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    This Story Might Save Your Life, Tiffany Crum [Book Review]

    May 16, 2026

    If you have the chance to read This Story Might Save Your Life, do.not.waste.it. It is frigging phenomenal. I was hooked immediately and giddy the entire way…

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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:: My Husband’s Wife | Alice Feeney

    December 7, 2025

    This is my second Alice Feeney novel, and it is just as twisty and confusing and unreliable as the last one! If you’re a fan of high…

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    Book Review:: The Goldens | Lauren Wilson

    July 16, 2025

    Lauren Wilson’s new book The Goldens will have you sucked into the orbit of a young influencer and experience first-hand the dogma that can lead impressionable young…

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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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    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:: Beautiful Ugly | Alice Feeney

    January 14, 2025

    What is it with tiny little Scottish islands? Grady Green, bestselling author, is struggling to work after the disappearance of his wife Abby. Finally at a breaking…

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    Book Review:: The Familiar | Leigh Bardugo

    October 15, 2024

    The Familiar is a sweeping historical fantasy novel of survival, deception, resourcefulness, cunning, and resilience. Luzia has a gift for magic. She sings the songs of her…

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    Book Review:: If We Were Villains | M.L. Rio

    October 1, 2024

    What is more important, that Cesear is assassinated or that he is assassinated by his intimate friends? … ‘That,’ Frederick said, ‘is where the tragedy is.’ After…

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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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