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Book Review: hello, summer
Author: Mary Kay Andrews Rating: 4/5 stars Book Blurb: It’s a new season… Conley Hawkins left her family’s small town newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, in the rearview mirror years ago. Now a star reporter for a big-city paper, Conley is exactly where she wants to be and is about to take a fancy new position…
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Reading Wrap-Up and Reviews
Happy Friday everyone! I continued on my rom-com kick and I say that even though two of these books were NOT rom-com. And I must say…reading them sent me into a little bit of a reading slump. First up… Love and Other Words – 3.75/5 stars It is this book that taught me that I…
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Reading Reviews: Three Books By Fave Rom-Com Authors
So I put together a TBR of books by authors whose RomComs I have really enjoyed in the past. Did I love them? Were their loved books one-hit wonders for me? Let’s dive right in… The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood 4.5 /5 stars I had previously read Love on the Brain and really liked…
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Reading Update: More Book Reviews and Reading Plans…
Happy Thursday! So this past week I have continued on my Rom-Com/Romance kick and I have to say I am enjoying it. This is going to seem ironic when you see the reviews for the books I read. Let’s get down to it… This book is about two journalists competing for a column, inappropriately pitted…
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Reading Update: Reviews, Reading Plans and the Like…
Happy Friday! It has been a busy week again. I did get some reading done but didn’t have a lot of time to post reviews and updates so I am condensing it all in one post… First up, I finished The Circus Train: This book was about two kids raised around a circus who come…
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Reading Update: 2/17/23
Currently Reading/About to Pick up This was a so- so week of reading. There are so many things vying for my attention as of late. But I want to to get back on track. I was able to finish Sold on a Monday at least. Some of my reading goals have fallen by the way…
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Book Review: Sold on a Monday
Author: Kristina McMorris Rating: 3/5 stars Book Blurb: 2 CHILDREN FOR SALE. The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices. For struggling reporter…
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Reading Update: 2/11/2023
Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Wanted to give an update on my reading plans… I DNF’d this book. It read like YA. Slow YA. It wasn’t what I expected nor was it what I was in the mood for. So I put it down. Next! Currently reading this one, I am almost done…
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Book Review: And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
Author: Fredrik Backman Rating: 5 stars Book Blurb: From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, and Anxious People comes an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family’s efforts to care for him even…
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Currently Reading: 1/31/2023
So I had a lot going on in the past two weeks as far as family obligations which has affected my reading. I did finish a re- read of Murder in Mayfair which I gave 3.5 stars. I won’t give it an in depth review because it’s a re-read. It was enjoyable. I recommend it.…