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Book of the Week September 10, 2026 It’s January 3, 1986. Two and a half hours west of Minnesota’s Twin Cities sits the “back-of-beyond …
Maren and Topher find each other in a total meet-cute: she stumbles and twists her ankle while jogging, and a handsome kind man comes …
Evie Wingfield and her mother, Lauren, are your typical mother-daughter pair, bickering at times but with a deep love underneath. Lauren is hoping that …
June’s older sister Lily is perfect—gets all A’s in school, has a gorgeous boyfriend, and is respectful to Ma and Pa and their Asian …
Hey Hollywood, scoop this one up now! The book takes place over one day, the day before Thanksgiving 1991. We meet Georgie Quinlan and …
Book of the Week September 3, 2026 The light and darkness that are modern and past Ireland are embodied in Detective Inspector Lewan Kane, …