Tag: Contemporary
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The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson {Stephanie’s Review}
[book-info] The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson centers around one of my favorite subjects: solving cold cases. It’s been awhile since I finished the original Truly Devious trilogy. I was thrilled when I found out there was more to Stevie Bell’s story. Thankfully I didn’t really need to remember what happened in the…
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One Night on the Island by Josie Silver {Stephanie’s Review}
[book-info] One Night on the Island by Josie Silver was a book that would decide my reading future with Silver. I didn’t love One Day in December. The ending really saved it for me. But I adored The Two Lives of Lydia Bird. I am pleased to report that One Night on the Island sealed…
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The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James {Stephanie’s Review}
[book-info] I can’t tell you how excited I was to receive The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James in my Once Upon a Book Club adult box. This is the box that made me dive into the book subscription service with the theme of Unsolved Mysteries. I’ve been meaning to read Simone St.…
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Redemption Bay by RaeAnne Thayne {Stephanie’s Review}
[book-info] Normally I love a good small town romance. I really love the Virgin River and Haven Point series. I thought when I picked up Redemption Bay by RaeAnne Thayne that I’d have a book that I could breeze through in just a few days. It took me three weeks. I want to preface my…
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Summer of Love Buddy Read 1: The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren {Stephanie’s Review}
[book-info] The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren has 100% put this author duo on my autobuy list. I had pre-ordered The Soulmate Equation on Audible and had the hardcover coming too. I read In a Holidaze back in December and it automatically hit my holiday annual reading list. I had high hopes for this story…
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab {Stephanie’s Review}
[book-info] My reading slump in March was awful. I owned both COYER book club book picks and had every intention of reading them both. I barely got in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab before book club. There is so much to unpack here. It took me a really long time to…
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The Lying Game by Ruth Ware {Stephanie’s Review}
[book-info] I’m continuing my way through Ware’s backlist. Anne from Books of My Heart agreed to buddy read The Lying Game by Ruth Ware with me. The Lying Game really seemed to go at a slower pace than Ware’s other books. It seemed to crawl by. I honestly wonder if it has to do with…
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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han {Stephanie’s Review}
[book-info] I threw To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han into the recommendations for February’s COYER book club. I originally read it back in 2018 and managed to completely forget where the first book ended. When I put it in for a rec I was remembering the entire story arc and not…
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January 2021 Nostalgia Reads Review Round Up
[book-info] I was honestly really surprised by this book and that made me really enjoy it. Yes it was incredibly far fetched but it’s fiction and it was used to tell a morals story. Still. It was surprising and it shook the rut that I’ve been in with the BSC lately. I went into it…
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The Medical Examiner by Maxine Paetro & James Patterson {Stephanie’s Review}
[book-info] I didn’t really feel like The Medical Examiner by Maxine Paetro & James Patterson spent all that much time focusing on Claire. That may have been wrong of me to presume. Either way The Medical Examiner was a good pick for Dewey’s. It kept the storyline moving because it was so short. I actually…
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