappeared five years ago. She didn't kill him, but everyone thinks she did--no matter how much she protests. But she soon discovers that being known as a "self-made" widow has some surprising perks. No one messes with her, no one threatens her, and no one tries to control (ahem, marry) her. It's even been good for her business; no one wants to risk getting on her bad side by not buying her jewelry. Freedom must look good on Geeta, because other women in the village have started asking for her help to get rid of their own no-good husbands...but not all of them are asking nicely. Now that Geeta's fearsome reputation has become a double-edged sword, she must decide how far to go to protect it, along with the life she's built. Because even the best-laid plans of would-be widows tend to go awry.
I enjoyed learning about another culture. I also liked the interaction of the women and how they watched out for each other despite their differences. -MH 4 stars
The Secret Society of Librarians by Kate
Thompson
The Secret Society of Librarians is a heartbreaking yet
heartwarming wartime library-set novel, inspired by real people, real stories,
and extensive research. Meeting through real-life Secret Society of Librarians
in London, two women form a close bond. When WW2 hits, they take their
libraries underground, creating create a roaming underground library. But when
one of them is taken to Poland and a concentration camp, they think there is no
chance of ever being reunited again... This is an inspirational, true and
compelling story about friendship, everyday bravery and the power of books,
with a dual narrative set between London and Poland in the 1940s.
I didn't care for the dual timeline, but it was still really interesting. -WJ 5 stars
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Geron
If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?:
Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia by Bill
Heavey
Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal
of Jim Crow Justice by David M. Oshinsky
Off the Record: A Vietnam War Nurse's Journal by Fay
Ferington
When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley
Cash
The Skeleton and the Cat by
Brandon James Scott
Astarion: Baldur's Gate 3 by T.
Kingfisher
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Siren Says by Jennifer Michelle Herrera
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Christopher Little, editor: Lynda Waggoner
The Ghost of the Mountains: Unraveling the Secrets
of the Snow Leopard by Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
The Everest Mystery: Sandy Irvine, George Mallory,
and the Truth Still Buried on Everest by Julie Summers and Jochen
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