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Blog Tour: Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on April 17, 2020May 16, 2020

“I start wearing the family dog, a mini-sheltie, a little Lassie, in an unbleached cotton baby sling across the front of my body like a messenger bag, a few weeks shy of fall.”

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Review: Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on January 27, 2020April 9, 2020

A funny, witty, satirical-tinged commentary on navigating our digitally-soaked era.

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  • Contemporary

Review: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on January 9, 2020April 12, 2020

A clever rom-com with a lead character who loves books as much as we do.

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Review: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on January 6, 2020July 30, 2020

I christened my new Kindle with this book; my last read of 2019, my first…

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Audiobook Review: Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Sauma

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on December 3, 2019August 5, 2021

Opening sentence: “Iris first heard about life on Nyx on a freezing winter’s night.” If…

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Review: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on August 6, 2019July 16, 2019

Opening sentence: “Whenever I woke up, night or day, I’d shuffle through the bright marble…

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Review: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on September 20, 2018January 20, 2019

Published in 2018 by Portobello Books / 163 pages / Translated from Japanese by Ginny…

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  • Contemporary

Review: The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp by Sarra Manning

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on August 29, 2018August 29, 2018

Published September 2018 by HarperCollins / 386 pages Opening sentence: “BATTLE OF THE BIG BROTHER…

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