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January 8, 2023
Book Reviews and Going Down a Rabbit Hole from From My Carolina Home

This month was an eclectic mix of fiction and non-fiction. The second book took me down a rabbit hole for a while with a book leading to a movie, then to music from decades ago. But, let’s start with my favorite North Carolina author writing in her style of magical realism.

Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen – A lovely tale of lonely people coming together, with Addison’s signature touch of magic. A young woman comes to a hidden away complex to claim her mother’s apartment. When one of the residents dies, the other residents reveal their stories ...

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January 8, 2020
Winter Reading and a Giveaway from From My Carolina Home

It has been months since I did a post on books I’ve read.  Certainly when it is cold outside, curling up with a good book is nice especially if accompanied by a fire in the fireplace and a cup of hot coffee.  I read almost every day, as I like to get up early and enjoy the quiet of early dawn. I went through a bunch of bad books last summer, from wallbangers (books that are so bad that they are thrown against a wall after 50 pages) to endings that were awful, and then to the mildly disappointing ...

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