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    Book Review:: Stranger Things Have Happened | Kasie West

    May 12, 2026

    Kasie West’s books almost have that 90s rom-com feel. The situational, emotionally stunted but slowly falling anyway, long-story kind of feel. The kind that so many others…

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    Book Review:: Fallen City | Adrienne Young

    April 10, 2026

    A city is falling – it’s inevitable – but the man who started it is also the one who cannot leave. Not without her. Maris and Luca,…

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    Book Review:: Graceless Heart | Isabel Ibanez

    February 1, 2026

    Isabel Ibanez is on my watch list. I’ve truly loved some of her work in the past, so I wasn’t going to miss an opportunity to read…

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    Book Review:: Overdue | Stephanie Perkins

    October 7, 2025

    Look at this gorgeous book. I could not wait to sink into this one, and that’s really what it felt like, an immersive almost coming-of-age story about…

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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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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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