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Book Review: Practically Wicked by Alissa Johnson

After three solid books in a row, I think we can officially be certain that Alissa Johnson is one of my favorite historical romance authors. Practically Wicked was charming, sweet, and enjoyable from start to finish. I loved how Max and Anna’s ...
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Book Review: Torn Away by Jennifer Brown

Torn Away is a hard book to read, and there’s really no way around that. It’s an impossible situation, something that’s definitely Brown’s specialty. She writes “issues” books that aren’t just those issues on paper. The family dynamics she tends ...
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Book Review: The Round House by Louise Erdrich

To say The Round House is a book about a rape investigation would be unfair, though true. On a very superficial level, Louise Erdrich writes about the investigation and background revolving around Joe’s mother’s rape, but this is not really just ...
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Book Review: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

All in all, I’m not terribly impressed with The Monstrumologist. It’s a very explicit monster story when it wants to be, bother otherwise Yancey’s storytelling is plain dull. I’m not planning on picking up the sequels, partly because I didn’t ...
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Book Review: Where the Moon Isn’t by Nathan Filer

So, I was expecting a ghost story, but that’s not what I got. In a sense, Matthew is haunted by his dead brother, but…not actually. Where the Moon Isn’t could be considered a ghost story, but an atypical one, where the ghosts are invisible and ...
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