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    Book Review:: All You Took From Me | Lisa Kenway

    May 14, 2026

    You’ve got to love an unreliable narrator, and who could be more unreliable than an amnesia patient? My favorite thing about All You Took From Me, was…

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    Book Review:: Won’t Back Down | Harper Jackson

    May 13, 2026

    Some books you read for the escape of it all. Something you can sink into, be transported, and find a satisfying plot with just enough tension (sexual,…

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    Book Review:: Quicksilver | Callie Hart

    December 19, 2025

    I feel like I’m in my romantasy era, and I don’t hate it! Look at the cover of this book. What an absolute killer. For me, Quicksilver…

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    Book Review:: The Ex Vows | Jessica Joyce

    December 12, 2025

    I get it now, the intense hype for Jessica Joyce. The Ex Vows is an angsty, emotional story about childhood friends who once took a shot at…

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    Book Review:: The Ministry of Time | Kaliane Bradley

    November 14, 2025

    The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley is a fascinating, captivating, historical – sci-fi – romance – adventure – thriller. Ha. It’s a mashup of multiple genres…

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    Book Review:: Four Weekends and A Funeral | Ellie Palmer

    November 7, 2025

    When a random library read pulls your heartstrings nearly out of your chest, you know you’ve found a good one. Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie…

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    Book Review:: Listen for the Lie | Amy Tintera

    October 17, 2025

    Wow – I was blown away by this book. From the title, which has to be one of my favorites of all time, to the intricate and…

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    Book Review:: Where the Library Hides | Isabel Ibanez

    October 3, 2025

    Where the Library Hides is the second book in the Secrets of the Nile Duology by Isabel Ibanez. If you have not started this wonderful historical fantasy…

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    Book Review:: The Night We Lost Him | Laura Dave

    June 17, 2025

    I’m coming to realize that Laura Dave is one of my favorite authors right now. She’s an excellent atmospheric writer. The tone of her books is clear…

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    Book Review:: Sounds Like A Plan | Pamela Samuels Young & Dwayne Alexander Smith

    June 6, 2025

    Sometimes a bookworm has to do some retail therapy, am I right? I picked this book up on a whim on one of those such occasions because…

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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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