#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Strongs and the Weaknesses. My #bookreview for #TheMoonshineWomen by Michelle Collins Anderson, on my #bookblog now. Thanks John Scognamiglio Books for the ARC of this #womensfiction #novel via @NetGalley #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/03/27/the-strongs-and-the-weaknesses/

The Strongs and the Weaknesses.

Book Review for “The Moonshine Women” by Michelle Collins Anderson. Summary: “Every batch of Strong moonshine has its own special flavor, thanks to the secret ingredients that matriarch Lidy …

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Women Widening Worlds With Words. My #bookreview for "The Temple of the Muses" by @JaneDavisAuthor, on my #bookblog now. This sequel to "The Bookseller's Wife" is the 2nd Chiswell Street book. #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge #2026BookishBooks

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/03/09/women-widening-worlds-with-words/

Women Widening Worlds With Words.

Book Review for “The Temple of the Muses” by Jane Davis. Summary: “London, 1780. As the city smoulders in the aftermath of the Gordon Riots, booksellers James and Dorcas Lackington resolve to…

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Art of Rebellion and/or Conforming. My #bookreview for "The Dream Life of Sukhanov" by @OlgaGrushin, on my #bookblog now. This is a beautifully written story set in pre-fall of the #USSR, is very relevant to today! #histficreadingchallenge #BeatTheBacklist

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/21/the-art-of-rebellion-or-conforming/

The Art of Rebellion and/or Conforming.

Book Review for “The Dream Life of Sukhanov” by Olga Grushin. Summary: “At fifty-six, Anatoly Sukhanov has everything a man could want. Nearly twenty-five years ago, he traded his precarious …

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Sirens on the High Seas. My #bookreview for "The Determined" by @Rachel_Rueckert, on my #bookblog now! Thanks @KensingtonBooks for the @NetGalley ARC of this fascinating women's biographical novel. #histficreadingchallenge
#2026NewReleaseChallenge

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/11/sirens-on-the-high-seas/

Sirens on the High Seas.

Book Review for “The Determined” by Rachel Rueckert. Summary: “1721, Spanish Town, Jamaica. Captured, convicted, and pregnant, twenty-three-year-old Anne Bonny faces the gallows. When writer …

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A New Recipe for Death. My #bookreview for "To Kill a Cook" by M. W. Akers, on my #bookblog now. My thanks to @PutnamBooks for the Edelweiss ARC of this fast-paced #murdermystery novel. #histficreadingchallenge
#2026NewReleaseChallenge
#CloakDaggerChal

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/29/a-new-recipe-for-death/

A New Recipe for Death.

Book Review for “To Kill a Cook” by M.W Akers. Summary: “Nobody in Manhattan eats better than Bernice Black. It’s 1972, and she is the city’s busiest restaurant critic, juggling her fiance an…

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon For the Love of Syntax - my #bookreview for "Confessions of a Grammar Queen" by @ElizaKnight, on my #bookblog now. This was fun, even with the #romance and a dog narrating some chapters! #histficreadingchallenge
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http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/23/for-the-love-of-syntax/

For the Love of Syntax.

Book Review for “Confessions of a Grammar Queen” by Eliza Knight. Summary: “Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO i…

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#BookThreads #booksky 📚💙 #bookstodon Hollywood and it's Resistances. My #bookreview for "Typewriter Beach" by @MegWaiteClayton on my #bookblog now! OMG! A character with MY last name (no relation, though)! And what a story, too. #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge #BeatTheBacklist

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/09/hollywood-and-its-resistances/

Hollywood and it’s Resistances.

Book Review for “Typewriter Beach” by Meg Waite Clayton. Summary: ” 1957. Isabella Giori is ten months into a standard 7-year studio contract when she auditions with Hitchcock. Just weeks lat…

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A 17th Century Modern Woman. My #bookreview for "Anneke Jans in the New World" by Sandra Freels. Thanks @SheWritesPress for the @NetGalley ARC of this fascinating #biographicalfiction #womensfiction novel! #2026NewReleaseChallenge #histficreadingchallenge

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/07/a-17th-century-modern-woman/

A 17th Century Modern Woman.

Book Review for “Anneke Jans in the New World” by Sandra Freels. Summary: “It’s 1630, and Anneke Jans has just arrived in the fledgling colony of New Netherland with her husband, Roelof, and …

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's 2025 Reading & Blogging Challenge Progress Post! Today, I'm updating you on my progress with my yearly challenges. Like: #histficreadingchallenge #2025NewReleaseChallenge #BeatTheBacklist #WIAN25 #CloakDaggerChal #LetsDiscuss2025 and much more! Enjoy!

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TCL’s 2025 Reading & Blogging Challenge Progress Post!

Happy December! With the year almost at an end, and since I don’t have a book review for today, I thought I’d let you all know how I’ve been doing with the reading and blogging ch…

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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Australian Neapolitan Intrigue - my #bookreview for #TheItalianSecret (Billie Walker #3) by @taramossauthor on my #bookblog now! Thanks for the @this_is_edelweiss ARC, ! #histficreadingchallenge
#2025NewReleaseChallenge
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http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/11/30/australian-neapolitan-intrigue/

Australian Neapolitan Intrigue.

Book Review for “The Italian Secret” (Billie Walker #3) by Tara Moss. Summary: “Naples, 1943. Deep within a secret network of underground tunnels, a woman takes shelter from a wartime air rai…

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