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January 2025

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published January 2025.

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Heart of the Glen

by Karen Rigby

An Irish woman finds solace with a Donegal weaver in Jennifer Deibel’s warm historical romance novel "Heart of the Glen". Saoirse, running from her past, is set to become a housemaid. When the job falls through, she’s taken in by... Read More

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Bright Circle

by Peggy Kurkowski

Randall Fuller’s history book "Bright Circle" reveals the often-overlooked women at the heart of Transcendentalism. Focusing on the lives and works of a handful of extraordinary minds—Mary Moody Emerson, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody,... Read More

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Holy Ground

by Michele Sharpe

The lyrical, hard-hitting essays in Catherine Coleman Flowers’s collection "Holy Ground" synthesize history, science, and faith. The recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant” for her environmental activism, Flowers spent decades... Read More

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The Heart Is a Star

by Brandon Pawlicki

Megan Rogers’s engrossing novel "The Heart Is a Star" dissects life, love, and truth. Layla, a troubled mother, wife, and anesthesiologist, navigates a turbulent life and an uncomfortable past. When her distant mother calls with... Read More

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The Reunion

by Karen Rigby

A group chat spawns the idea of a ten-year class reunion in Beth Reekles’s lighthearted romance novel "The Reunion", about reinventions and roles that never changed. Ten years after graduating, Bryony, who was supposed to become a... Read More

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