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    Review: Making Friends Can Be Murder by Kathleen West

    by Joli November 13, 2025
    by Joli November 13, 2025

    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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    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 “classic” time travel fiction — and its underlying values can feel a bit dated — but it’s a worthwhile read nonetheless. The Summary The quirkiest café in Japan, Funiculi Funicula, has …

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    Book Review: Pentimento Mori: An Art History Mystery

    by Cathy March 13, 2025
    by Cathy March 13, 2025

    Summary Renowned art historian Dr. Edna Silvera is not your typical detective. In fact, she’s not a detective at all. But when she stumbles across an apparently impossible medieval painting in the suddenly-deceased Nando Folli’s junk shop, her curiosity lands …

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    Review: Statistically Speaking by Debbie Johnson (Audiobook)

    by Joli December 21, 2024
    by Joli December 21, 2024

    I finally grabbed another audiobook from NetGalley! I’ve been meaning to, so I finally logged in and found Statistically Speaking by Debbie Johnson. The cover was cute, but the description of the book made it sound like it wasn’t too …

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    Review: As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley [Guest Review]

    by Joli November 21, 2024
    by Joli November 21, 2024

    Thanks to freelance writer Abhilasha for this fabulous review! Make sure to meet her at the bottom. Round and round I go, stumbling my way through the savoury layers of mystery, only to find answers at the front door. At …

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    Review: The Wind that Sweeps the Stars by Greg Keyes

    by Sara November 17, 2024
    by Sara November 17, 2024

    The Summary ALONE AGAINST AN EMPIRE. When Yash of Zeltah arrives in the fortress city of Honaq she is greeted as a barbarian, a simple pawn. Her marriage to prince Chej has been arranged, they say, to avert war. Yet …

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    Review: The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley

    by Joli November 2, 2024
    by Joli November 2, 2024

    I waited a good long time to get The Guncle Abroad from the library. It’s a pretty popular new release, so it took some time! Anyway, I loved The Guncle and hoped that the second Guncle would be just as …

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    Review: Please Come to Boston by Gary Goldstein

    by Joli October 17, 2024
    by Joli October 17, 2024

    Although I enjoy reading the popular, super hyped books out there, I try to sneak in something as often as I can by a local author and/or smaller publisher. This is the third book I’ve read by Gary Goldstein, published …

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    Book Review: We Need No Wings

    by Cathy September 23, 2024
    by Cathy September 23, 2024

    We Need No Wings was a beautiful story, artistically narrated and sensitively told, it was a pleasure to read on my holidays this year. Find my full review below! Summary To be free, we must learn to fly. Teresa Sánchez …

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