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    Book Review:: Anatomy of an Alibi | Ashley Elston

    November 28, 2025

    For me, the fun of reading thrillers is that grabs-you-by-the-throat, have-to-turn-the-next-page, I-have-no-idea-what-happens-next feeling. It’s a different sort of reading experience than I have with other fiction, because…

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    Book Review:: Daddy Issues | Kate Goldbeck

    November 25, 2025

    I love a book with a dual meaning title, and honey, this one’s got it. Does FMC have some daddy issues? Yes, yes she does. Is MMC…

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    Book Review:: Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon | Matthew Norman

    November 23, 2025

    For many, the holidays are a time of profound grief. This one is for you. As someone who doesn’t read blurbs, I was not expecting the absolute…

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    Book Review:: Checking It Twice | Kendall Ryan

    November 22, 2025

    Friends, I’ve found you a lovely, swoony, holiday romance that will warm you up better than a cup of hot cocoa. It’s Checking It Twice by Kendall…

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    Book Review:: Secret Nights and Northern Lights | Megan Oliver

    November 11, 2025

    Mona is always overlooked. In a busy family with twin boys less than a year older than she is, their parents were always too exhausted for her…

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    Book Review:: My Favorite Holidate | Lauren Blakely

    November 9, 2025

    When your guy-for-now blatantly cheats on you at a party, you get your revenge by fake-dating your billionaire boss. Obviously. Except you’ve had a thing for said…

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    Book Review:: Four Weekends and A Funeral | Ellie Palmer

    November 7, 2025

    When a random library read pulls your heartstrings nearly out of your chest, you know you’ve found a good one. Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie…

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    Book Review:: Where He Left Me | Nicole Baart

    November 4, 2025

    Sadie Sheridan almost gave up on finding the one. But then, in her 40s, she fell in love with another professor at her university. Felix. He’s smart,…

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    Book Review:: Save Us | Mona Kasten

    November 2, 2025

    The Maxton Hall series has really grown on me, and Save Us is as great an ending for these angsty characters as I could have hoped for.…

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    Book Review:: Something in the Water | Catherine Steadman

    October 31, 2025

    Chance is a funny thing. Everyone knows they are not technically promised tomorrow. “You could be hit by a bus,” is such a common phrase I think…

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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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