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BoleyBooks
Forget Me Not: A Novel | Stacy Willingham
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sebrittainclark
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4/5

Javi knows things have gone very wrong, when Mari introduces him to her new fiance Alex, who Javi has never even met. Javi only has two months before the wedding to figure out what's wrong with Alex and why he doesn't belong with Mari, before everything changes.

I thought this was a great friends to lovers. I loved the jumps back in time to explain their friendship as well as where it all went wrong.

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sebrittainclark
Well, Actually | Mazey Eddings
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4/5

Eva goes viral when she criticizes her social media famous ex on TikTok. She, and Riley Cooper, have to do damage control by working together by going on dates and discussing them on his podcast. But Riley doesn't seem to care how rude Eva is and something begins to grow between.

I loved the chemistry between Evan and Riley. I did think it took Eva way too long to figure out her job was terrible and using her.

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sebrittainclark
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4/5

The Demon King has risen must faster than expected, and Yui isn't content to wait seventy-seven more years for a Hero to be reborn to save the world. She finds ways to game the system, so she can defeat the Demon King.

The was a very entertaining read. I enjoyed all the references to rpg games in general, but specifically to The Legend of Zelda.

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sebrittainclark
The Shattered King | Charlie N. Holmberg
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4.5/5

Nym expect to fail to heal Prince Renn, as all those summoned before her have. When Nym is the first healer to make even a tiny improvement, she is held captive as his official healer.

I thought the first chapter was a little slow, but it quickly picked up. I was very interested in the craftlock magic, and the politics surronding it. I thought the ending of the book was so unexpected, and I can't wait to see what happens next.

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vlwelser
The Weaver Bride | Lydia Gregovic
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This is very good. I hope it's the start of a series. Otherwise the author is slightly mean regarding that ending.

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Pub date is 9/30/25
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2d
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OutsmartYourShelf
The Final Vow | M. W. Craven
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The 7th case for DS Washington Poe & analyst, Tilly Bradshaw, sees them hunting for a deadly sniper. With a body count of 17 & rising, the killer never misses but it's difficult to track them or predict their next move as their targets & locations seem to be completely random. Poe & Bradshaw are the best there is, but how do you catch a killer who never makes a mistake?

OutsmartYourShelf This delivers exactly what readers of this series are expecting; fast-paced action, humorous banter especially between Bradshaw & Poe, & the trademark twists & turns. Except as the twists are expected, they're harder to pull off & this lessens any real sense of jeopardy for me. 3.75🌟

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Little, Brown Book Group UK/Constable, for the opportunity to read an ARC.
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DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 4d
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BoleyBooks
Queen Esther | John Irving
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Librarybelle
Untitled | Unknown
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A little late reporting back but this past weekend‘s #NetGalleyReadathon helped me organize my “to do” list for #NetGalley and focus on my next plan of attack.

I did not submit any reviews on NetGalley, but I identified 7 books I need to review and will hopefully trickle them into the system before our next readathon.

I have 17 in progress books! Yikes! But, now I have a list and can determine which to finish reading. Life always seems to ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Librarybelle ⬆️⬆️⬆️ get in the way, and since I‘m not the biggest ebook fan, I tend to forget I started a book. But, the list will hopefully help me dwindle that down a bit without starting more. 😂 I identified one book that I had as book an audio and a print but read the audio, so I could submit the “will not review” for the print version. And, of course I requested more books, because why not?!? 6d
AllDebooks 😅 exactly, why not? 😅 6d
Soscha I had to give up my NetGalley. Too many requests, too stressful. This is why I only check out children‘s titles from the library. 6d
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Librarybelle Good strategy, @Soscha ! 6d
LiteraryinPA I couldn‘t get traction on NetGalley because I wasn‘t reliably reading and reviewing. But it‘s such a cool program if it works for you! 6d
Librarybelle It helped that I used to have librarian status on it, so I still have so many auto approved books. That‘s wonderful, but also my need to read list just keeps growing! It‘s a bit addictive to request. 😂 @LiteraryinPA 5d
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OutsmartYourShelf
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A history of some of the people who were sent to Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum (as it was then known) which opened in 1863. People who were tried for committing a crime but found unfit to plead or not responsible for their actions due to insanity under the Trial of Lunatics Act (1883), were sent to places such as Broadmoor - often for the rest of their natural life. Later residents included Peter Sutcliffe (the Yorkshire Ripper) & Ronnie Kray,

OutsmartYourShelf but this book concentrates on the early & less well-known cases.

Although the true crime stories were interesting, they did start to become a bit samey after a while. Many of the women incarcerated seemed to have been suffering some kind of postpartum issue, i.e. psychosis, & almost all of these men & women were incarcerated for many years. What really stood out was the absolute dearth of even rudimentary knowledge around mental health, even from
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OutsmartYourShelf doctors who were often reluctant to send their patients to an asylum resulting in tragic loss of life. I think the book may have worked better if it had included a more thorough history of Broadmoor (now psychiatric hospital) including photos of the plan of the site as it changed over the years, & maybe some idea of daily life within the asylum walls. 3.25⭐

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Pen & Sword, for the opportunity to read an ARC.
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DieAReader 🎉🎉Onto the #next 1w
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