Tag: book club
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Book Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
This book is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. Because of this, I was kind of nervous going into it, but since I was reading it with a book club, I figured it would be a good opportunity to read outside of my comfort zone…
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Book Review: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
I am one of the few Americans who has never seen The Wizard of Oz all the way through. Not because I’ve never liked the story, but because the beginning of the movie terrified me as a child and I just haven’t felt like going back. I have seen Wicked on Broadway, though, and I love that story. Since…
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Book Review: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
How do I even begin talking about my experience reading this book? How am I going to sum up all of my thoughts and feelings in a few short paragraphs? All while avoiding spoilers!…
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Book Review: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Going into this book, I’d read and heard a lot of mixed reviews saying that this book deviates from Emily Henry’s typical style. I wasn’t too concerned about this because the style of this book actually aligns more with my typical reading preferences, so I feel I was lucky in this regard…
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Book Review: The Wedding People by Alison Espach
I didn’t pay too much attention to this book when it was first published. I’m not one who gravitates toward wedding stories and, for whatever reason, I thought this was a murder mystery, and I had already read a book with this presumed premise I envisioned…
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Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
This book was initially recommended to me by a friend because of the historical and academic tone, but I’d put it off being intimidated by the faerie storyline. When it ended up being selected for a group read, I decided not to put it off any longer. Definitely different for me, but a nice different!…
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Book Review: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
This book wasn’t on my radar until it was selected for a group buddy read. I went into it fairly blindly and I think not having any expectations helped me to fully enjoy it…
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Book Review: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
I can see why people really love this book and I so wanted to be one of those people. Alas, it was not a good match for me…
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Book Review: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
I almost didn’t pick up this book because typically I can take or leave romcoms. Just for the Summer was nominated for The Global Book Nook’s group read at the beginning of the summer and I only picked it up in the last day or two of that month because I was waiting for a library hold…
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Book Review: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
A friend of mine initially recommended this book to me, saying I would love the setting and the fact that the protagonists are writers. I’m always skeptical of fantasy even though I did find the premise intriguing. When it was chosen as a group read with The Global Book Nook, I figured it was a…