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More 2024 Reading I Loved

December 30, 2024

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I’m back with more books I loved in 2024. On Friday I shared the fact that almost all my 5-star favorite books for the year were backlist, but I still wanted to give a shoutout to this wide variety of ... Read More...

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Margo’s Got Money Troubles

June 19, 2024

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Margo is 19 and languishing at community college when she is swept into an affair with a married professor. She ends up pregnant and decides to have the baby. What follows in Margo’s Got Money ... Read More...

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Six Best Books of 2020

December 30, 2020

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In the same way 2020 turned life upside-down it had the same impact on people’s reading. For me, I read more nonfiction than ever before—from 11% up to 20%. Even more surprising, after reviewing my ... Read More...

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The Girls from Corona del Mar

June 24, 2020

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When Lorrie Ann and Mia become best friends, Mia believes herself to be the shadow behind Lorrie Ann’s golden girl. By the time they reach high school Mia is even more sure that Lorrie Ann is ... Read More...

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The Knockout Queen

April 27, 2020

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Michael and Bunny are the unlikeliest of friends. Polar opposites in almost every way: his mother is in prison so he lives with his aunt, while she lives in a mansion with her father. He is less of a ... Read More...

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