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Book Review: Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters
Winters brings together all the famous rom-com tropes into this quirky read, available in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook formats, at your local library or through the Libby App. The audiobook is read by Laura Hobson, who delivers smooth narration throughout; however, her attempt to differentiate the voices to individualize the characters is somewhat lacking.… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Summer Deal Wildstone #5 by Jill Shalvis
The Summer Deal, book five in Shalvis Wildstone’s series, can be read as a standalone and is available on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook, at your local library or through the Libby App. The audiobook narrated by Erin Mallon is fantastic as she smoothly transitions between all the characters flawlessly. In this easy Continue reading
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Why ‘But’ is a Writer’s Best Frenemy
There are so many words in the universe. Giving up one is tough because, as a writer, I enjoy using them at random to liven up a piece or dramatizing one, or creating that perfect cliffhanger to get my audience on the edge of their seat. Honestly, if I have to give up one, maybe Continue reading
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Book Review: Liliac Girls Woosley-Ferriday #1 by Martha Hall Kelly
Kelly’s debut novel, published April 5, 2016, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, or audiobook formats, at your local library, or through the Libby App. The structure of the book is triple points of view alternating between the three main characters: Continue reading
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My Memorable Trip to Peru: Culture, Nature, and Adventure
In 2010, I traveled to Peru with my mother-in-law, a Peruvian native, my mother, and my godmother. We stayed in an apartment in Lima, near my in-laws’ family, and spent time exploring the country with them as our guides. Continue reading
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Shifting from Tracking to Journaling: A New Approach to Migraines
I saw my neurologist yesterday, and the outcome wasn’t what I had hoped for. Continue reading
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Understanding Migraine Treatment Struggles
Well let’s see, August has been a hellish month, out of control migraine, visits to emergency clinic, drug cocktails to try and fail to bring the pain down, hospital visits to be hooked up to IV be fed a different cocktail of meds which brings the migraine to a tolerable level for a few days… Continue reading
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Book Review: This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
Fortune brings a fun summer read that will appeal to fans of Christina Lauren or Abby Jimenez. Fortune’s latest book, This Summer Will Be Different, published May 7, 2024, is available on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library through the Libby App. The audiobook is narrated… Continue reading
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Book Review: Three Sisters by Heater Morris
Three Sisters, the last in the Tattooist of Auschwitz series, was published on October 5, 2021, and is available on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, or audiobook formats, as well as at your local library through the Libby App. The audiobook is narrated by Finty Williams, who mimics Morris’ clinical writing style in her narration,… Continue reading
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Book Review: One Day by David Nicholls
Nicholl’s book, published June 15, 2010, with the audiobook released on July 13, 2010, is available on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, or audiobook formats, as well as at your local library through the Libby App. The audiobook narrated by Anna Bentinck delivers the author’s vision of a romance spanning over twenty years between two… Continue reading
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