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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:: 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:: 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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    Book Review:: The Lodge | Kayla Olson

    January 2, 2025

    The Lodge by Kayla Olson is a romantic wintertime escape. Set in a Vermont ski resort, it hits the spot for your cozy romance itch in the…

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    Book Review:: All the Missing Pieces | Catherine Cowles

    December 29, 2024

    So, like, romantic suspense is a thing?! If this book is good representation of that, this might be my new favorite genre! Oh my gosh, the mystery,…

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    Book Review:: Better Than Friends | Jill Shalvis

    December 17, 2024

    Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis has all the ingredients for a real romance banger. Second-chance romance, enemies-to-lovers, (kind of) forbidden romance, mystery, drama, accidents, freakish storms…

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    Book Review:: Work in Progress | Kat Mackenzie

    November 26, 2024

    A gaggle of (mostly) old ladies traveling around all the hot tourist spots in the UK with a hunky Scottish tour guide: comedy gold with the promise…

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    Book Review:: Let’s Call A Truce | Amy Buchanan

    November 12, 2024

    Y’all, I needed an indulgent five-star read, and Let’s Call a Truce by Amy Buchanan delivered! I absolutely loved this early 2025 release, so go don’t wait…

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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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