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    Book Review:: Whale Fall | Elizabeth O’Connor

    January 17, 2025

    In the years between the Great Wars, two unexpected things happen on a remote Welsh island: a whale washes ashore, and two English stenographers arrive. For a…

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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:: The Memory Library | Kate Storey

    January 10, 2025

    The Memory Library is the story of an estranged mother and daughter coming back together in a moment of difficulty, as they discover that no wound is…

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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:: Yours Truly | Abby Jimenez

    January 1, 2025

    Do you believe in life after love? Specifically, once your (ex)husband of more than a decade turns out to be sleeping with someone who pretended to be…

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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:: A Sea of Unspoken Things | Adrienne Young

    December 27, 2024

    We all have secrets. This is the story of a twin trying to discover the secrets her brother was keeping, which may have led to his unexpected…

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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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