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melissajayne
Fly Away | Kristin Hannah
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4/5⭐️ Book was pretty good; it didn‘t blow me away like Firefly Lane. #2025 #fiction #contemporary

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melissajayne
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Mehso-so

3.75 ⭐️ very well written, but I think it should have been tightened up a bit more; felt it was too slow for my taste and I had to reread segments several times before moving on. I should have probably read it over a longer period of time to make more sense of it. #2025 #canadian #fiction #bookreview #contemporary #historical #literary

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melissajayne
Circe | Madeline Miller
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4⭐️ Despite the rating I gave, I really struggled through the book; felt that some of the early chapters where too wordy and that she took too much time to describe things that didn‘t seem to really fit into the narrative. But once I got into the back half of the book, it really flew by. #2025 #bookreview #mythology #retellings #fiction #historicalfiction #bookreview

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melissajayne
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5⭐️ Really liked this memoir and it was really well done. It was incredibly informative and heartbreaking. #2025 #nonfiction #memoir #canadian #drugaddiction

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melissajayne
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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5⭐️ One of my favourite books; just flew through it. #2025 #bookclub #historicalfiction #bookreview

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melissajayne
When the World Fell Silent | Donna Jones Alward
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3.75⭐️ I really liked the concept of the story, but I felt that it was written just a little too simplistic. I also really liked that she wrote a book based on an event that is rarely used as the basis for a book. #2025 #bookreview #wwi #halifaxexplosion #canadianfiction #historicalfiction

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melissajayne
Every Summer After | Carley Fortune
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3.75⭐️ A decent read and quite enjoyed it. #2025 #romance #canadian #fiction #contemporary

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melissajayne
Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson
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4⭐️ I had some issues with the book. While it was a really good book, I had some trouble finding out what this book wanted to be: is it supposed to be a #historicalfiction book or a #contemporaryfiction book? I liked the contemporary timeline over the historical timeline. There were some details that I missed or glossed over and will probably want to reread the book. #2025 #fiction #readalong

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melissajayne
Homecoming | Kate Morton
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4.75⭐️ I really liked this book. The reason for the 1/4 drop is that I felt that the author spent a bit too much time in the book within a book and it could have been condensed down a bit and that Jess could have used her investigative reporting skills a little more than she did. That being said, I quite honestly liked how the book unfolded. I will say nothing more. #2025 #bookreview #bookclub #historicalfiction #fiction

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Anaava
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Always have a soft spot for memoir + nature essays. #2025