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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 Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) | Jesse Q. Sutanto

    March 16, 2025

    Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) is the second book in the Vera Wong series. If you haven’t read Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for…

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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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    Book Review:: What Happens in Amsterdam | Rachel Lynn Solomon

    March 9, 2025

    Sometimes you have to go to the other side of the world to figure yourself out. Dani’s life is in a bit of a shambles – she’s…

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    Book Review:: Colton Gentry’s Third Act | Jeff Zentner

    March 7, 2025

    I haven’t read many (or any?) romance novels based on the male’s point-of-view. Colton Gentry may be the first! For awhile it seemed like everywhere I turned…

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    Book Review:: Promise Me Sunshine | Cara Bastone

    March 4, 2025

    One does not simply move on when their best friend dies. The friend who has been by their side through every important milestone in their life. The…

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    Book Review:: Ambush | Colleen Coble

    March 3, 2025

    Paradise Alden is ready to confront the demons of her past. She takes a job as the vet at a big animal rescue in the hometown her…

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    Book Review:: Our Infinite Fates | Laura Steven

    March 2, 2025

    What is the meaning of life when you know it is so fleeting? Is it worth it to love when you know it will always end? What…

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    Book Review:: Intermezzo | Sally Rooney

    February 28, 2025

    I am perpetually entranced by the writing of Sally Rooney. Her prose is simple and sad, poetic and deeply honest. Each of her novels feels like a…

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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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