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Tell Me What Really Happened

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  • Post published:April 29, 2024
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This was a fun YA book with a slightly predicable ending. Five teens have heard the stories about Salvation Creek and the people who have gone missing so they decide…

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Whalefall

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  • Post published:April 29, 2024
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This was not the book I expected it to be! Angsty teen Jay Gardiner wants to find his deceased father’s remains in the Pacific Ocean, where the two would scuba…

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The Paris Daughter

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  • Post published:March 28, 2024
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Two expat families meet at a Paris bookstore during World War II when both women are pregnant with girls. As the war begins to come to France, Elise and Juliette…

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The September House

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  • Post published:March 28, 2024
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I love when humor and horror come together. This was a fun book about a couple who move into a gorgeous Victorian house only to find out that it’s haunted…

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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

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  • Post published:March 28, 2024
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I enjoyed Zevin’s 2022 book, “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” and wanted to check out her earlier works. This book would be loved by those who enjoyed “A Man Called…

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Wrong Place, Wrong Time

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  • Post published:March 28, 2024
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This is a fun book for those who enjoy “Groundhog Day” and the “Russian Doll” television show. A mother witnesses her son murder someone in front of their home and…

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Good Girl, Bad Girl

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  • Post published:March 1, 2024
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I love a good psychological suspense novel and this was one with a twist. A woman is found hiding in a secret room after a terrible crime. No one knows…

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The First to Die at the End

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  • Post published:March 1, 2024
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I adored Silvera’s first book about this topic and was so excited to learn that he was writing a prequel. In both They Both die at the End and The…

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The Foundling

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  • Post published:March 1, 2024
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In 1927, Mary Engle is hired as a secretary at Nettleton State Village for Feebleminded Women of Childbearing Age in northcentral Pennsylvania. Although the village is fictional, the historical research…

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Beware the Woman

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  • Post published:February 1, 2024
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Jacy and her new husband, Jed, take a road trip to meet Jed’s father in remote UP of Michigan. While there, the house manager Mrs. Brandt takes an overwhelming interest…

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