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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

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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: 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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Book Review: Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

Posted onJuly 20, 2017July 11, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

A haunting cover opens up to a story told by witty, bantering characters who somehow manage to cope and even thrive through an extremely bleak war. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, Chris Cleave, historical novel

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Book Review: Of Things Gone Astray

Posted onMarch 9, 2017February 24, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

A fable on the streets of present-day London, and every character has lost something they value. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsbook review, books, Carol Newman Cronin, fantasy, Janina Matthewson, novels, Of Things Gone Astray, writing

The Unseen World by Liz Moore

Book Review: Seeing Into The Unseen World

Posted onJanuary 19, 2017January 5, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Liz Moore draws us into the world of a very different childhood. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, ReviewTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, Liz Moore, The Unseen World

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How To Write a Useful Book Review

Posted onJanuary 5, 2017October 25, 2022AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

What I plan to leave in and what I’ll take out in my next book review. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Review, WritingTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, reader review

Book Review: Sipping “Spilled Coffee”

Posted onJuly 17, 2013October 27, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

J.B. Chicoine’s latest provides a steady drip of a story. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, Review, WritingTagsauthor, book review, Carol Newman Cronin, J.B. Chicoine, novel, Spilled Coffee, writing

Balancing Between The Fulcrum Files and Real Life

Posted onFebruary 7, 2012June 18, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

I both love and hate getting completely lost in a book. Read More …

CategoriesReviewTagsbook review, Carol Newman Cronin, Mark Chisnell, The Fulcrum Files

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