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    Book Review:: Where the Library Hides | Isabel Ibanez

    October 3, 2025

    Where the Library Hides is the second book in the Secrets of the Nile Duology by Isabel Ibanez. If you have not started this wonderful historical fantasy…

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    Book Review:: A Lot to Unpack | Portia MacIntosh

    October 2, 2025

    Liberty is in need of a fresh start. She just found out her boyfriend, who she works with, has been using dating apps to send pictures of…

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    Book Review:: Thief of Night | Holly Black

    September 30, 2025

    I just learned that this is the second book in a duology, and suddenly that makes a lot of sense. I saw Holly Black’s name on netgalley…

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    Book Review:: The Irish Goodbye | Heather Aimee O’Neill

    September 26, 2025

    I love me a good family drama, and The Irish Goodbye by debut author Heather Aimee O’Neill was no exception. When families come together for holidays, it…

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    Book Review:: Say it Out Loud | Ashley Schumacher

    September 23, 2025

    If you’re looking for a true-blue fun and meaningful romance novel to snuggle up with this fall, Say It Out Loud by Ashley Schumacher is honestly a…

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    Book Review:: The Summer War | Naomi Novik

    September 21, 2025

    In this brief novella by Naomi Novik, the full story of a curse is told. There are kingdoms with long feuds and high emotions, and ultimately it…

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    Book Review:: The Heartbreak Hotel | Ellen O’Clover

    September 19, 2025

    Sometimes you’ve got to roll with the punches. Like when your long-term famous boyfriend breaks up with you in an unbecoming manor, or you fail the test…

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    Book Review:: Circle of Days | Ken Follett

    September 16, 2025

    Put yourself in the shoes (or lack of them) of our ancestors. Those tribes of people who came before us. Living in rudimentary societies, living off of…

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    Book Review:: We Met Like This | Kasie West

    September 13, 2025

    This is the kind of book you have to pause the audio when you have literally anything that takes brain power, because you don’t want to miss…

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    Book Review:: People Watching | Hannah Bonam-Young

    September 9, 2025

    I’ve heard only good things about Hannah Bonam-Young, so I was curious to experience her writing for the first time with People Watching. Now on the other…

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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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