Category: contemporary fiction
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Book Review: The Curious Kidnapping of Nora W by Cate Green
I can confidently say that I have never read a book that has had a character aged 122. Upon hearing this, I was immediately drawn to the plot…
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Book Review: The Workshop: Week Two by Matt Mills
We’re back for week two of our favorite writing group! We’re still early on in the competition. Two down, fourteen to go…
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Book Review: How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent
The title of this book caught my attention. I mean, I think most women can find a bitter amusement at first glance. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I quickly lost amusement and felt like I’d crossed over a morally grey threshold…
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Book Review: Paper Targets by Steve S. Saroff
I love a good art angle in a book be it fiction or nonfiction. Pair it with a mystery and you don’t need to tell me much more to convince me to pick it up…
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Book Review: The Workshop: Week One by Matt Mills
As a hobbyist writer myself, I instantly loved the concept of this series. A group of college students/writers competing for greatness in a sixteen-week creative writing course? I’m in…
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Book Review: Dreams of Arcadia by Brian Porter
With a mysterious overtone and a literary delivery, Dreams of Arcadia is a spectacular and unique read…
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Book Review: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
With the promise of a rich story, I was initially excited when I began reading Black Cake. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long to realize it was going to be a struggle to try and follow…
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Book Review: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
I had high hopes for this book after reading Anxious People and I was not disappointed. Fredrik Backman’s writing is so relatably human, managing to find humor in some of the darkest areas of our lives…
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Book Review: Falling Hard for the Royal Guard by Megan Clawson
I’m going to say upfront that this isn’t necessarily a book I would have chosen for myself unless I was looking for a good beach read, so please take my review with a grain of salt. I was sent a surprise ARC copy…
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Book Review: Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn
I don’t know how I’m feeling about this one. I didn’t dislike it, but I didn’t like it either…