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Rolo's Book Buzz
Book Reviews and More
Welcome to the Buzz
Welcome to Rolo's Book Buzz. This is a venture born of a whole bunch of love and a little bit of boredom. Since retiring from my job as a high school English teacher, I read A LOT of books. Here you will find some of the books I love as well as an occasional "book nerd" commentary or two. I hope you enjoy the blog and find some books here that you will love too.
A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair
Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. After...
Angela Roloson
Jul 7, 20242 min read
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Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serve
Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper you could win it all. From the New York...
Angela Roloson
Jul 7, 20242 min read
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The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded...
Angela Roloson
Jun 23, 20242 min read
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The Tear That Taught Me by Morgan Richard Oliviet
With unapologetically honest reflections and revelations—Morgan Richard Olivier embraces the tears, trials, and triumphs one experiences...
Angela Roloson
Jun 19, 20241 min read
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You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed...
Angela Roloson
Jun 19, 20242 min read
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When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
When She Woke is a fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, who embarks on a path...
Angela Roloson
Jun 19, 20242 min read
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Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River —an all-consuming tale of revenge,...
Angela Roloson
Jun 3, 20242 min read
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The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today,...
Angela Roloson
Jun 3, 20242 min read
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Man O' War by Cory McCarthy
An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age novel about an Arab American trans swimmer fighting to keep their head above...
Angela Roloson
May 18, 20242 min read
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The Rose Code by Kate Quit
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Networkreturns with another heart-stopping World War II...
Angela Roloson
May 18, 20242 min read
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Before We Were Yours
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River...
Angela Roloson
May 4, 20242 min read
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How To Say Babylon
With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid...
Angela Roloson
May 1, 20242 min read
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The Berry Pickers
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors,...
Angela Roloson
May 1, 20242 min read
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All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin
In the riveting new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Comes Love and Something Borrowed, three very different...
Angela Roloson
Apr 21, 20243 min read
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Morning in This Broken World
From the bestselling author of The Kindness of Strangers comes a poignant and life-affirming novel about our connections to the past, and...
Angela Roloson
Apr 21, 20242 min read
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Oath & Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney
A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the...
Angela Roloson
Apr 8, 20242 min read
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Lilith by Eric Rickstad
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of I Am Not Who You Think I Am—a New York Times Thriller of the Year—comes...
Angela Roloson
Apr 8, 20242 min read
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The Women by Kristin Hannah
An intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided. Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old...
Angela Roloson
Apr 3, 20243 min read
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The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
She was beautiful. She was a genius. Could the world handle both? A novel about Hedy Lamarr. Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a...
Angela Roloson
Mar 31, 20241 min read
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Notes on an Execution by Danya Kakafka
A work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in...
Angela Roloson
Mar 29, 20242 min read
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