MJV Bookish Thoughts
Bookish thoughts, book reviews and book giveaways.
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Book Review: Dreaming About Daran (Whitsborough Bay Book #3) by Jessica Redland
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter Searching for Steven and Getting over Gary, this is final instalment of the Whitsborough Bay series. Whitsborough Bay is the quaint fictional English seaside community where the majority of…
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Writing Fiction Again After A Very Long Pause
Reading Time: 3 minutesHi guys. Happy Sunday! Today I am struggling with what to write, what to share, and in all honesty nothing new has happened. I have done very little besides work…
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Book Review: Unlucky Charms (A Superstition Mystery) by Linda O. Johnston
Reading Time: 3 minutesI was attracted to this book solely by its cover. And I initially selected it after reading two great cozy mysteries and wanted to keep reading more of these fun,…
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Book Excerpt: Valley of the Moon by Melanie Gideon
Reading Time: 4 minutesJoseph Valley of the Moon, California 1906 The smell of buttered toast was a time machine. I stepped inside it and traveled back to 1871. Back to London. Back to…
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Book Review: Valley of the Moon by Melanie Gideon
Reading Time: 2 minutes Captivating. Magical. Beautiful. Valley of the Moon is a time travel romance. In 1975, Lux is a single mom who is struggling to make her way as a waitress…
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Taxi Ride (Short Story) by Chantel DaCosta
Reading Time: 4 minutesTaxi Ride chronicles what was a tense taxi ride home wherein the narrator feels uncomfortable and fearful for a young Jamaican teen who she feels in exhibiting effeminate traits. The…
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Book Review: One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison
Reading Time: 2 minutesHi Happy Wednesday. This is my first book review here on My Jamaican Vignettes. Importing of the book blog was a success. I am still reformatting, editing and deleting posts, so…