Susan Weissman

This is a lovely multi-generational family Christmas romance. Mothers and daughters, sons and in-laws, exes and children—all unexpectedly spend the holidays together in one large “cabin” with excellent acoustics, which helps make up for the lack of communication between the residents. I loved it, and I bet you will too.

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I enjoyed this Cold War spy thriller, although the title was somewhat misleading—the main character only resembles and idolizes Jackie Kennedy, who does actually make a brief cameo appearance.

Mia Walker goes to Paris as a model and ends up involved in Cold War intrigue. Her adventures are somewhat unbelievable but very entertaining. I stayed up late to finish the final third of the book, eager to find out which characters were on which “team.” This was a fun read that I would recommend to readers of Susan Elia Macneal's Maggie Hope series..

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I really enjoyed this novel of World War I. Told with dual timelines set sixty years apart, during World War I and the late 1980's, Miss Morgan's Book Brigade made these women seem as alive as they were more than 40 and 100 years ago.. Although I swore I had read enough war novels, this one seemed to grab me right from the beginning. How could I resist the idea that rebuilding a devastated society required not only food, supplies, and medical care, but also free access to books for everyone, especially children!

Although I thought the World War I story was much more compelling than the one set in the 1980's, the two did work together to make an enjoyable novel. One of my favorites of the year so far!

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We start with a murder in a women's rooming house in 1950's Washington DC. We then spend the next 400 pages learning the stories of the women who live here, We learn where they come from, what they do, who they love, and who they hate. We see them ultimately come together as a found family, and then very nearly self-destruct.

Kate Quinn blends her trademark historical suspense with a genuine sense of what it felt like to be a woman living and loving during the era of McCarthy, the Rosenbergs, and the Korean War.  This is my favorite book of the year so far, and I only hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.

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This was my first Benjamin Stevenson mystery, and I enjoyed it! It was a well-done holiday mystery, with lots of winks and nods—and plenty of clues to readers who want to play along. Although technically a Christmas mystery, or “holiday special” as the author refers to it throughout, there certainly wasn't much joy or merriment. Just well done clues and a satisfying conclusion, all done under a holiday theme.