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Not All Books about Books are the Same

The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin

The Bookbinder by Pip Williams

January 6, 2024 by Jenny S 1 Comment

As my semester ended and the break began, I indulged in my usual ritual of checking out lots of books to binge over the holidays.  I hit up both my community college library (which has a stellar YA collection) and my local library. At the library, I ended up grabbing two novels from the New Reads bookshelf that on the surface had a lot in common but ultimately were very different reads. The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin is set during World War […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Booksaboutbooks, historical fiction, Madeline Martin, Pip Williams, Waukegan Public Library

Jenny S's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Booksaboutbooks, historical fiction, Madeline Martin, Pip Williams, Waukegan Public Library ·
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