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    Review: Making Friends Can Be Murder by Kathleen West

    by Joli November 13, 2025
    written by Joli

    Need a fun, cozy mystery with characters you’ll fall in love with? I think you’ll love Making Friends Can Be Murder. The Summary Thirty-year-old Sarah Jones gets caught up solving a murder in her new neighborhood after unknowingly befriending a …

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    What We Read in October 2025

    by Joli November 8, 2025
    by Joli November 8, 2025

    Are you a fan of reading spooky books during spooky season? I’m not much of a spooky books fan, myself, but I know there are many who love a good thriller, mystery, or witchy book in the lead-up to Halloween. …

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    Review: Bees in June by Elizabeth Bass Parman

    by Cathy September 26, 2025
    by Cathy September 26, 2025

    Summary Set against the first moon landing in 1969, Rennie King’s life isn’t at all what she expected it to be. Reeling from the loss of her newborn, she’s desperate for the support of her husband, but instead of providing …

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    What We Read in August 2025

    by Joli September 11, 2025
    by Joli September 11, 2025

    WHEW, what an end to the summer. All in one week, I had a 3,000+ word article due, we went to the MN State Fair (whole day affair), we drove up to the cabin, had an electrical issue at our …

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    What We Read in July 2025

    by Joli August 8, 2025
    by Joli August 8, 2025

    Do you read more in the summer, less, or the same? In general, I think these past few years I’ve read a bit less in the summer. Before having a kid? Maybe it was more. But now, summer is all …

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    What We Read in May 2025

    by Joli June 10, 2025
    by Joli June 10, 2025

    I feel like every time I write one of these, I’m somehow stunned that another month has gone by. I’ve been busy filling up my freelance client roster. Somehow I’ve made it happen, but man, getting used to this whole …

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    Book Review: Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum

    by Cathy May 21, 2025
    by Cathy May 21, 2025

    Written by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna Tan Summary Yeongju is burned out. With her high-flying career, demanding marriage, and bustling life in Seoul, she knows she should feel successfulโ€”but all she feels is drained. Haunted by an abandoned dream, …

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    Review: Family and Other Calamities by Leslie Gray Streeter

    by Molly May 15, 2025
    by Molly May 15, 2025

    Journalist Dawn’s personal and professional ghosts show up to haunt her in Leslie Gray Streeter’s modern family drama, Family and Other Calamities. Here’s a look at this upcoming tale of grief, betrayal, and determination. The Summary Three years after the …

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    Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

    by Savannah May 14, 2025
    by Savannah May 14, 2025

    This novel of interconnected, emotional stories may not be โ€œclassicโ€ time travel fiction โ€” and its underlying values can feel a bit dated โ€” but itโ€™s a worthwhile read nonetheless. The Summary The quirkiest cafรฉ in Japan, Funiculi Funicula, has …

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