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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

The Islanders by Meg Mitchell Moore

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

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

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