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Hi, I'm Lori

I’m a lifelong reader, a Midwestener, book lover and the person behind Lori’s Book Loft. Here you’ll find book reviews, author conversations, bookstores worth visiting, books being adapted for film, and the occasional story about how a particular book found its way into my hands.

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Reading, Exploring & Everything In Between

I spend a lot of time reading, although it isn’t always books. I've really tried to make more time for reading and reviewing this month, but life has plenty of other things to fill my days as well. Along with work, I managed to get away to a classic car show, a few festivals, a county fair, and several farmers markets—all places I enjoy spending time. I like wandering around, talking to the animals, seeing what catches my eye, and, of course, talking to people. You never know when a simple conversation is going to turn into a story worth remembering. One of those conversations was with a retired law enforcement officer who belongs to a club in Indiana that searches for treasures with metal detectors, both on land and underwater. He was kind enough to show me his collection, and I was fascinated by the things he had found. What made it even more interesting was hearing the stories behind the pieces. He spent quite a bit of time giving me all the details, and those of you who know ...

Lo Wainwright: The Last Homo Superior Justin Bullock

I read this books description and did something I seldom do. I sent the copy to the reader as I wanted to hear it in language that sounded more mechanical than my own. (Yes, I often do read aloud - my dogs do n o t seem to mind .) This science fiction story about the human experience is thought-provoking. I appreciate the lead into the meeting with Lo Wainwright at Yellow Lake. The plot, characters, and atmosphere throughout the story are captivating. M y reader stumbled over some words like Pacific, finished, assembled, and intelligent. And every time it got to the word the - my read er read it as T.H.E. But, I continued on as the reader seemed appropriate for the text- w hich deals with an underwater colony and GRIMS programming . The c haracters throughout the story wer e most interesting and include a dog and three octopuses as the y communicate more freely. T here were discussions about the use of nanobots, genetics, simulation, shape- shifting and telepathy. The ...

Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding Lian Dolan

Penny and Chase are planning the California wedding of their dreams with enough sparkle to make anyone want an invitation. Everyone is excited. Well…almost everyone. Penny’s mother, Alexa Diamandis, is a sophisticated Greek-born businesswoman who has never understood why any woman would want to get married. Ever. She raised Penny as a single mother by choice in beautiful Montecito, surrounded by her wealthy friends, the Merry Widows, and Lord Simon Fox, an old college friend and English aristocrat. Then there’s Abigail Blakeman, Chase’s mother, a proper Connecticut garden-club woman and devoted stay-at-home mom who thinks the whole wedding would be much easier if they simply held it at the club. There’s just one little problem—the Blakeman family fortune has taken a tumble, and Abigail is determined no one will notice. I enjoyed the contrast between these two women - one who built a life and business of her own, and the other whose life centered around her family and community. Somehow...

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