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I’ve been watching The Summer I Turned Pretty recently, and constantly find myself at my wit’s end with the Fisher Brothers. I want to scream at the telly ‘JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER’ or ‘TELL HER THE TRUTH’, the both of them completely reserved and unwilling to discuss their issues (at least until the first…
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May Total: 5Year-to-date Total: 23 Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil – V.E. Schwab ★★★★★Yes yes yes yes yes! Love this author – after loving The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue, I was so excited to (pardon the pun) sink my teeth into this one. Details lesbian vampires over the centuries and their…
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April Total: 4Year-to-date Total: 18 Murder on the Marlow Belle– Robert Thorogood ★★★★☆A guilty pleasure of mine, if I’m honest! This is the 4th installment in The Marlow Murder Club series and I’m on tenterhooks to read the 5th! Something about three mid-to-old ladies teaming up and solving murders in their small and humble town…
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March Total: 3Year-to-date Total: 14 I feel like I’ve slacked off a bit this month! 😦 Here are the three that I managed to complete before April 1st! The Love of My Afterlife – Kirsty Greenwood ★★★★☆Wowza! Loved this one. After dying, her Afterlife Therapist pulls a few strings in order for her to be…
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February Total: 7Year-to-date Total: 11 Wonder – R.J. Palacio ★★★☆☆I think if I’d read this at a younger age, I would’ve appreciated it more. Documenting a young boy’s transition into Middle School after years of homeschooling, and difficulties with a disability that led to face deformations since birth. I did like that there were multiple…
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Another year, another reading challenge. My goal for this year is 50 books – my total for 2025 was 53, so I’m hopeful. So, for the end of January, the current progress is… I read 4 books throughout! The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner – Stephenie Meyer ★★★★☆Finally, finally completed the entire Twilight Saga…
Alisha Dempsey 