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The Traitors by C.A Lynch

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Many years ago the town of Rock Hill was shocked when three teenagers were killed by a stranger wielding an ax in an abandoned mansion, only one girl survived.  Now six people receive mysterious letters inviting them back to the mansion and a chance to split a million dollars if they can survive the night. Some of the invitees have ties to the murder, such as Lolly, the sole survivor of the massacre.  Also invited was the disgraced police officer who accidently killed an innocent […]

They’re All My Friends, And They Died…

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

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I haven’t ugly cried over a book in a hot minute, but man, I sure ugly cried over this one.  This is one of those books that everyone recommends to you and for whatever reason you dig your feet in that it’s probably not going to be for you but you politely say, “Thanks for the recommendation” and then go on about reading anything but that book.  Does anyone else do that? And then invariably, when you sit down to read the book that your […]

Kill Your Darlings

Bunny by Mona Awad

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Bunny started out really strong for me, it ended okish…I think…but I mostly wanted to get off the ride once we hit the middle, and the middle is LONG. We follow Sam in her final year at Warren College (eyeroll for the cuteness there) as she’s finishing up her MFA.  Much like Mean Girls and Clueless have very clear cliques that don’t necessarily exist in the natural world quite so clearly, they exist here at Warren.  We have the sweet stoner poet Jonah,  Ava, Sam’s […]

Husbands Don’t Do Anything, AMIRITE???

The Husbands by Chandler Baker

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I remember the first time I  watched The Stepford Wives ( I didn’t read the book until my teens) ,I remember being really angry and scared of those husbands.  I was little, and it was all so terrifying seeing men controlling women like that and turning them into robots.  I can laugh now, because I didn’t know it was satire and I didn’t know that I would be dealing with some men who probably find the idea of a Stepford Wife appealing.  So imagine my […]

Friends ’til the End

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

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What first drew me to this book was its cool title and the fact there wasn’t a knife on the front cover.  That bothered me. A Lot.  So of course? I had to read this book. Then I read a synopsis of the book and I really had to read it…because it seemed to be right up my alley.  Let me tell you about it and you can decide if it’s also for you! Lots of people attend college reunions for various reasons–to reconnect, to […]

Tennis, Anyone?

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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I played a lot of sports in middle school and high school and somehow, I had never touched a tennis racket until about two years ago.  I promptly put that racket back after that first outing, because I was absolutely terrible.  I have read a lot of TJR’s books and really loved The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I like Daisy Jones and the Six, and I enjoyed the rest of her oeuvre enough to read them on the beach. So it shouldn’t have been […]



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