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The Art of Racing in the Rain
By Garth Stein What a book. I flew through this one. It was an easy read and definitely hard to put down. Written in Enzo the dog’s perspective about his owner’s life with trials and tribulations. Enzo’s owner, Denny, is a race car driver and he experiences all of life’s woes but still perseveres with…
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The Taped
By Kerry Wilkinson What a great book! I loved this!! I couldn’t put it down! I loved the style also. Wilkinson writes the novel intertwined with another “novel” that’s been written about the serial killer the main character is trying to figure out. Eve is cleaning out her father’s house after he passed away, and…
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Silver Girl
By Elon Hildebrand What a great book. Hildebrand never disappoints. It was an easy and quick read. Meredith is in trouble. Her husband has been convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to a significant amount of time. She is also being investigated for her possible involvement or knowledge. Her childhood best friend, Connie, picks her up…
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Want to Know a Secret?
By Freida McFadden In true McFadden fashion, this book kept me guessing and I was hooked pretty quickly. It does not disappoint. April is a stay at home mom who has a YouTube channel where she cooks and bakes and shares a secret of the recipe. April has friends in the neighborhood and she tries…
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
By Rebecca Wells I’ve had this book on my shelf for years and decided I was going to go for it. What a sweet book. It had a lot of details and describes so much over a long period of time. The intertwining of a mother and daughter’s love story mixed with trauma and discouragement.…
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Change of Heart
By Fallon Ballard What a great read. At first, I wasn’t sure I’d like it. It was a little slow to get going but then it got where I didn’t want to put it down! It has a little fantasy and romance while mild sex scenes. If you don’t like explicit sex scenes, this isn’t…
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The Party
By Robyn Harding What an interesting book. I had never read a book by this author before and definitely would love to read more. Hannah is a 16 year old girl celebrating her sweet sixteen by having a couple of girl friends over for a sleepover. They conspire to bring alcohol and pills to the…
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Sundays at Tiffany’s
By James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnett What a great book. The concept is so cute. Jane is a little girl in the beginning of the story and she has an imaginary friend, Michael, who she cares deeply for. Then fast forward twenty years and Jane is an adult. Michael left her on her 9th birthday.…
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Deceptive Calm
By Patricia Skipper his book was fantastic. It was emotional and full of twists and turns. There was love, sadness, grief, despair and triumph. There should be a trigger warning on this one as there are some pretty graphic scenes of abortion and domestic violence. Set in Charleston, SC, Vanessa is an orphan who is…
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Feels Like Family (Sweet Magnolias)
By Sherryl Woods If you have been watching this series and/or reading it, then you will not want to skip this one. The show is not specific to the character but the books are. This one focuses on Helen and her relationship with Erik. Helen is desperate to have her own family and sort of…
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