What was most interesting was how Marguerite settled into her life as the wife of an Arab. She learned Arabic, respected the customs, and settled in living in the wadi, or valley, including using donkeys, selling items to tourists, and climbing up the jabal, or mountain.
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31 Days of Spooky Reads: The Witch Elm
It was a standard mystery, and it meandered more than it should have.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: A twisty retelling of ‘Turn of the Screw’
4 stars As usual, Ruth Ware wraps you around her twisty finger and pulls you in against your will.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: A Nearly Normal Family
3 stars 18 year-old angry, rebellious, stubborn Stella is in jailed for the murder of 33-year-old Chris, businessman and millionaire. The question is: did she really murder him?
Book Review: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill – Abbi Waxman
3.5 stars Quirky.