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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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    Book Review:: Undimmed | Cecily Mak

    April 24, 2026

    The best thing about this book is the framing that it is for everyone. You don’t have to declare your problems or label them as a disease…

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    Book Review:: Seeing Other People | Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka

    April 23, 2026

    Even though the premise of this book is clear from the title, the cover, and whatever the blurb says (which you all know by now I almost…

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    Book Review:: Handle With Care | Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

    April 21, 2026

    This book is like, if locked-room mystery was a thriller, and the psychology of everyone in the room is the story. In other words: excellent. This is…

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    Book Review:: Fallen City | Adrienne Young

    April 10, 2026

    A city is falling – it’s inevitable – but the man who started it is also the one who cannot leave. Not without her. Maris and Luca,…

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    Book Review:: Caller Unknown | Gillian McAllister

    April 9, 2026

    Love makes fools of us all, and we all know nothing is stronger than a mother’s love. Simone and Lucy just wanted to have a nice mother-daughter…

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    Book Review:: The Relic of the Wildwood | E.J. Venter

    April 8, 2026

    A perilous quest. A fierce protector. And a young woman who doesn’t believe she’s enough. These are the ones tasked with saving the world from an evil…

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    Book Review:: Maybe It’s Fate | Heidi McLaughlin

    April 7, 2026

    Oh, how I adored every single minute of this book, with tears in my eyes the entire time. My heart was in my hands through the whole…

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    Book Review:: If Only You Knew | Ellie K. Wilde

    February 13, 2026

    Man, sometimes you gotta go back to a genuine sports romance novel, and If Only You Knew by Ellie K. Wilde really fits the bill (also it’s…

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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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