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Words by Webb is a blog about writing, reading, baking and plants - with a little bit of who knows what thrown in for fun.
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Review of All Through the Night: Important Jobs That Get Done at Night
More About All Through the Night: Important Jobs That Get Done at Night “A comforting bedtime story, especially if parents are heading...
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Mar 132 min read
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Review of Stay, Girl
I usually avoid books and movies that feature dogs because, in my experience, the dogs die or get injured, with alarming frequency. And...
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Mar 113 min read
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Meet Ruth Kassinger
Wouldn't it be lovely to talk about books, tropical plants and conservatories with author and gardener Ruth Kassinger as we patiently...
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Mar 63 min read
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Review of Bye Bye Blackbird
Today I'm reading Book 2 in the Golden Age of Hollywood mystery series Bye Bye Blackbird . It may be the second in the series but I...
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Feb 203 min read
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Review of Lily and the Trumpeter Swan
A couple of months ago I reviewed Idaho Madams by Milana Marsenich. In my post I mentioned that, in addition to history and western...
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Feb 182 min read
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Review of Presidents at War
More About Presidents at War Steven Gillon , New York Times bestselling author of America's Reluctant Prince, returns with the story of...
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Feb 113 min read
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Review of Watch Out for Falling Iguanas
Watch Out for Falling Iguanas won't be released until July 1, 2025 but it is available for pre-order now and, since it's unseasonable...
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Feb 63 min read
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Review of Band of Sisters
Today is Release Day for a book about a piece of history unfamiliar to many French citizens, let alone those of other countries. More...
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Feb 42 min read
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Review of Side Hustle & Flow: Shape-Up!
Apologies for this late posting! I try to have things pre-scheduled but a combination of snow, extreme cold and people in my household...
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Jan 233 min read
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Review of The Language of Love and Other Stories
For Christmas, a friend of mine got a short story collection edited by one of his favorite authors, Amor Towles . Since he has a five...
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Jan 214 min read
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Review of American Still Life
More About American Still Life Trapped in a web of her own creation, Skade Felsdottir, a gifted but deeply troubled photojournalist,...
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Jan 163 min read
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Review of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
More About Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Welcome to the world of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Vera Wong is...
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Jan 93 min read
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Review of Crime and Parchment
I'm reviewing the first book in the Rare Books Cozy Mysteries series, Crime and Parchment but Book 2: The Tell-Tale Homicide was also...
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Dec 30, 20243 min read
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Review of Stranded in the Sky
If you've been reading Words by Webb for any amount of time, you may have picked up on the fact that I'm a World War II history buff - so...
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Dec 6, 20243 min read
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Review of The Christmas Appeal
I'm back with another holiday book, but it's much more than that. It's a combo of some of my favorite things: quirky English characters,...
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Dec 5, 20243 min read
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Review of Boomsters
Yes, I know I promised lots of holiday themed books for the month but I can't resist a good mystery - and one with a reluctant detective,...
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Dec 3, 20243 min read
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Review of Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop
I always mean to read Christmas-y books in December but either don't have the time or the books I've carefully put aside for December are...
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Nov 28, 20243 min read
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Review of Pralines and Creamed
Elizabeth is back! She stopped by last month with the first book in the Sweet Dreams mystery series: Murder by Milkshake . You can read...
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Nov 26, 20243 min read
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Review of July and Everything After
More on July and Everything After Maya’s journey from America to her birth country was meant to be a nostalgic visit. Instead, it became...
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Nov 23, 20244 min read
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Review of A Hush at Midnight
More About A Hush at Midnight In A Hush at Midnight , celebrity chef Laura Harris dwells on the horror of finding her mentor’s body in...
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Nov 21, 20243 min read
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