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    Book Review:: I’ll Come To You | Rebecca Kauffman

    January 24, 2025

    This book is my cup of tea. Like drinking a strong cup of tea at the exact right temperature, really. It warmed me up from the inside…

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    Book Review:: Only in Your Dreams | Ellie K. Wilde

    January 21, 2025

    As you may know, timing is everything from love to war, and Melody and Zac never had theirs right. They met in high school, growing close as…

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    Book Review:: Still Beating | Jennifer Hartmann

    January 19, 2025

    This is the kind of book trigger warnings are meant for. This one has some brutal stuff in it, and if you can get through the first…

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    Book Review:: Where the Black Line Ends | Meagan Williamson

    January 18, 2025

    Where do I start with this one? I went through most of this book expecting it to fall firmly into three-star territory. But then I finished it.…

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    Book Review:: Whale Fall | Elizabeth O’Connor

    January 17, 2025

    In the years between the Great Wars, two unexpected things happen on a remote Welsh island: a whale washes ashore, and two English stenographers arrive. For a…

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    Book Review:: Babylonia | Costanza Casati

    January 15, 2025

    Ancient history fascinates me. Getting to read such vibrant and extensively-researched fictional interpretations like this one is such a treat. Babylonia is the story of a girl…

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    Book Review:: Beautiful Ugly | Alice Feeney

    January 14, 2025

    What is it with tiny little Scottish islands? Grady Green, bestselling author, is struggling to work after the disappearance of his wife Abby. Finally at a breaking…

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    Book Review:: The Memory Library | Kate Storey

    January 10, 2025

    The Memory Library is the story of an estranged mother and daughter coming back together in a moment of difficulty, as they discover that no wound is…

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    Book Review:: After Life | Gayle Forman

    January 7, 2025

    There are a lot of lessons we learn the hard way in our youth. but what if we got a second chance to change things? Seventeen-year-old Amber…

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    Book Review:: All the Water in the World | Eiren Caffall

    January 6, 2025

    You like reading about life post-apocalypse? How about a double apocalypse? Nonie is born after the end of the world as we know it. Weather patterns have…

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Emily's bookshelf: read

What the River Knows
The Rule Book
Wild Love
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
The Cheat Sheet
The Rom-Commers
Not in Love
My Not So Perfect Life
First Down
Clean Sweep
Greta & Valdin
The True Love Experiment
Killing Floor
Hate Mail
The Unhoneymooners
This Bird Has Flown
Savor It
Thank You for Listening
This Summer Will Be Different
The Last City


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