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  Name of Book: The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle  Author: Timothy Miller ISBN: 978-1-64506-021-5 Publisher: Seventh Street Books Type of book: 1912, mystery, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson mysteries, My Fair Lady, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, England, modern life, bachelorhood, duels, drugs, secret identity, gangs Year it was published: 2021 Summary: Sherlock Holmes has retired to the Sussex countryside . . . that is, until a most formidable puzzle is dropped upon his doorstep by a certain Colonel Pickering. One Miss Eliza Doolittle, once nothing more than a cockney guttersnipe, has been transformed into a proper lady of London—perhaps even a duchess?—as if overnight. When Col. Pickering recovered from a bout of malaria, he was astounded at the woman before him. Is it possible this transformation is due to nothing more than elocution lessons and some splendid new hats? Or has Professor Henry Higgins surreptitiously traded one girl for another? And for God’s...

  Name of Book: The Four Winds Author: Kristin Hannah ISBN: B087ZXSPGJ Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Type of book: Great Depression, 1930s, classes, family, wealth, farming, Italian-American, dreams, propaganda, advantage, Dust Bowl, California, Texas Year it was published: 2021 Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes an epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America’s most defining eras—the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go wes...

 To say the least, 2021 has been disappointing so far. I was hoping to get my hands on THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah, but yeah, what will you do if in goodreads giveaway there are only 10 copies available and over 30,000 people want them? Chances? 1 in 3,000. And no, e-book is not the same as a print copy. Am I hoping 2021 will improve? I lost sight of and hope of something like that occurring. Normally on January I win a goodreads giveaway, and this time I didn't. No telling if I will win this year or not. All I know is disappointment.  Book tours/ spotlights:  Muted by Tami Charles The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (e-book) Rebel Daughter- Lori Banov Kaufmann Possible reviews:  On the edge of sunrise by Cynthia Ripley Miller  Cometh the hour by Annie Whitehead  All the winding world by Kate Innes  The master and the maid by Laura Libricz  Love and other consolation prizes by Jamie Ford  Sown in tears by Beverly Magid  Not our kind by...

 We shall see the sky sparkling-Susana Aikin SR: January 1st, 2021 FR:  February 3rd, 2021 Muted- Tami Charles SR: February 1st ,2021 FR: February 1st, 2021 Nvk- Temple Drake SR: January 15th, 2021 FR: February 1st, 2021 You will remember Me- Hannah Mary McKinnon  SR: February 7th, 2021 FR: The strange case of Eliza Doolittle- Timothy Miller  SR: February 9th, 2021 FR: Amanda Rose- Karen Robards SR: February 1st ,2021 FR:  February 7th, 2021 Crocodile tears- Mercedes Rosende SR: February 12th, 2021 FR:  Nonfiction  999; the extraordinary youg women of the first official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz- Heather DUne Macadam SR: February 1st, 2021 FR: February 11th, 2021