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Words by Webb is a blog about writing, reading, baking and plants - with a little bit of who knows what thrown in for fun.
You can contact me at jodiwebb9@gmail.com
Review of Band of Sisters
Today is Release Day for a book about a piece of history unfamiliar to many French citizens, let alone those of other countries. More...
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Feb 42 min read
Review of Side Hustle & Flow: Shape-Up!
Apologies for this late posting! I try to have things pre-scheduled but a combination of snow, extreme cold and people in my household...
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Jan 233 min read
Review of The Language of Love and Other Stories
For Christmas, a friend of mine got a short story collection edited by one of his favorite authors, Amor Towles . Since he has a five...
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Jan 214 min read
Review of American Still Life
More About American Still Life Trapped in a web of her own creation, Skade Felsdottir, a gifted but deeply troubled photojournalist,...
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Jan 163 min read
Review of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
More About Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Welcome to the world of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Vera Wong is...
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Jan 93 min read
Review of Crime and Parchment
I'm reviewing the first book in the Rare Books Cozy Mysteries series, Crime and Parchment but Book 2: The Tell-Tale Homicide was also...
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Dec 30, 20243 min read
Review of Stranded in the Sky
If you've been reading Words by Webb for any amount of time, you may have picked up on the fact that I'm a World War II history buff - so...
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Dec 6, 20243 min read
Review of The Christmas Appeal
I'm back with another holiday book, but it's much more than that. It's a combo of some of my favorite things: quirky English characters,...
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Dec 5, 20243 min read
Review of Boomsters
Yes, I know I promised lots of holiday themed books for the month but I can't resist a good mystery - and one with a reluctant detective,...
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Dec 3, 20243 min read
Review of Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop
I always mean to read Christmas-y books in December but either don't have the time or the books I've carefully put aside for December are...
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Nov 28, 20243 min read
Review of Pralines and Creamed
Elizabeth is back! She stopped by last month with the first book in the Sweet Dreams mystery series: Murder by Milkshake . You can read...
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Nov 26, 20243 min read
Review of July and Everything After
More on July and Everything After Maya’s journey from America to her birth country was meant to be a nostalgic visit. Instead, it became...
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Nov 23, 20244 min read
Review of A Hush at Midnight
More About A Hush at Midnight In A Hush at Midnight , celebrity chef Laura Harris dwells on the horror of finding her mentor’s body in...
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Nov 21, 20243 min read
Review of I Know She Was There
Hope you didn't miss my interview with Jennifer Sadera last week! She's back again this week with my review of I Know She Was There ....
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Nov 19, 20243 min read
Review of Don't Let Me Keep you
More About Don't Let Me Keep You Don’t Let Me Keep You is a lyrical meditation on motherhood seven times over, gestating, unfurling with...
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Nov 13, 20243 min read
Review of The Briar Club
More About The Briar Club Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female...
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Nov 7, 20243 min read
Review of Around the World Celebrations
I got a sneak peek at a children's picture book that is being released today that could help you introduce your child to holidays around...
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Nov 5, 20242 min read
Review of Valiant Women
I recently learned that this month -- in addition to being a month when men decide to let their facial hair go wild for Movember -- is...
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Nov 1, 20243 min read
Review of The Murders in Great Diddling
More About The Murders in Great Diddling The best stories are the ones we didn't know needed to be told. The small, rundown village of...
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Oct 24, 20244 min read
Review of Sleeping with Ghosts
“Beautifully crafted and luminous, these poems take the reader on an intimate and unforgettable journey of love found and lost, the joys...
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Oct 17, 20243 min read
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