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Book Review: Barry’s Bay #2, One Golden Summer, by Carley Fortune
If you’re new to Barry’s Bay, pick up Fortune’s book, published May 6th, 2025, by Berkley. It’s available in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, at your local library, or through the Libby app. “Good things happen at the lake.” Alice Everly is a photographer who feels comfortable on the sidelines behind her camera. Her… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Mortal Instruments #1, City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
First published March 27, 2007, this book and its versions are available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, at local libraries, or through the Libby app. Clare introduces readers to the world of Shadowhunters when fifteen-year-old Clary Fray witnesses a murder at Pandemonium, a local club, by three other teens. Secrets from… Continue reading
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Book Review: Into Darkness #1, Lights Out by Navessa Allen, Narrated by Elena Wolfe and Jacob Morgan
Published in 2024 by Slowburn, the first Into Darkness book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, audiobook, at libraries, and on the Libby app. The audiobook shines with vivid performances. Jacob Morgan delivers Josh’s deep, Batman-like voice, while Elena Wolfe gives Aly a sharp, neurotic edge. Their chemistry heightens tension and amplifies emotional… Continue reading
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Book Review: Weyward by Emilia Hart
Published by St-Martin’s Press in 2023, Hart’s debut novel is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, audiobook, as well as at your local libraries, and through the Libby App. The saying: never to judge a book by its cover is fitting for this book’s cover, which will draw readers in with its beautiful design.… Continue reading
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Book Review: If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Published in 2017 by Flatiron Books, If We Were Villains is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook, as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. Rio took inspiration from The Secret History by Donna Tartt and from the great Bard in writing this book. Considering how often her… Continue reading
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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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