I totally failed to get through this when I first acquired it. I think I needed to be a bit more adultish to appreciate it. Another one freed from the secret TBR cupboard!

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This is from before his big hit and honestly it's right on par with his later books. Definitely recommend if you're one of his fans.

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Always weird to see the place of my origin turn up in print. But also this is an extremely odd and meandering list of places.

I love a good fairy tale. This author is a master at this. I've seen her in person. She's also fab irl.

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Interesting true crime. Not sure how this landed on my radar but it was very interesting and well written.

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I didn't love this but they can't all be winners.

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This kept me entertained.

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I enjoyed this, but I may have trouble articulating why.

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This was better as it went along. The last 2 sections were my favorites. The author pulls random people out of history that a normal person that doesn't know much history might not have heard of. I appreciate what the author is doing here.

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I truly liked this a whole lot more than I thought I would. Someone picked it for book club.

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These characters are very fun. This is the second book.

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Reading this on the wharf. Might be getting a sunburn, actually.

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I love this author. I will read anything she puts out in the world. Even a book about music, which isn't normally my jam.

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This is fun. It has the same narrator as Stephanie Plum. And it has a similar vibe. And it's funny. It's foolish and I'm here for it.

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This is cute. I mean it's about the environment and how evil men rule the world, but it's just not that complicated. There are Easter eggs from The Change. If you like this author, which I do, definitely go for it.

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Pub date is 10/7/25
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I wasn't overly impressed with this one. It felt like a bunch of rom com movies thrown together but possibly without an actual romance.

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I thought this was excellent. The author takes Mexican folklore and turns it into a mystery about missing girls. There's a lot of Spanish which might be my only caution if you don't speak Spanish. It slowed my pace some but others might find it difficult.

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This was interesting. And entertaining.

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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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This author has interesting things to say. She makes you think about things. This is about not engaging with social media mostly and appreciating the world around you. She spoke at a women's conference.

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I really like her. Definitely audiobook.

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This is very good. And it's inspired by a real person. My bestie picked it for irl book club. Definitely recommend.

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Anyone else end up in a shark costume at work today?

Brought this one to the park. Hoping to catch up. Will probably take a nap.

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This is a follow up to The Night Ends with Fire. And I think there's another coming later. I'm here for it.

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Pub date is 8/19/25
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I don't think I ever read this when it originally came out. Despite my love for Judy Blume. It's good. Definitely worth the hype.

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The current beach read. I did way more beach than read but whatever.

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This was excellent though it definitely reminded me of The School for Good Mothers. The author gets into a lot of random topics without disrupting the flow of the story.

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I like this one. I'm definitely reading the next one. She got me with the cliffhanger.

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This one was really well done. I'm a sucker for historical fiction set in cities where I have been. This is set in medieval Bruges.

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Pub date is 12/2/25
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This author is magic. I love all of her books. This one did not disappoint. She might be an autobuy for me. I don't actually buy many books so that's how much I love her.

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This is sort of fun but it's pretty YA. I don't believe I will be reading the rest of the series.

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This was sort of interesting. She has an interesting perspective.

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This maybe wasn't my favorite but the audiobook is incredibly well done.

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This is quite a beautiful book. It takes place in the 90s during the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo. Definitely recommend.

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This is very interesting. The author incorporates items from indigenous Caribbean culture into a story about classism post slavery. Sort of. But it's also heavy fantasy.

Pub date is today, apparently, 7/29/25
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This genre may not be my jam. Or I may just be in a mood. My mother says I read too many books whenever I say I thought one was boring. I may have taken this pic in the back of an uber.

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Meh. I'm ready for this author to go back to writing about pirates.

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Shakespeare in the park. I love summer.

Meh. Whatever. It's out of the secret TBR cupboard where books go to be ignored.

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This is very meta. I am definitely late to the party on this author. But I get it now and I will continue to read his backlist.

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This super fun sequel is like the movie Red with an all female cast. I love it. I will read more of them.

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This is a decent follow up book. I have no idea if I would read the next in this series.

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An epistolary novel? A mystery? Art? Italian history? How could I not read this?

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This author has really gotten into the historical fiction and I'm here for it. She takes real people, adds in some extras, and imagines a real life situation as it could have been. Maybe. This is that famous early photo of the train engine that went off the platform.

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This is fun and sort of ridiculous and I kind of loved it.

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This gave me Margo vibes. In case you also liked that one.

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