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Joined April 2017

books 📚 food 🍰 travel ✈️ | St. Pete, FL
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Mehso-so

This book started off really strong but I found it hard to follow

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The Life We Bury | Allen Eskens
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I really enjoyed this until the main character decided to take it all into his own hands. Then it got a little too far fetched for me.

mllemay SAME!! It‘s like “Dude, the police are there to help you! Let them do their job!!” 🙄 that trope is so annoying 6y
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Loved this book! A more suburban Big Little Lies feel

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The Autobiography of Gucci Mane | Gucci Mane, Neil Martinez-Belkin
Mehso-so

I knew nothing about Gucci Mane going into this. I googled him after I finished and discovered he was the one with the extravagant wedding! All you can do is root for him after finishing.

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How to Walk Away | Katherine Center
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All of the twists in this could be seen a mile away, but how the book handled them was not as predictable. I really loved reading this. 5 stars!

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Gods in Alabama | Joshilyn Jackson
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I loved The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson so I was excited to go back to one of her earlier books. The overall themes between the two stories were way too similar. I also didn‘t like any of the characters. This was a dud for me.

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This book gave me all the feels!

mnsreid This is in my pile of tbr, glad to see the positive review 6y
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The Wife: A Novel | Alafair Burke
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I devoured this book in one weekend

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The Great Alone | Kristin Hannah
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Not my favorite KH book but I still give it five stars because the woman can write! I thought the build up was way too long and the court moment seemed really unrealistic. But the main event and everything that came after was a “wow” for me.

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Mehso-so

I really wanted to love this book because THAT COVER and the title and the premise. I enjoyed it but it was just kind of flat. It‘s hard to connect with small pieces of many characters.

Ashley85 Ugh I hate when books do that. I need character development! 6y
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An American Marriage | Tayari Jones
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The beginning of this book was truly captivating. After the incident, I was so angry with the situation I had to take a break. The book kind of slowed down for me after that, but I enjoyed the complex characters and story.

elyseh This book was so intense I loved it though! 6y
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I love when a book introduces me to a part of American history that I otherwise wouldn‘t have known about.

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The Wedding Date | Jasmine Guillory
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4/5 stars. I know there has to be some sort of “problem” in the story, but the problem was the worst part of this book. I just wanted them to get past that so I could enjoy the sappy love story!

Katehubb Kind of felt the same. 6y
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As Bright as Heaven | Susan Meissner
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Historical fiction about the influenza of 1918, and the messiness of life and love. 4/5 stars

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The Wife Between Us | Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks
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Mehso-so

This is an engaging book but it felt like it was trying too hard. The first twist was great but after that it seemed like they were just trying for shock value. (And it‘s 2018, can we finally stop comparing every book to Gone Girl?)

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Us: David Nicholls | David Nicholls
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My Saturday morning view

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I‘m a sucker for a good foodie novel. This one had a lot of depth and a very interesting structure.

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The Life She Was Given | Ellen Marie Wiseman
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There‘s just something about old time circus stories that draws me in. I really enjoyed this even though I figured out the twist pretty early on.

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I Shall Be Near to You | Erin Lindsay McCabe
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The premise was good but it dragged for me.

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The Last Mrs. Parrish | Liv Constantine
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This is between a 4 and 5. It made me SO uncomfortable the whole time I was reading it so I give the authors credit for that. And it was a page turner, especially in part two.

Ashley85 Yes part 2 was more intriguing to me. 6y
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Columbine | Dave Cullen
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I made myself wait a year to read this after Sue Klebold‘s book. This was very hard to read in the first half due to the subject matter. It‘s very heavy on details but paints a clear picture of the killers original plan and gives a lot of perspective on the media‘s coverage of the event. There is a letter included within the book that Sue Klebold wrote to a victims family. It made me tear up. She is a class act.

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Loving this book!

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Castle of Water: A Novel | Dane Huckelbridge
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I knew I was going to love this book as soon as I picked it up. 5/5 stars from me!

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It's taking me forever to get through this book! It's not bad but it's not a page turner.

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I love the title of this book!

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Rabbit Cake | Annie Hartnett
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50 pages in and loving this

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4/5 ⭐️

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Thief | Tarryn Fisher
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This was a great series! I'm looking forward to reading other books by Tarryn Fisher.

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We Were On a Break | Lindsey Kelk
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I love this dedication!

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I wanted to read something different after three back to back thrillers.

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What She Knew: A Novel | Gilly Macmillan
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This book was easy to read and went by quickly but I felt it was a little too long.

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September book club pick

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Who Do You Love: A Novel | Jennifer Weiner
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I really enjoyed this book and these characters. I need a follow up so I can check in on where they are now.

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Who Do You Love: A Novel | Jennifer Weiner

I'm loving this book so far!

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Rushing through this one because it expires on Overdrive tomorrow. I'm about halfway.

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August book club pick

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Behind Her Eyes | Sarah Pinborough
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I haven't read in over a week. Let's see if I can get into this one.

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Love & Gelato | Jenna Evans Welch
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I was drooling the whole time I read this. The Italian scenery, food, and gelato made me jealous! This is a sweet YA read.

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Beartown: A Novel | Fredrik Backman
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Sunday pedicure = 30 uninterrupted minutes of reading.

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My Sister's Keeper | Jodi Picoult
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I know I'm way late reading this but I'm just getting into Jodi Picoult books. I'm about halfway through this one.

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Into The Water | Paula Hawkins
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Mehso-so

This picked up about halfway. It was a dark story.

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This book has been on my to-read list for FIVE years! I'm finally reading it.

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Still early in this book but I'm enjoying it!

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Small Great Things | Jodi Picoult
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This is a heavy read! I'm about half way through.

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Mehso-so

Eh, I wasn't crazy about this one.

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Good news - the story is as awesome as the cover! I loved this one.