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Book Review: Life As We Knew it.

Book Review: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. “I never really thought about how when I look at the moon, it’s the same moon as Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and George Washington and Cleopatra looked at.” I actually bought the third book in this series first and realized quickly it wasn’t book…
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Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher: A Review

Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher is a witchy, magical retelling of Jane Eyre. It features a gifted healer named Jane Aire who takes a position at Thornfield Hall, a cursed estate with a mysterious and reclusive master, Edward Rochester. Full disclosure: I had no idea this was a retelling of Jane Eyre. I’ve…
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What Chrysanthemum Taught Me About Being Different

Chrysanthemum I was only a couple of months old when Chrysanthemum came out. Just a bald, cranky baby who didn’t even know she existed. As I grew and learned my name, I realized it was different. So different that sometimes I wondered whether my parents even liked me when they chose it. As a kid,…
