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Review: Strange Love

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Strange Love by Ann Aguirre My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean

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A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean by Burton L. Visotzky My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon

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Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

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Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution by Eric Jay Dolin My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Unorthodox Love

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Unorthodox Love by Heidi Shertok My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

It's Tu B'Av! Party like it's 5783, or Celebrating the Jewish Day of Romance

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Gabriel levered himself off the sofa and came up behind her, watching her busy, efficient hands in the mirror as she arranged the lace at her throat to hide the whisker marks on her neck. He peered solemnly into the glass and sighed. “I am so beautiful, and you are so smart. We will make wonderful children together, querida .” A smile quirked her cool lips as she adjusted her spectacles. “Let us hope they inherit a bit of modesty from me, Mr. Lopez. Why do you say I am smart?” He leaned forward and placed his lips just below her ear, a soft kiss that wouldn’t disarrange the lace or be noticed later. “You are smart because you agreed to marry me. Which makes me not only beautiful, but muy mazaloso ,” he added in Ladino. “An extremely fortunate man. " --Captain Sinister's Lady   Tuesday night and Wednesday (Jewish days begin at sundown) is Tu B'Av,  the Jewish Day of Love. " Chag HaAhava " in Hebrew. What? You didn't know there was a Jewish holiday celebrati...

Review: Babel: An Arcane History

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Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews