Writing
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Book Review: Rock Hard Beautiful #2 Roadie
C.M. Stunich captured Lilith’s grief and the boys’ pain with raw, genuine emotion. These excerpts resonate beautifully. Bad things happen, people die, hearts are broken, but it’s how we walk in the rain of grief that defines us. My soul feels like a butterfly trapped in a gilded cage of grief. I just want to… Continue reading
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Book Review: We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
Published in 2024 by Arita/Emily Bestler Books, Kliewer’s book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library and through the Libby App. The book had promise and an intriguing premise for a horror story: a twist on a home invasion that preys on anxieties and… Continue reading
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Book Review: Groupie C.M. Stunich
Ever hear that old saying, “misery loves company”? Yeah, I think we all have, and C.M. Stunich brought it to life in this book. Ten words destroyed Lilith’s world: Lilith, I’m sorry, but your father passed away this morning. Now, she has five dollars in her pockets and her life possessions in her car. She… Continue reading
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Book Review: Barry’s Bay #1 Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Published in 2022 by Berkley, Fortune’s book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, and also at your local library and through the Libby app. Persephone “Percy” Fraser’s parents buy a cottage, not in the Muskokas like most Torontonians, instead they opt for a spot in Barry’s Bay. At thirteen, Percy… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
Published in 2024 by William Morrow, Foley’s book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook, as well as at your local library and through the Libby app. Foley knits together secrets, lies, and murder during the opening weekend of the Manor, a luxury estate-hotel-resort in Dorset, England. Guests have access to seaside… Continue reading
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Book Review: Fairy Tale by Stephen King
First published in 2022 by Scribner, the book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. King weaves a spellbinding tale about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war,… Continue reading
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Book Review: Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau
Published in 2024 by Arita/Emily Bestler Books, it is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, and at your local library or through the Libby App. This modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice has strong parallels with Little Women, introducing Emily Hung, a writer and barista, the second-eldest of five girls, and… Continue reading
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