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The Reptile Room By: Lemony Snicket
The Baudelaire children get another lovely chance of being adopted by an actual nice person that is also actually interesting! What luck! But as we know, luck doesn’t find the Baudelaire children often … or ever. So don’t get your hopes up for a happily ever after. I am loving working my way through this…
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The Correspondent By: Virginia Evans
Absolutely in love with this debut from Virginia Evans. It’s not on goodreads yet, so I’ll remind you later in the year when it publishes in May! Follow Sybil through a series of letters as she moves through life, healing old wounds, discovering new ones. Letters that bring happiness, discovery and sadness. Enjoy Virginia’s love…
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The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt By: Chelsea Iversen
Harriet Hunt is in a pickle … her father is gone, his debtors are knocking on her door and her garden is out of control. A story that covers grief, loneliness and finding your way in life. My first note I made about this book was ‘the writing is very flowery, which makes sense as…
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Tell Me What You Did By: Carter Wilson
Poe runs a very popular podcast. She took advantage of the ‘true crime’ craze and goes direct to the source, the criminals. Everything is going smooth until a guest says something that knocks Poe off her seat. He shouldn’t know these things, something is off and she must know more. I do love a good…
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A Killing Cold By: Kate Alice Marshall
Theo and Connor are newly engaged, head over heels couple heading up to the family “cabin” for Christmas. There’s only one hitch. Connor is extremely wealthy. The cabin is a castle. And everyone is keeping secrets. I went into this story completely blind and I’m so glad for it. The way it starts off and…
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One Big Happy Family By: Jamie Day
A family hotel on the coast of Maine is being passed down to the next generation. All the owning family members arrive to the hotel for the will reading. If that’s not dramatic enough, a mysterious guest arrives, a long history with the current maid and to top it all off a storm blows in…
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The Lake House Children By: Gregg Dunnett
A family’s lake house becomes the center of this drama when long ago secrets are finally revealed. You thought this would be an inheritance fight over the lake house? Way more comes to light as the family must face the past in the most unexpected way. Whether you believe this is a story about real…