Posts tagged with ‘Fiction’

  • The Eights (Book Review)

    By on February 16, 2026

    I enjoyed this book about the friendship that grows between four smart, strong women, who are assigned to lived...

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    Polly Castor
  • Untethered (Book Review)

    By on February 10, 2026

    This a work of historical fiction about a woman who is the director of a "group home for negro...

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    Polly Castor
  • The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion (Series Book Review)

    By on January 29, 2026

    Compare this series to a cross between Pride and Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables; it is at once...

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    Polly Castor
  • Time of the Child (Book Review)

    By on January 16, 2026

    It is a story about an unexpected baby arriving at Christmas time, and what a miracle that can be....

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    Polly Castor
  • Sword Catcher (Book Review)

    By on December 14, 2025

    This is the only book over 500 pages I read this year and I really enjoyed it. I'll be...

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    Polly Castor
  • Buckeye (Book Review)

    By on December 8, 2025

    Buckeye is a long, sweep of a book, taking place between two families in a small town in Ohio...

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    Polly Castor
  • Tuga Trilogy (Book Review)

    By on October 25, 2025

    These books feel like an antidote to and a refuge from the bleak realities of our news cycle. I

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    Polly Castor
  • The Correspondent (Book Review)

    By on October 19, 2025

    I found this deeply engaging, and I recommend it to you. I give it 5 stars. Now I want...

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    Polly Castor
  • The Stolen Queen (Book Review)

    By on October 8, 2025

    You too might enjoy this compulsively readable story by this highly capable writer.

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    Polly Castor
  • The Briar Club (Book Review)

    By on September 26, 2025

    I totally recommend reading this historical fiction set in the early 1950's and give it 5 stars.

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    Polly Castor
  • Confessions of a Grammar Queen (Book Review)

    By on September 17, 2025

    May we also summon the courage to fight for what we deserve, which is nothing less than the best...

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    Polly Castor
  • My Friends (Book Review)

    By on September 3, 2025

    This story is about a piece of art, and the story is art in itself.

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    Polly Castor