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    Book Review:: Every Exquisite Thing | Laura Steven

    May 28, 2026

    After reading and adoring Our Infinite Fates, Laura Steven’s new book Every Exquisite Thing was a pleasant enough surprise. While Fates is about an endless love story…

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    Book Review:: Wild About You | Jo Lovett

    May 18, 2026

    Second chance romance just has a little something extra — am I right? Flavia and Dominic grew up together, and their family’s remain close friends. That didn’t…

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    Book Review:: Once and Again | Rebecca Serle

    May 15, 2026

    We’ve all had those moments, those crossroads moments, when we can see two paths stretching out before us, and we have to pick between them. Or something…

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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:: The Gray Sheep | S. M. Somerset

    May 11, 2026

    The Gray Sheep by S.M. Somerset is a complex fantastical world with a rich history and plenty of conflict. Cosette is doing her best to continue running…

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    Book Review:: And Now, Back to You | B.K. Borison

    May 8, 2026

    I remember when B.K. Borison announced her deal for the Heartstrings series on social media: a series based on the 90s rom coms hard-coded into the DNA…

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    Book Review:: Shaolin Spirit | Shi Heng Yi

    May 7, 2026

    The Shaolin way is deeply philosophical and self-reflective. While there are several stances and physical practices laid out in this book, I went into it more for…

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    Book Review:: The Bodyguard Affair | Amy Lea

    May 4, 2026

    Ah, good ol’ rom-com territory for the first time in awhile! The Bodyguard Affair by Amy Lea is an engaging, spicy, and always moving forward. The premise…

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    Book Review:: The Storm | Rachel Hawkins

    April 26, 2026

    You can rely on Rachel Hawkins to deliver a compelling story replete with tension you can feel in your chest. This one is about murder in a…

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    Book Review:: Ship of Dreams | Donna Jones Alward

    April 25, 2026

    Sometimes I wonder how the next generations will remember the disaster that was The Titanic. Books like this one carry the story forward, to guard against letting…

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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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