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Thank you Barbour for my review copy of A Castle of Sand by Wanda Brunstetter. Release November 1,2026 Don't miss this new stand-alone Amish romance from New York Times bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter. Young widow Sharon Raber has been feeling hopeless. Still restless after a visit to her parents, she decides to retreat from Indiana to Sarasota, Florida, for some solitude in the sun. Finally drawn out of her grief by an older widow in the Pinecraft community, Sharon meets Peter Stutzman, who is helping his aunt make home repairs. Could a second chance at love be possible for Sharon, or will the courage needed to release her heart be too much for her. . .and Peter? #amishfiction #read #acastleodsand #romamce #books

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Thank you Harper Perennial for my review copy of The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee. Harper Lee remains a landmark figure in the American canon—thanks to Scout, Jem, Atticus, and the other indelible characters in her Pulitzer-winning debut, To Kill a Mockingbird; as well as for the darker, late-’50s version of small-town Alabama that emerged in Go Set a Watchman, published in 2015 after its rediscovery. Less remembered, until now, however, is Harper Lee the dogged young writer, who crafted stories in hopes of magazine publication; Lee the lively New Yorker, Alabamian, and friend to Truman Capote; and the Lee who peppered the pages of McCall’s and Vogue with thoughtful essays in the latter part of the twentieth century. The Land of Sweet Forever combines Lee’s early short fiction and later nonfiction in a volume offering an unprecedented look at the development of her inimitable voice. Covering territory from the Alabama schoolyards of Lee’s youth to the luncheonettes and movie houses of midcentury Manhattan, The Land of Sweet Forever invites still-vital conversations about politics, equality, travel, love, fiction, art, the American South, and what it means to lead an engaged and creative life. #fiction #harperlee #thelandofsweetforever #booktok #fyp @Harper Perennial

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I will always stop doing what I’m doing to read a Catherine Cowles book! #ro#romancee#seriesn#snowboundo#booktoke#readCa@Catherine Cowles