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Title: UshersAuthor: Joe HillGenre: HorrorBook Length: 29 Pages (print); Short StoryFormat Read: eBookYear Published: November 1, 2024 Date Started: October 4, 2024Date finished: October 4, 2024 This story is about two agents looking for clues to a couple of disasters. They interview a man named Martin Lorensen who was present during the disasters but got... Continue Reading →
Title: Where Butterflies WanderAuthor: Suzanne RedfearnGenre: Literary Fiction; Women’s FictionBook Length: 298 Pages (print); NovelFormat Read: eBookYear Published: February 6, 2024 Date Started: September 26, 2024Date finished: September 28, 2024 This story is about a family trying to heal after one of their children dies. They move to a town where they learn a woman... Continue Reading →
Title: When We Were FriendsAuthor: Jane GreenGenre: Women’s FictionBook Length: 44 Pages (print); Short StoryFormat Read: eBookYear Published: October 1, 2024 Date Started: September 27, 2024Date finished: September 27, 2024 This story is about the fall of a quick friendship. Lucy is the main character. She’s just been divorced and was looking for a female... Continue Reading →
Title: Hello BeautifulAuthor: Ann NapolitanoGenre: Women’s FictionBook Length: 390 pages (print)Format Read: eBookYear Published: March 14, 2023 Date Started: September 13, 2024Date finished: September 20, 2024 This book was recommended to me by a friend a while ago and I just finally got to it. I’ve read another book by this author called Dear Edward,... Continue Reading →
Title: Safe Passage (The Chronicles of Capherayna Book 1)Author: Karen MenezesGenre: FantasyBook Length: 258 pages (print)Format Read: ePubYear Published: July 1, 2024 Date Started: September 12, 2024Date finished: September 19, 2024 This story follows a man by the name of Lightbender. He’s a student training with other magical beings who are capable of powerful magic.... Continue Reading →
Title: Service ModelAuthor: Adrian TchaikovskyGenre: Sci-fi; DystopianBook Length: 373 pages (print)Format Read: eBookYear Published: June 2, 2024 Date Started: September 4, 2024Date finished: September 11, 2024 This story starts out with a majordomo robot named, Charles who discovers his master is dead and believes he committed the murder. Charles contacts the police and the hospital... Continue Reading →
Title: The Sunflower HouseAuthor: Adriana AllegriGenre: Historical Fiction, WW2, HolocaustBook Length: NovelFormat Read: eBook (ARC)Year Published: November 12, 2024 Date Started: August 29, 2024Date finished: September 6, 2024 This story takes place in Germany, where a woman named Allina is taken to work as an aide at a reproductive facility. There, she learns that the... Continue Reading →
Title: MajorityAuthor: Abby GoldsmithGenre: Young Adult; Fantasy; Sci-fiBook Length: 595 pages (print)Format Read: PaperbackYear Published: September 5, 2023 Date Started: July 6, 2024Date finished: August 28, 2024 This story primarily follows a boy named Thomas Hill. He and a few of his friends are taken to an alien planet, where he discovers that he’s only... Continue Reading →
Title: Demon CopperheadAuthor: Barbara KingsolverGenre: Literary; Coming of AgeBook Length: 556 pages (print)Format Read: eBookYear Published: October 18, 2022 Date Started: July 26, 2024Date finished: July 31, 2024 This modern-day take on the classic “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens tells a story of a boy named Demon Copperhead, who is raised by a single mother.... Continue Reading →
Title: Second Chance KillerAuthor: Bradley CornishGenre: Fiction, Detective, Christian FantasyBook Length: 664 pages (print)Format Read: eBookYear Published: September 13, 2023 Date Started: July 3, 2024Date finished: July 8, 2024 This story follows a delivery driver named Damon, who made the mistake of entering a house after hearing strange noises from inside. He ends up being... Continue Reading →
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