Media Review
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Book Review: Passion Project (4/5)
I enjoyed reading this book! I chose this book to kick off my 2026 year of reading. It was fun and funny while still deftly dealing with difficult topics and transitions. I appreciated that the twists and turns of this book were both internal and external to the characters. There were many times the relationship
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Book Review: In The Veins of the Drowning (5/5)
I just added the second book, In The Wake of the Ruined, to my Want To Read List! I recommend In The Veins of the Drowning by Kalie Cassidy to lovers of dark romance and fantasy retellings. This books was a darkly addictive page turner. It has all of the sweeping fantasy and action of
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The Best Books I Read in 2025!
I read 163 books in 2025! (My goals was 183 – a book every other day) These are my favorites that I read this year (in no particular order):
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Book Review: Everyone is Lying to You
I think my brain just broke in the best possible way… I heard about this book in a podcast (unfortunately, I don’t remember which one) and immediately put it on my hold list at the library. This book started off slow but the ending did not disappoint. It is full of realistic, smart, empowered women,
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Book Review: A Holly Jolly Ever After
The smuttiest holiday book I’ve ever read (and it also made me cry)! A Holly Jolly Ever After is coauthored by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone. It is the second book in the Christmas Notch series. Kallum Lieberman and Winnie Baker both live in the public eye. Kallum was a band member, a sex tape
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Book Review: The Austen Affair
I hosted my second romance book club last night. We talked about The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell. It went really well! I was lucky to have attendees willing to speak up and ask their own questions. There was a very normal amount of pauses in discussion. The last time I was leaving more zoom
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Book Review: The Reluctant Reaper
I just finished reading my first ARC! For the uninitiated, that means an Advanced Reader Copy, a copy of a book before the publication date. The Reluctant Reaper was written by Mary Janice Davidson and was published November 11, 2025 (I started reading it on 11/5 so a few days early). I chose this book