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Book Review: The Midnight Library

Posted onNovember 19, 2020November 3, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Matt Haig’s latest novel reminds us of what really makes our lives worth living. Read More …

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Book Review: Harry’s Trees

Posted onAugust 27, 2020August 25, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

How a book set in the Endless Mountains touched a coastal fiction lover. Read More …

CategoriesReviewTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, forest, Harry's Trees, Jon Cohen

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Book Review: Witches’ Dance

Posted onMarch 12, 2020March 12, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

This literary fantasy is definitely not #coastalfiction, but it both educated and entertained—and it will be all too easy to miss. Read More …

CategoriesReviewTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Erin Eileen Almond, literary fantasy, music, novel, Paganini, Witches' Dance

Book Review: When We Believed in Mermaids

Posted onJanuary 16, 2020January 16, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Two sisters separated fifteen years ago find each other again—and are forced to confront the different lies they’ve always told about their childhood. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsBarbara O'Neal, book review, Carol Newman Cronin, coastalfiction, mermaids, When We Believed in Mermaids

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Book Review: BoatSense

Posted onOctober 31, 2019December 19, 2019AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

This thin volume packs in an eclectic mix of education and entertainment. Read More …

CategoriesReviewTagsboatsense, book review, Carol Newman Cronin, Doug Logan

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Book Review: The Islanders

Posted onAugust 8, 2019August 6, 2019AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Meg Mitchell Moore’s 2019 novel is perfect for those waiting to read Ferry to Cooperation Island. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, ReviewTagsblock island, Carol Newman Cronin, comp titles, fiction, Meg Mitchell Moore, novels, summer, The Islanders

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Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing

Posted onJune 27, 2019June 6, 2019AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

A novel set on the North Carolina coast is the best book I’ve read this year. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsCarol Newman Cronin, fiction, Marsh, The Marsh Girl, Where the Crawdads Sing

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Book Review: Come With Me

Posted onApril 4, 2019April 4, 2019AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

A 2018 novel teaches me something about my own brain, even though both my life and my writing are quite different. Read More …

CategoriesReviewTagsbook review, Come With Me, Helen Schulman

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Book Review: Little Fires Everywhere

Posted onFebruary 21, 2019February 21, 2019AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Celeste Ng’s careful and insightful novel asks, what makes the best family? Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, Celeste Ng, literary fiction, novel, Shaker Heights

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Book Review: Suspicion

Posted onJanuary 24, 2019January 24, 2019AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Barbara Rogan’s book about a ghost-story writer who moves to a haunted house is full of surprises. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsBarbara Rogan, book review, Carol Newman Cronin, Suspicion

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