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    Book Review:: Once and Again | Rebecca Serle

    May 15, 2026

    We’ve all had those moments, those crossroads moments, when we can see two paths stretching out before us, and we have to pick between them. Or something…

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    Book Review:: The Spirit of Love | Lauren Kate

    July 1, 2025

    A vacation fling, a workplace rival, two very different love connections. The Spirit of Love is a new novel by Lauren Kate that will have you leaning…

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    Book Review:: Sounds Like Love | Ashley Poston

    June 13, 2025

    The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston was one of the most surprising delights when I was first getting heavy into romance. The voice, the concept, the execution…

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    Book Review:: All the Perfect Days | Michael Thompson

    May 16, 2025

    Every choice we make effects innumerable other choices in our lives. Some of them can change our trajectories entirely. It might not even feel like a big…

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    Book Review:: Summer in a Bottle | Annie Rains

    April 26, 2025

    Summer in a Bottle is a novel that reminds us to face our fears. Lyla returns home for what she hopes is the last time, helping her…

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    Book Review:: Change of Heart | Falon Ballard

    February 11, 2025

    Our lives are made up of one moment to the next – moments that are mostly logical and organic as they happen. If we’re not careful, those…

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    Book Review:: After Life | Gayle Forman

    January 7, 2025

    There are a lot of lessons we learn the hard way in our youth. but what if we got a second chance to change things? Seventeen-year-old Amber…

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    Book Review:: Ghosted | Sarah Ready

    November 15, 2024

    Sarah Ready does it again! This is the second book of hers I’ve read and I think I liked it even more than Wished. I especially recommend…

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    Book Review:: Maybe Next Time | Cesca Major

    October 25, 2024

    There is something magical about finding the right book at the right time. When something about the state of your life at the moment resonates deeply with…

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    Book Review:: Wish I Were Here | Melissa Wiesner

    October 14, 2024

    I looooooooved this book. In Wish I Were Here there is adventure, humor, drama, a heist, heart, community and the smidgiest smidge of magical realism that made…

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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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