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    Book Review:: What Happens in Amsterdam | Rachel Lynn Solomon

    March 9, 2025

    Sometimes you have to go to the other side of the world to figure yourself out. Dani’s life is in a bit of a shambles – she’s…

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    Book Review:: Colton Gentry’s Third Act | Jeff Zentner

    March 7, 2025

    I haven’t read many (or any?) romance novels based on the male’s point-of-view. Colton Gentry may be the first! For awhile it seemed like everywhere I turned…

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    Book Review:: Promise Me Sunshine | Cara Bastone

    March 4, 2025

    One does not simply move on when their best friend dies. The friend who has been by their side through every important milestone in their life. The…

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    Book Review:: Ambush | Colleen Coble

    March 3, 2025

    Paradise Alden is ready to confront the demons of her past. She takes a job as the vet at a big animal rescue in the hometown her…

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    Book Review:: Our Infinite Fates | Laura Steven

    March 2, 2025

    What is the meaning of life when you know it is so fleeting? Is it worth it to love when you know it will always end? What…

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    Book Review:: Intermezzo | Sally Rooney

    February 28, 2025

    I am perpetually entranced by the writing of Sally Rooney. Her prose is simple and sad, poetic and deeply honest. Each of her novels feels like a…

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    Book Review:: Famous Last Words | Gillian McAllister

    February 25, 2025

    Cam’s first day back at work as a literary agent after maternity leave doesn’t exactly go the way she planned. But no one plans for the police…

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    Book Review:: Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave | Elle Cosimano

    February 23, 2025

    Finlay Donovan’s relentless adventure continues in her fifth book, Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave. Not only is it my favorite title of the series, it might…

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    Book Review:: Love and Other Paradoxes | Catriona Silvey

    February 22, 2025

    Love and Other Paradoxes is just another run-of-the-mill woman-comes-from-the-future-to-change-the-past-and-boy-gets-caught-up-in-the-crossfire situation. Joseph Greene wants to be the next great poet, so much so that he’s had poet’s-block (like…

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    Book Review:: Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy

    February 21, 2025

    A few years ago I was in a phase of absolutely inhaling books for a minute there. Most of what I read then is now a blur,…

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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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