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Where the Dead Sleep
by Joshua Moehling Joshua Moehling is a new author to me, but this book is the second book in the Ben Packard series. I was a little worried in the beginning that I would be disconnected from the book and the first one, but that was the furthest from the truth. This author made sure…
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Let’s Talk About…best reading snacks
When you’re reading, you have to have a snack. It’s just like you can’t have peanut butter without jelly (or fluff for you Northerners), or popcorn without butter. They just are together. The problem for me is it becomes so mindless that have had to make sure I limit myself. I have to prepare a…
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Good Grief: Heal Your Soul, Honor Your Loved Ones, and Learn to Live Again
by Theresa Caputo I have loved Theresa Caputo since her show The Long Island Medium has started to air. I’ve read other books of hers, and in this season of life, needed some help along my grief journey. As some of you readers and listeners may know, my parents passed away this year within 7…
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Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
by Alexandra Horowitz This is not a typical book that I usually gravitate towards, but as some of you might know, my mother-in-law passed away few years ago and she had quite a collection. This book was on her shelf that I picked next for my read. I’ve actually been pleasantly surprised by this one.…
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Our Place on the Island
by Erika Montgomery This was a cute one ya’ll. It brought me back home to New England beach life. It was a mix of a beach read with romance and family drama turned happy. It was a feel-good, happy ending, type of read. Mickey is a chef in Baltimore who owns her own restaurant but…
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The Friday Night Knitting Club
by Kate Jacobs This was a cute novel about a group of women friends from all walks of life in New York City. Georgia Walker is the owner of a yarn shop who hosts the Friday Night Knitting Club with Anita, Lucie, Darwin and K.C. Georgia’s daughter Dakota bakes for the group of ladies. Not…
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Let’s Talk About…Writer’s Block
As readers, this is probably not a concern of ours, but maybe it should be. Writer’s block can be defined as being stuck in not knowing what or how to continue writing their manuscripts. We’ve commonly see this depicted in movies like The Shining, Secret Window, The Ghost Writer, and Stranger Than Fiction (https://whatculture.com/film/10-best-films-about-writers-block). Authors…
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Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe
by Laura Lynne Jackson If you believe in the afterlife and psychic mediums, or are curious about this part of life, this book is for you. I really enjoyed this book. Laura Lynne Jackson is a psychic medium who explores life after death when people cross over and how they can still communicate with those…
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Seven Rules for Breaking Hearts: A Novel
by Kristyn J. Miller Let me start out by saying…can we expect a number 2 because I am hooked! This book had me from the get-go. Margo, better known as “Go,” is a podcaster with her best friend Jo; they podcast about being single forever and seven rules to live by to maintain single status.…
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Let’s Talk about…Book Covers
What draws you to a book cover? That then entices you to pick it up? Then to read the back cover and take it home? Is it a book with an ominous book cover? Is it a the kind of book cover with a beach scene? Is it the cartoon-like depictions on book covers? There…
