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    Book Review:: The Night We Lost Him | Laura Dave

    June 17, 2025

    I’m coming to realize that Laura Dave is one of my favorite authors right now. She’s an excellent atmospheric writer. The tone of her books is clear…

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    Book Review:: Songs of Summer | Jane L. Rosen

    May 20, 2025

    Maggie Mae Wheeler inherited a vintage record shop from her adoptive parents and has started a fling with her lifelong best friend that feels natural but not…

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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:: Here One Moment | Liane Moriarty

    March 21, 2025

    Cause of death, age of death. Would you want to know? For some on one fateful domestic flight between Hobart and Sydney the prediction from one of…

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    Book Review:: When We Grow Up | Angelica Baker

    February 18, 2025

    Looking for a book that hits on every hyper-zennial political and culture topic there is without actually giving any substance to any of it? Man, I hate…

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    Book Review:: The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife | Anna Johnston

    August 25, 2024

    Grief is one of the most universal constants of life. It is the opposite of love. The absence of anyplace to emote the love you feel, and…

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    Book Review:: Amazing Grace Adams | Fran Littlewood

    August 13, 2024

    Have you ever had a bad day? Bad week really. Months, even. Or a decade, if we’re being honest. Grace has. And she’s kept it together, mostly,…

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    Book Review:: The Most Fun We Ever Had | Claire Lombardo

    August 2, 2024

    This isn’t a book you read for entertainment. This is the type of book you read to remind yourself what it is to be human. To connect…

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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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