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Project Hail Mary

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  • Post published:July 27, 2023
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I was a huge fan of The Martian and Artemis by Weir and was so excited when a coworker recommended this book. The sun is dying, which means Earth is…

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Reckless Girls

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  • Post published:July 27, 2023
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Lux is stuck in Hawaii with her boyfriend Nico when his boat breaks down and he decides he likes the island life. But when a charter comes along that can…

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The Hotel Nantucket

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  • Post published:July 27, 2023
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Lizbet Keaton is named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, which becomes her second act after a bad breakup. But the hotel’s deadly past isn’t helping bring in…

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The It Girl

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April Clarke-Cliveden was the first student Hannah Jones met at Oxford. April had “It”: money, beauty, charm, brains. But by the end of the year, April is found dead and…

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How to Sell a Haunted House

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  • Post published:June 30, 2023
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Oh, how I love a good horror novel. Louise’s parents died in a car crash and she is forced to leave her young daughter with her ex to deal with…

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Inside the Wolf

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  • Post published:June 30, 2023
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This was a fascinating book about tradition and Southern folklore. Middle-aged academic Rachel Ruskin learned that her older brother died by suicide, she is denied tenure, and then her parents…

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Regretting You

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  • Post published:June 30, 2023
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Morgan gets pregnant in high school and marries her boyfriend Chris. Her sister Jenny, was dating Jonah. There’s a tragic accident 17 years later that forces long-held secrets to the…

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The Woman in the Library

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  • Post published:June 30, 2023
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A mystery? In a library? Sold! When writer Freddie Kincaid visits the Boston Public Library to work on her novel, she becomes engrossed with the lives of the people around…

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You Could Make This Place Beautiful

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  • Post published:June 30, 2023
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You may have heard of Maggie Smith from her powerful poem, Good Bones, the last line of which inspires the title of this memoir. I recommend this poetic memoir for…

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Daisy Jones and the Six

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  • Post published:June 5, 2023
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Everyone knows about the iconic 1970s rock group The Six and their lead singer, Daisy Jones. But do you really know the band? This novel is written in an expose-interview…

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