book-review
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Book Review: Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum
Published in 2023 by Flatiron Books and Macmillan Audio, the book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook, as well as at your local library and through the Libby App. The audiobook, narrated by January LaVoy, explores infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue in the exclusive setting of Salcombe, Fire Island. Even in Continue reading
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Book Review: Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone
An Audible original published in 2020, Call Me Maybe is available on Amazon in audiobook, Kindle, and paperback formats. Bastone wrote the book with dual perspectives from the female and male main characters, so it’s nice that the audiobook reflects that with its choice of narrators: Luci Christian and Neil Hellegers. The book has an Continue reading
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Book Review: The Love Potion by Becky Monson
Indie author Becky Monson’s book The Love Potion, first published in 2021, is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, or audiobook formats. The audiobook narrated by Holly Warren is approximately 3 hours of easy listening. Two weeks before Valentine’s Day, Ally Hawkin wants to be optimistic, but her success rate has her resorting to a Continue reading
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Book Review: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Published by Viking in 2016, the book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, or audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. The audiobook, read by Nicolas Guy Smith, complements Towles’s writing style, which is more of a narration of life events. Set in Moscow, Russia, 1922, Continue reading
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Book Review: Sandokan, The Tigers of Mompracem by Emilio Salgari, translated by Nico Lorenzutti
First published in 1900 by ROH Press, Le tigri de Mompracem is a beloved children’s book known for its adventurous spirit and cultural impact. It has been translated, featured on the list of 1001 Books to Read Before You Die, and is available in paperback and Kindle formats on Amazon. Continue reading
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox # 11, Murder on Harley Street
Published in December 2025, the eleventh Cleopatra Fox mystery explores medical malpractice when a patient receiving electrotreatment gets electrocuted by the device. Was it tampered with? Who is responsible for her death? The book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. In October 1900, London and the Mayfair Hotel are quiet until Continue reading
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Book Review: Narcissus in Chains, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #10
Hamilton continues Anita Blake’s battles with many foes in her tenth book, Narcissus in Chains. The book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook, as well as at your local library and through the Libby App. The audiobook, read by Kimberly Alexis, brings Anita’s complex emotions to the surface. Hamilton did a Continue reading
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox #6, Murder at the Crown and Anchor
The Cleopatra Fox series, book six, published in 2023, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. In May 1900, in London, the social season is still underway, and mothers are on the hunt for suitable suitors for their daughters, while fathers negotiate marriages. Amidst the chore of balls, parties, afternoon teas, and Continue reading
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox #3, Murder in the Drawing Room
The third book in the Cleopatra Fox mysteries by C.J. Archer, published in 2021, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. It is ideal for readers of historical cozy mysteries filled with scandals, secrets, and murder. Continue reading
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Book Review: Obsidian Butterfly, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #9
Obsidian Butterfly, book nine in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series, was first published in 2000 and is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as your local library and through the Libby App. The audiobook, read by Kimberly Alexis, is highly recommended, as she fluently captures Anita’s personality, and Continue reading
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