The Astronaut Wive's Club by Lily Koppel - I was disappointed with this book, I didn't think it lived up to the hype I heard about it. I couldn't keep all the wives straight and the author really didn't go into to much depth. She also couldn't keep her snark out of the book. It was interesting to hear how the wives were expected to act while their husbands were off being heroes. I have to be honest and say I skimmed the last third. Because the subject matter was interesting...
2 stars
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The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker - my library labeled this as historical but it should be labeled fantasy history. A Golem is made for a man on his way to America, but he dies on the journey and she is left masterless. A Jinni is accidentally released from his bottle in a small tin smith's shop in New York in 1898. Somehow the two meet and touch several lives. I really found myself immersed.
5 stars
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