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Book Review: Small Great Things

Posted onDecember 6, 2018December 6, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Jodi Picoult’s twenty-fifth novel drops us into a racially charged world—and makes us realize that there is no other kind. Read More …

CategoriesReviewTagsCarol Newman Cronin, fiction, Jodi Picoult, race, Small Great Things

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2018 Holiday Book List

Posted onDecember 6, 2018November 27, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

A holiday-inspired list of books that will take you to another world. Happy shopping and reading! Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Review, SeasonsTagsbook shopping, books I love, Carol Newman Cronin, fiction, Goodreads, holiday

Book Review: This Must Be the Place

Posted onNovember 1, 2018October 2, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Kate Racculia’s first novel reminds us that quirky doesn’t have to mean lonely. Read More …

CategoriesReviewTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, Kate Racculia, novel, This Must Be the Place

Book Review: Footprints in the Dust

Posted onOctober 4, 2018September 25, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

A nurse’s memoir brings to life the heartbreaking humanity of the world’s refugees. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, Footprints in the Dust, memoir, refugees, Roberta Gately

Book Comparison: Still Water Bending and Happiness

Posted onJune 21, 2018June 21, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Two books read back to back remind me of the importance of formatting—and telling a good story. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Fiction, ReviewTagsAminatta Forna, books, Carol Newman Cronin, Happiness, publishing, Still Water Bending, Wendy Mitman Clarke

Book Review: A Dangerous Fiction

Posted onMay 3, 2018April 27, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

Barbara Rogan’s story about a literary agent in peril takes us on a ride, though maybe it should’ve started in a different place. Read More …

CategoriesReviewTagsA Dangerous Fiction, Barbara Rogan, Carol Newman Cronin, writing

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Book Review: Go, Went, Gone

Posted onMarch 1, 2018February 20, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

I stumbled onto Go, Went, Gone, a novel by Jenny Erpenbeck (and translated from German by Susan Bernofsky), thanks to a review in the New Yorker, and I’m so glad I did. The unassuming but important story dropped me into Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, Germany, Go Went Gone, Jenny Erpenbeck, refugees

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2017 Holiday Book List

Posted onDecember 7, 2017November 28, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin5 Comments

9 reading recommendations for 2018, mostly fiction Read More …

CategoriesFiction, Review, SeasonsTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, fiction, holiday list

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Book Review: Manuscript Makeover

Posted onNovember 9, 2017November 30, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Manuscript Makeover by Elizabeth Lyons fell into my lap at just the right time. Read More …

CategoriesEditing, Fiction, Review, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, editing, Elizabeth Lyons, Manuscript Makeover, revision

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Book Review: The Necklace

Posted onAugust 24, 2017August 14, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

Claire McMillan’s second novel delves into family secrets not talked about for so long, they’ve become unknown. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, Claire McMillan, fiction, novel, The Necklace

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