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    Book Review:: Caller Unknown | Gillian McAllister

    April 9, 2026

    Love makes fools of us all, and we all know nothing is stronger than a mother’s love. Simone and Lucy just wanted to have a nice mother-daughter…

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    Book Review:: The Hating Game | Sally Thorne

    November 28, 2025

    I have heard The Hating Game referred to out in the bookish ether for years, but never really thought ‘hey, that’s a book I really need to…

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    Book Review: Boleyn Traitor | Philippa Gregory

    October 16, 2025

    Philippa Gregory is a master of crafting intriguing political intrigue out of real-world figures from Tudor English history. Does she take liberties? Experts say a resounding yes…

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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:: 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:: 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:: Hate Follow | Erin Quinn-Kong

    October 7, 2024

    Hate Follow by Erin Quinn-Kong aspires to be the My Sister’s Keeper of this decade. Not many people will have children who need life-saving medical care and…

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    Book Review:: Wrong Place Wrong Time | Gillian McAllister

    September 10, 2024

    It started with a feeling. Deja vu? Something like it? A bad feeling. The calm before the storm type of feeling. Like in the next instant, the…

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    Book Review:: The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife | Anna Johnston

    August 25, 2024

    Grief is one of the most universal constants of life. It is the opposite of love. The absence of anyplace to emote the love you feel, and…

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    Book Review:: The Midnight Feast | Lucy Foley

    July 8, 2024

    One cannot escape the past. Crimes cannot be erased. And those who were affected cannot simply be forgotten. The Midnight Feast is another edge-of-your seat, layered, multiple…

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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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