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THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR Book Review

Posted on by CJ | A Well-Read Tart
First of all, can we all just take a moment to acknowledge how much the cover for The Girl in the Mirror looks like the cover for Desperate Girls? Click on the links to see what I mean.  Second of all... is it weird that I called the entire story, from beginning to end? Nothing about The Girl in the Mirror surprised me. Like, NOTHING. Sigh.      What's The Girl in the Mirror about? Despite The Girl in the Mirror...

THE EXILES Book Review

Posted on by CJ | A Well-Read Tart
It's not often I yell out "Holy Crap!" while reading historical fiction. But that's exactly what I did smack in the middle of The Exiles. Let's just say the story took a very unexpected turn. Bravo, Christina Baker Kline, for such a bold move. I continually seek out historical fiction novels that doesn't revolve around WW2, and when I saw the ad for The Exiles  -- a story about English female convicts and an Aboriginal girl set in 1840s...