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Summertime reading: board books, picture books, middle grade and adult reviewed

Front cover image of Berani with an orange orangutan starring at something in his hand sitting on leaves with a leaf superimposed on the background.

It's summer. I have been doing lots of reading and no writing. Check out my reviews of Berani, Michelle Kadarusman's latest middle grade, The Science of Babies board book and some adult books Karen Swan's Summer at Tiffany's.

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Block off an afternoon for Karen Swan’s latest Midnight in the Snow

Front cover image of Midnight in the Snow by Karen Swan with a chalet in dusk on a mountain with a town blow and lights sparkling on the outside

Karen Swan's latest book was a bit slow to start, but once it hooked me in, I was committed to the end.

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The Secret Path – another great book by Karen Swan

Front cover image of The Secret Path of a white woman standing at the end of sandy path overlooking the occean with a speedboat passing by surrounded by a jungle

Karen Swan does it again in The Secret Path - great characters and an amazing location. A great book to escape into.

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Together By Christmas – another excellent read from the prolific writer Karen Swan

Front cover image of Karen Swan's Together by Christmas with the back of blond-haired woman in a red coat and black leggings holding a bike and walking down a snow-filled path with decorated Christmas trees

Another amazing read by Karen Swan, this one set in the Netherlands and featuring both St. Nicholas Day and Christmas.

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Escape from your living room into Karen Swan’s latest The Hidden Beach

Front cover image of The Hidden Beach of a girl in a white dress and hat standing at the end of the dock surrounded by islands with houses and a boat in the water

Beautiful location, great characters and fast read in Karen Swan's latest The Hidden Beach.

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Beautiful read in Karen Swan’s latest book The Spanish Promise

A dark-haired women walking down an narrow alleyway between white houes with green doors and baskets of flowers and citrus fruit

Clear off your schedule - I read Karen Swan's latest The Spanish Promise in a day.

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So much going on in Karen Swan’s The Christmas Lights

The northern lights light up the sky, mountains and blue waters. A blond woman wearing a red coat stands and looks at the view. It's snowing and there are snow-covered pine trees around her.

Lots of twists and turns in this latest Karen Swan book.

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The Christmas Secret is more about plot and character than the holiday season

The Christmas Secret by Karen Swan (PGC Books) offers strong plot and characters and offers a look at the whiskey industry.

While The Christmas Secret is set around Christmas, it is not a Christmas book nor would I add it to my list of books I read every holiday season. Which is not to say I didn't like this book by... Continue Reading →

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Karen Swan’s The Rome Affair keeps you guessing until the book ends

Book Time, book reviews, PGC Books, Pan Macmillian, Karen Swan, mystsery book, Rome, The Rome Affair, blogger, memoir, memoir writing, autobiography, biography, rich and poor

I suspect when it comes to biographies and autobiographies, the memories we end up reading in books are similar to those of the stories Viscontessa Elena dei Damiani Pignatelli della Mirandola, or simply Elena, tells to her memoir writer, Cesca... Continue Reading →

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