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200-word review of The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal

My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 3.77 with 7,539 ratings (as of 2/6/2020) Synopsis from Goodreads: London. 1850. The Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park…

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February 6, 2020
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200-word review of An Eye for an Eye (Detective Kate Young #2) by Carol Wyer

In the bleak countryside around Blithfield Reservoir, a serial murderer and rapist is leaving a trail of bloodshed. His savage calling card: the word ‘MINE’ carved into each of his…

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July 21, 2021
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200-word review of Mayhem by Estelle Laure

My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 3.45 with 583 ratings (as of 8/24/2020) Synopsis from Goodreads: It's 1987 and unfortunately it's not all Madonna and cherry lip…

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August 24, 2020
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    200-word review of Lies We Tell Our Kids by Brett Wagner

    Philomath in Phila / December 10, 2018

    My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 2.81 with 124 ratings (as of 11/25/18) From acclaimed artist Brett Wagner comes a book about the tall tales that parents tell their kids…

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    200-word review of Unwritten by Tara Gilboy

    Philomath in Phila / November 30, 2018

    My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 3.93 with 169 ratings (as of 12/10/18) Twelve-year-old Gracie Freeman is living a normal life, but she is haunted by the fact that she…

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    Philomath in Phila / November 28, 2018

    “What did we do to deserve dogs?” OHMYGOD pic.twitter.com/mGjsDgXtma— Puppies 🐶 (@PopularPups) November 1, 2018

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  • ARC - Advanced Reader's Copy,  Author's Last Name: A - E,  History,  Young Adult

    200-word review of The House of One Thousand Eyes by Michelle Barker

    Philomath in Phila / November 28, 2018

    My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 4.25 with 59 ratings (as of 11/28/18) After the death of her parents in a explosion. Lena is sent to live with her stern…

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    Philomath in Phila / November 27, 2018

    I recently discovered Smashbomb. It's similar to Goodreads but you can review more than books. Movies, apps, TV shows, music, video games, tabletop games, podcasts, and tech are reviewed also.

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    200-word review of The Ghost Writer by Damon Norko

    Philomath in Phila / November 26, 2018

    My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 3.42 with 36 ratings (as of 11/25/18) What would you do if you came back as a ghost? You could finally write that novel…

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Philomath (n.) a lover of learning

Type of: bookman, scholarly person, student

a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained   mastery in one or more disciplines

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