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The Great Believers
Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m a crier. I cry at movies. I cry at TV shows. I will even cry at commercials! But for some reason, it takes a lot to make me cry at books. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I cried while reading one….until now. And my crying…
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The Dime
During pride month, I was working on a list of mysteries and thrillers with LGBTQ+ protagonists for my library. I was pleased to find that more and more authors are choosing to tell stories with diverse characters but there is still a lack of mysteries with gay characters. While I meant to read this book…
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This Is How You Lose the Time War
Oh my heart. This. Book. The best way I can describe this book is gorgeous, flowery writing mixed with a sense of unending doom. While I can understand some of the negative reviews of this book (you need to enjoy romantic language), I found this to be an engaging, thoughtful, and emotional book about the…
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Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts
A book about a loner who loves the X-Files, puzzles, and Twin Peaks who finds herself in the middle of a city wide treasure hunt? I couldn’t pick this book up fast enough! With an interesting concept, realistic characters and a fun, twisty premise, this book should have been better than it was. However, too…
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Such a Fun Age
If there was ever a fiction book that needed to be read during a specific time in history, this is the book. “Such a Fun Age” is topical in ways I don’t think Kiley Reid could have ever predicted. At a time when white people feel it’s not only their duty but their right to…
The Spinster Librarian 