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Fair Rosaline

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FAIR ROSALINE rating: four stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐. In FAIR ROSALINE by Natasha Solomons (Sourcebooks Landmark, September 12, 2023), a retelling of Shakespeare’s play THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET, this ain’t Franco Zeffrelli’s Romeo, not that I liked him that much either. At least the 1968 movie Romeo looked the same age as Juliet. In fact, …

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Connie Willis Writes Again

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THE ROAD TO ROSWELL rating: four stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐. Willis’s last book was CROSSTALK, (2016), and Willis turns 78 in December, so am I ever happy about THE ROAD TO ROSWELL (Penguin Random House, June 27, 2023). She’s back, baby! Thanks to Edelweiss Plus/Above the Treeline and Penguin Random House for sending me a copy of …

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