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It is obvious that the author fully researched the time and places of Philadelphia‘s life. Unfortunately, for me, too little actual evidence remains to build a true picture of her subject. She has conjured an appealing portrait of Philadelphia and those of her acquaintance but there‘s not enough substance in my opinion to feel I now know about Jane Austen‘s Remarkable Aunt.

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Physio was 😬 I need a moment, or two.

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Another great story, and great characters (who I loved)! You can never go wrong with a Hannah Linder book! I love her writing, and her characters!
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Emma Lord‘s latest YA rom-com features childhood rivals turned college journalists. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#the-rival

Publication is expected January 21.

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There‘s no mystery about the sex scenes in this adult debut from YA author Jenny Elder Moke. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#she-doesnt-have-a-clue

Publication is expected January 21.

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I procrastinated reading the procrastination book!

I was drawn to this book as I'm neurodivergent and struggle with procrastination.

I read this on my Kindle and much of the book was unreadable. Sections had no spaces between words, words would be different sizes or bolded. I assume these were formatting errors that would be sorted out before publication.

Unfortunately, this made it difficult to read and the worksheets looked odd.

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A baby is found washed upon the shore of an Irish fishing village in the 1970s. Ambrose Bonnar, a local fisherman, decides his family should keep him but Brendan is an odd boy, given to offering benedictions to the other villagers, and despised by his ‘brother‘ Declan.

This was a little reminiscent of Coast Road, but not as good - there was too much about fishing for my liking. A pick, but #borrownotbuy.

#netgalley Out 6th Feb in the UK

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Started three different ARCs. Because that's how I'll definitely get through my #NetGalley #MountARC faster. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

My January 2025 #Bookspin and #Doublespin wintery picks are done and dusted.
Both were solid reads that made the cold and snow characters in the stories.
Neither knocked my socks off but I enjoyed reading both.
The tagged book was a #netgalley arc, so thanks to them for giving me a copy of the book for an honest review.
That‘s 2 more stripes on Rebecca my knitted #ReadingSnake (horror and thriller)

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I finished this cozy mystery on December 31 and forgot to post my review. Edie has suffered a lot of loss in her life and as a result has closed herself off to most people. When a murderer draws her in to his plans she tries to protect her police inspector nephew and figure the puzzle out on her own. I enjoyed this quite a bit even though the MC is hard to like.