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LiseWorks
Pleasure's Edge | Eden Bradley
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January 26th #25Alive Guilty Pleasure @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs True💖 5d
Sace Amen. 5d
dabbe 🩵🩶🩵 4d
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Octoberwoman
Heart of Fire | Linda Howard
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

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AileenRR
The Love of My Afterlife | Kirsty Greenwood
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Mehso-so

Didn‘t love it as much I as I expected to. It bugged me that the heroine went from a quiet semi-loner to a big personality, but I guess death will do that do a person. I did like the ending, though.

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amsu311
Season's Schemings | Katie Bailey
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Pickpick

I totally love it. Simple story with not much of conflict...Should have read it during Christmas. Would have been much better

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Ruthiella
Sugar Street | Jonathan Dee
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Pickpick

Super short, provocative book about a man‘s attempt to erase himself and his entitlement as a white, middle class American man. What‘s he running from? What is his agenda? Definitely a book that made me think. It also made me a little paranoid. Thanks for the recommendation @Lesliereadsalot

Lesliereadsalot Glad you liked it! After “Leaving‘ I wasn‘t sure you‘d trust me! 🩷 2w
Ruthiella @Lesliereadsalot I‘d say there‘s a Venn diagram of overlap in what we appreciate. 😃 2w
CarolynM Good to know you enjoyed it. I‘ve got a copy of it but, like so many others, I haven‘t got to it yet. I‘ve read and enjoyed a few of his. 2w
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Cathythoughts Sounds good 😁 stacked 👍🏻 2w
Ruthiella @CarolynM l‘d never ever heard of him and I now see he‘s written quite a bit and been nominated for prizes. So I‘m also glad for the introduction. 1w
Ruthiella @Cathythoughts It‘s a bit of a head-scratcher. Hope you like it if you end up picking it up. 🤞 1w
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OutsmartYourShelf
Dive Smack | Demetra Brodsky
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Pickpick

Ever since Theo Mackey's mother died in a house fire, Theo has been living with the guilt of a secret only he knows - he lit the match that accidentally caused the fire although he can't remember it clearly. Now his father is also dead, & his grandfather is drinking himself into a stupor most nights. Still, Theo is keeping it together: good grades & captain of the school's diving team, (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf but when he starts remembering bits & pieces from the night of the fire, his life starts to spiral & his future is at risk from the past.

Wasn't expecting much from this as it was a random pick from my TBR pile, but it turned out to be quite good. If you're unfamiliar with diving (like me), there's explanations of the different terms etc (including the title phrase) at the start of each chapter which was interesting. Name check for Tom Daley too!
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OutsmartYourShelf The plot was kept simple & uncomplicated, but I thought it was a little too obvious who the 'bad guy' was though right from the start, even for a YA book. I probably wouldn't read it again but it was worth a read. 4🌟

TWs: drug use (moderate), sexual content (moderate).

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2427676566
Read 16th - 18th Jan 2025
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DieAReader 🥳Excellent! I love it when random picks work out like this! 2w
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 2w
PuddleJumper 🙌🙌 2w
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Nessavamusic
The Love of My Afterlife | Kirsty Greenwood
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Pickpick

What a delightful rom-com! A homage to romance tropes, though I think the first grumpy grumpy romance I‘ve read. I definitely recommend! 5⭐️

staci.reads Love your little garden house! 3w
Larkken Grump-grump sounds relatable as a trope 😂 I'll have to look for thus one 3w
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Octoberwoman
Wife for a Day | Patti Berg
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

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Lesliereadsalot
Sugar Street | Jonathan Dee
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Pickpick

Ok…this one is strange. The nameless narrator is on the run with $168,000 in cash and not much else. Who is he? What is he running from? Where is he going? It‘s a short book, but the answers appear close to the end. Hard to put down and a weird conclusion. I liked it though and I found its strangeness rather interesting.

Ruthiella Sounds intriguing! 🤔 3w
Lesliereadsalot I could never tell where it was going! @Ruthiella 3w
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