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The Ghost of Marlow House: Can ghost stories be cozy?

I started my October TBR list thinking it was going […]

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald isn’t the type of book I usually read. I was searching through Scribd for something short, to listen to during my drive. It isn’t particularly […]

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The Bookshop of Yesterdays: review

Lately audio-books are the only books I’ve been able to ‘read’ outside of my reading time with the Tiny Human. While I love reading nature books, or books about bunnies, […]

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The Haunting of Maddy Clare: Your Next Ghost Story

As halloween is one of my favorite holidays, I’ve been celebrating by dedicating all of my Fiction Fridays to spooky, scary stories. Today it’s The Haunting of Maddy Clare: your […]

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The Ice Queen: Truly Chilling

Halloween is my favorite holiday. Perhaps because I missed so many as a kid. Because it’s my favorite holiday I’ve decided to celebrate the whole month with spooky or chilling […]

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Five Books for Auntie’s Day

If you are new to The Oenomel, you might not know how much I love being an Auntie. Hint: It’s a lot. I’m completely gone on the Tiny Human. Last […]

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Five Charming Children’s Nature Books

I’ve been working from home for a while now, which has brought some new challenges, but it has also given me the chance to spend a lot more time with […]

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The Little Paris Bookshop: A Review

A book about a bookshop, and a man who prescribes books for what ails his patrons? Yes, please! It’s set in Paris? Where’s the check out? It’s taken me forever […]

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The Importance of Being Earnest ~ The visual personification of absolute perfection.: a Review

I’m a little embarrassed how long it took me to […]

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Fiction Friday ~ House of Daughters: a Review

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