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Xenobe Purvis created a masterful tale weaving together elements of natural disaster, isolation, cruelty, power, rumor, gender roles, and persecution.

In 1918, before the end of WWI, and in reaction to the huge number of American servicemen who had sexually transmitted diseases, two Congressmen came up with a law that allowed law enforcement agencies to target women who might be spreading these infectio…

Daniel Mason’s *Country People* is a witty, warmhearted novel about family, eccentric neighbors, and belonging—and it made me laugh out loud.

The action of The Briar Club starts in 1950 in a Washington, D.C. boarding house for women, owned by an uncaring, mean-spirited woman, Mrs.

Vivien Li, an expert on China, is called to the White House.

It was fun.

You've probably heard of Louisa May Alcott.

Caro Claire Burke's 2026 novel, Yesteryear, is supposed to be about time trouble, but it's really more about gender roles, conservative religion, wealth, class, and the impact of social media on both influencers and influencees.

Theo of Golden is about an older, monied, kind, and sophisticated gentleman who spends a year in Golden, Alabama, getting to know the townspeople, settling into an apartment above his friend's legal consulting business, and frequenting "The Chalice," a lo…

Birdie Calhoun, a 24-year-old, strong-minded, unmarried woman from Footely, Mississippi, goes to Oxford, Mississippi to beg her younger sister, Frances, now married into the wealthy Tartt family, for enough money to pay their taxes.

The father of The Moonshine Women was Hiram Strong.

The back of the book flaunted a quote that I believe in wholeheartedly and made me want to read it more: "The right book in the hands of the right person at exactly the right moment can change their life forever."

Judge Stone is definitely a fast-paced, thrilling read, but it's not an easy or light because it deals with hot-button, divisive issues.

Maybe my attraction to the rough and desolate Australian outback started with Colleen McCullough's novel The Thorn Birds, a book that captured my heart in the late 1970s.

This book rocked me.

Unexpected developments happen to each member of the family throughout the week.

Ridgeline by Michael Punke is an awesome historical novel, a recap of the sad, fraught relations with the indigenous tribes, an education in battlefield strategy, and a brilliant example of writing from multiple viewpoints.

Patrick Ryan's 2025 novel, Buckeye, is a vivid slice of Americana during WWII, depicting small-town life in Ohio and shedding insight on the human condition.

Crow Mary is a compelling story with strong characters, an interesting plot, and a feeling of what it must have been like to be a Native American woman at a time when her world was irrevocably changing.

Robert May accepted the assignment for the giveaway Christmas story about an animal.