Goodreads Community Favorites Challenge - Era Explorer Bookmark

by Donna Huber

We all know about the Yearly Reading Goal Challenge that Goodreads has been hosting for ever. This year, they added a couple of new challenges. One of them is the Community Favorites Challenge where you can earn a virtual bookmark. For this first round, you have until April 30 to collect the 6 bookmarks. the catch is that you have to read a book from the curated list. All of us here are Goodreads love historical fiction so we have reviewed a lot of the books on the list for the Era Explorer biomarker. In case, you still need a earn that bookmark, here are our recommendations.

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Making the Best of What's Left: When We're Too Old to Get the Chairs Reupholstered by Judith Viorst ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

A witty and poignant exploration of the joys and sorrows of life’s twilight years—one that leaves us laughing, pondering, and grateful for the moments we have left.    

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Let's Call Her Barbie by Renée Rosen ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she’s setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up.

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Gitel's Freedom by Iris Mitlin Lav ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

A historical narrative about the lives of Jewish immigrants in the early twentieth century and one woman’s journey through adversity toward personal freedom.  

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The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E. M. Anderson ~ a Review

by MK French

Peter Shaughnessy was cursed to wander eternally with the ability to see ghosts and talk to plants. After losing everyone he's ever loved, he focuses on the dead. After arriving in Harrington, Ohio, Peter is soon drawn into the lives of the townsfolk, and may even be falling in love. The angry ghost he's hunting is causing trouble and is threatening the lives of the people he now cares for.

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A Map to Paradise by Susan Meissner ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

1956, Malibu, California: Something is not right on Paradise Circle.

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The Secret Detective Agency by Helena Dixon ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

London, 1941: Miss Jane Treen is at her desk, strong black coffee in hand and fluffy ginger cat by her side, when her top-secret government work is interrupted by an urgent call to Devon. A woman has been found dead in a lake in a place where she shouldn’t have been. Jane needs to gather the clues and find the killer before someone else from the agency gets hurt…

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