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    Book Review:: Anatomy of an Alibi | Ashley Elston

    November 28, 2025

    For me, the fun of reading thrillers is that grabs-you-by-the-throat, have-to-turn-the-next-page, I-have-no-idea-what-happens-next feeling. It’s a different sort of reading experience than I have with other fiction, because…

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    Book Review:: Checking It Twice | Kendall Ryan

    November 22, 2025

    Friends, I’ve found you a lovely, swoony, holiday romance that will warm you up better than a cup of hot cocoa. It’s Checking It Twice by Kendall…

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    Book Review:: Secret Nights and Northern Lights | Megan Oliver

    November 11, 2025

    Mona is always overlooked. In a busy family with twin boys less than a year older than she is, their parents were always too exhausted for her…

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    Book Review:: My Favorite Holidate | Lauren Blakely

    November 9, 2025

    When your guy-for-now blatantly cheats on you at a party, you get your revenge by fake-dating your billionaire boss. Obviously. Except you’ve had a thing for said…

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    Book Review:: Where He Left Me | Nicole Baart

    November 4, 2025

    Sadie Sheridan almost gave up on finding the one. But then, in her 40s, she fell in love with another professor at her university. Felix. He’s smart,…

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    Book Review:: Never Over | Clare Gilmore

    October 28, 2025

    I’ve been a massive fan of Clare Gilmore since I read Perfect Fit last year. That book is *chef’s kiss*. I don’t know what it is about…

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    Book Review:: Remain | Nicholas Sparks & M. Night Shyamalan

    October 21, 2025

    I have to say I never expected to see Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan on the same book cover. Like, ever. But here we are, with…

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    Book Review: Boleyn Traitor | Philippa Gregory

    October 16, 2025

    Philippa Gregory is a master of crafting intriguing political intrigue out of real-world figures from Tudor English history. Does she take liberties? Experts say a resounding yes…

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    Book Review:: Circle of Days | Ken Follett

    September 16, 2025

    Put yourself in the shoes (or lack of them) of our ancestors. Those tribes of people who came before us. Living in rudimentary societies, living off of…

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    Book Review:: People Watching | Hannah Bonam-Young

    September 9, 2025

    I’ve heard only good things about Hannah Bonam-Young, so I was curious to experience her writing for the first time with People Watching. Now on the other…

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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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