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Behind in reviews, we are doing a weird omnibus

The ABC Murders by Hercule Poirot

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry

Falling for a Rake by Eve Pendle

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The ABC Murders – *** Picked up on a whim after a recommendation! As I’m also v behind in reviews and somewhat struggling to remember specifics of all the books I’ve read, it’s a perfect opportunity to put into practice my rating scale. Hercule Poirot mysteries are a mainstay in a very specific type of comfort reading, and honestly Christie is a genius for being able to write so many varying tropes in a way that feels connected but fresh. I definitely thought we were […]

Don’t Judge THIS Book by the Cover (seriously)

Beach Read by Emily Henry

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Disclaimer: I picked up this title based upon an NPR Books discussion, and upon seeing the cover, really had no idea what I was getting myself into, as evidenced by the fact that I offered it up to my MIL’s book club, which includes her sisters and 82-year old, very Catholic mother.  Heavens to Betsy.  There are very few beaches in this book, that’s what I’m telling you. January Andrews, authoress and former girlfriend to a handsome doctor, is broke.  At the funeral of her […]

Much better than a light summer read

Beach Read by Emily Henry

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I put a hold on Beach Read after narfa reviewed this book back in the summer and I can already tell it’s going to be one of my favourite books of 2021. This book follows a romance writer who has become cynical about love and a literary writer stuck in the research stage. To get past their writers block, they swap genres for the summer. Shenanigans ensue. This book tackles what I think is the most taboo subject in romance – deliberate, ongoing infidelity, and […]

CBR12 Book Bingo – Repeat

Beach Read by Emily Henry

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Oh, how I loved this book. It’s not an innovative story-line, but it sure does the trick! Polar opposites strike up a challenge and fall in love in the process. Swoooon! While the concept is as old as time, author Emily Henry makes it fresh with modern background details that bring the characters and setting to life. When I read a good romance, I can feel it throughout my body. The words pulse through my bones. I carry the characters with me for days after. […]

“My Happily Ever After was a strand of strung-together happy-for-nows, extending back not to just a year ago, but to thirty years before.”

Beach Read by Emily Henry

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Beach Read is an odd example of a charming romance that I liked a lot, even though I found that I didn’t much like the two main characters. Romance novelist January is reeling — her father died, her boyfriend broke up with her, and she found out (AT HER FATHER’S FUNERAL) that her parents’ marriage wasn’t the perfect love story that she always imagined. She has a book deadline coming up, but she has no ideas and nowhere to live, so she moves into her […]



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