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Book Review: Such a Pretty Picture

Such a Pretty Picture by Andrea Leeb Genre: Memoir ISBN‑13: 9781647429942 Page Count: 256 pages Publisher: She Writes Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Toni Woodruff | Content warnings: child sexual abuse Heartbreaking and vulnerable—a story that should never exist It takes power to tell this story. It takes bravery and strength and a machete—a way […]

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The Lost Book of First Loves by RaeAnne Thayne

RaeAnne Thayne’s The Lost Book of First Loves masterfully weaves together themes of family, identity, and healing in a story that feels both intimate and expansive. While the novel occasionally succumbs to convenient plot devices, its emotional authenticity and well-developed characters create a compelling narrative about the courage required to embrace unexpected connections and second […]

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Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings

Megan Giddings returns with her most ambitious work yet, weaving a tapestry of loss, love, and otherworldly possibility that challenges both our understanding of family bonds and the nature of reality itself. Meet Me at the Crossroads stands as a testament to Giddings’ evolving mastery of speculative fiction, offering readers a profound meditation on grief […]

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Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh

Renée Ahdieh’s adult debut Park Avenue arrives with the weight of expectation befitting a #1 New York Times bestselling author transitioning from YA fantasy to contemporary adult fiction. Pitched as “Crazy Rich Asians meets Succession,” this novel follows Jia Song, a newly minted junior partner at a prestigious Manhattan law firm, as she becomes entangled […]

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Never Thought I’d End Up Here by Ann Liang

Ann Liang returns with her most ambitious and emotionally resonant novel yet in Never Thought I’d End Up Here, delivering a story that transcends the typical young adult romance formula. Following the success of her previous works including If You Could See the Sun, This Time It’s Real, and I Hope This Doesn’t Find You, […]

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The Goal by Elle Kennedy

The Goal by Elle Kennedy on September 26, 2016 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / New Adult, Fiction / Romance / Sports Pages: 350 Format: eBook, Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads “My goal, once upon a time, was to succeed. I didn’t realize that success wasn’t grades or scholarships or achievements, […]

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A Curse Carved in Bone by Danielle L. Jensen

A Curse Carved in Bone by Danielle L. Jensen on May 13, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Fantasy / Romance, Fiction / Romance / Fantasy, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Viking Pages: 416 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads A Curse Carved in Bone delivers a powerful and satisfying conclusion to The Saga of the […]

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Run For The Hills by Kevin Wilson

Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson on May 13, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Family Life / General, Fiction / Literary, Fiction / Southern Pages: 256 Format: Audiobook Buy on Amazon Goodreads As soon as I saw the cover of Run for the Hills featuring a PT Cruiser, I knew I had to read it—my […]

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Be Scared, But Be Brave by Maura Jortner

I’m a huge scaredy cat. I don’t use this term lightly, nor without full knowledge of its meaning; I live with a seventeen-pound cat named Shiloh who is frightened of many things, including: the vent under the pantry, shoes, the occasional misplaced school bag, any new item put on the kitchen table, and the cat […]

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Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox

Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox on July 3, 2025 Genres: Fiction / General, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General, Fiction / Thrillers / Crime, Fiction / Thrillers / Domestic, Fiction / Thrillers / General, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense Pages: 336 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads Today is Sophie Matthews’s sixteenth birthday […]