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    Book Review:: The Summer of You and Me | Denise Hunter

    April 19, 2025

    One day Maggie is at the fair with her young daughter and swears she sees her husband among the crowds. Trouble is, he was killed in the…

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    Book Review:: The Correspondent | Virginia Evans

    April 15, 2025

    A novel to move you. Sybil’s life is as complex and nuanced as the next, and as someone who corresponds best through the written word, we get…

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    Book Review:: We All Live Here | Jojo Moyes

    April 13, 2025

    We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes is a raw, emotional, and realistic story of a family that has fallen apart and is only functioning through strategic…

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    Book Review:: The Seven O’Clock Club | Amelia Ireland

    April 11, 2025

    What does it take to earn a five-star rating? Is it simply capturing and holding your attention? Is it making you feel things down deep in the…

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    Book Review:: Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame | Olivia Ford

    April 8, 2025

    Bake off, but make it bookish! Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame is the cozy adventure of a lithe septuagenarian ready to take a little piece of the…

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    Book Review:: Eight Hundred Grapes | Laura Dave

    April 4, 2025

    Timing is everything, and who knows that better than a wine maker? I’m learning that lesson again from Eight Hundred Grapes. I read it once before in…

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    Book Review:: Nobody’s Fool | Harlan Coben

    March 31, 2025

    Nobody’s Fool is my first Harlan Coben novel, and wow – color me impressed! This is the second book in the series led by main character Sami…

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    Book Review:: It All Comes Back To You | Melissa Wiesner

    March 17, 2025

    It All Comes Back to You by Melissa Wiesner is going on my top list of all time favorite books. It reminded me of my favorite book…

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    Book Review:: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers | Jesse Q. Sutanto

    March 14, 2025

    If you love contemporary murder mysteries and haven’t yet discovered Vera Wong, you’re in for a treat. She is the fun and spunky lead in an investigation…

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    Book Review:: Swept Away | Beth O’Leary

    March 11, 2025

    This book is so much more than I expected. It is easy to assume from the premise that it might be a romantic comedy full of worst-case…

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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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