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REVIEW: How Will I Know You? by Jessica Treadway

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How Will I Know You? by Jessica Treadway Audiobook Narrated by Ryan Vincent Anderson, Christopher Ryan Grant, Cynthia Farrell, Lauren Fortgang, and Caitlin Kelly My rating: 1 out of 5 Stars Synopsis On a cold December day, the body of high school senior Joy Enright is discovered in the woods at the edge of a frozen pond. Her death looks like a tragic drowning accident at first, but an autopsy reveals something sinister -- the teenager's body shows unmistakable signs of strangulation. The discovery upends an otherwise une

REVIEW: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

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The Wonder by Emma Donoghue Audiobook Narrated by Kate Lock My rating: 1 out of 5 Stars Synopsis The Irish Midlands, 1859. An English nurse, Lib Wright, is summoned to a tiny village to observe what some are claiming as a medical anomaly or a miracle - a girl said to have survived without food for months. Tourists have flocked to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell, and a journalist has come down to cover the sensation. The Wonder is a tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil. Donoghue’s ninth novel – her first historical one set in her homeland of Ireland - was a

REVIEW: Meet the Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Willard Thames

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Meet the Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Willard Thames Audiobook Narrated by Ann Marie Gideon My rating: 0 out of 5 Stars Synopsis The 'deeply personal' story of how award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced frugality to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life, and retire to a homestead in the Vermont woods at age thirty-two with her husband and daughter. Meet the Frugalwoods is the intriguing story of how Elizabeth and Nate realized that the mainstream path wasn't for them, crafted a lifestyle of sustainable frugality, and reached financial independence at age thirty-two.