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    Book Review:: Where He Left Me | Nicole Baart

    November 4, 2025

    Sadie Sheridan almost gave up on finding the one. But then, in her 40s, she fell in love with another professor at her university. Felix. He’s smart,…

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    Book Review:: Something in the Water | Catherine Steadman

    October 31, 2025

    Chance is a funny thing. Everyone knows they are not technically promised tomorrow. “You could be hit by a bus,” is such a common phrase I think…

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    Book Review:: Remain | Nicholas Sparks & M. Night Shyamalan

    October 21, 2025

    I have to say I never expected to see Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan on the same book cover. Like, ever. But here we are, with…

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    Book Review:: Listen for the Lie | Amy Tintera

    October 17, 2025

    Wow – I was blown away by this book. From the title, which has to be one of my favorites of all time, to the intricate and…

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    Book Review:: All That We See or Seem | Ken Liu

    October 12, 2025

    Fan of tech thrillers? Ken Liu’s newest novel, All That We See or Seem is a must read! In the world of developing AI and the surveillance…

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    Book Review:: Forget Me Not | Stacy Willingham

    August 25, 2025

    Nothing pulls me out of a reading burnout better than a really compelling mystery thriller. Sometimes you just want a book where you can’t stop turning the…

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    Book Review:: The Book of Lost Hours | Hayley Gelfuso

    August 15, 2025

    A big idea can change the world, for what is the world as we know it, but ideas? It starts small, inside the mind of one person,…

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    Book Review:: Love at First Sighting | Mallory Marlowe

    August 12, 2025

    Love at First Sighting is no ordinary romance. You might say…ahem…it’s out of this world. Just kidding. It takes place on Earth. But it is tightly wrapped…

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    Book Review:: Not Quite Dead Yet | Holly Jackson

    July 20, 2025

    What do you do with the time you have left after you find out a traumatic brain injury will kill you within days? For Jet, it is…

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    Book Review:: The Unraveling of Julia | Lisa Scottoline

    July 14, 2025

    Julia, still grieving the loss of her older adoptive parents, finds out she is the recipient of an old Italian villa from a woman she’s never heard…

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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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