Category: Books
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The Shampoo Effect Review — Jenny Jackson
Literary Fiction • 2026 The Shampoo Effect By Jenny Jackson • ★★★★ The book title was an absolute mystery to me when I picked this up — was I living under a rock, or does nobody else know what the shampoo effect is either? Either way, I went in curious and came out mostly satisfied.…
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In Her Own League Review — Liz Tomforde
Romance • 2026 In Her Own League By Liz Tomforde • ★★★★★ I love baseball. Truly, it’s the best sport and one of the most underappreciated. I’d been waiting weeks for this one to become available at the library, and when it finally did, it did not disappoint. This book was almost a grand slam…
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The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris Review — Evie Woods
Romance • 2026 The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris By Evie Woods • ★★★ I was actually looking for a different Evie Woods book, but it wasn’t available at the library — this one was. It sounded fun and whimsical, and since I’m learning French, the Parisian setting tempted me enough to give it…
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The Bright Years Review — Sarah Damoff
Literary Fiction • 2026 The Bright Years By Sarah Damoff • ★★★★★ I wish this book had come with a trigger warning — though it wouldn’t have stopped me from loving it. My dad is an alcoholic, and my relationship with my mother was non-existent after a certain point in my teen years, so this…
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Into the Blue Review — Emma Brodie
Romance • 2026 Into the Blue By Emma Brodie • ★★★ This book quickly rose to TikTok popularity, so I went in with high hopes. And while it was enjoyable, I came out feeling a little fooled. The story didn’t need to be 400+ pages long, and a lot of that padding comes from a…
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Atmosphere Review — Taylor Jenkins Reid
I went in expecting something almost comedic — a thriller with a wink. What I got was something more grounded and more uncomfortable, and a quiet portrait of what women in the 50s and 60s actually lived through.
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What Happens in Amsterdam Review — Rachel Lynn Solomon
I went in expecting something almost comedic — a thriller with a wink. What I got was something more grounded and more uncomfortable, and a quiet portrait of what women in the 50s and 60s actually lived through.
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Best Offer Wins Review — Marisa Kashino
I went in expecting something almost comedic — a thriller with a wink. What I got was something more grounded and more uncomfortable, and a quiet portrait of what women in the 50s and 60s actually lived through.
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The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives Review — Elizabeth Arnott
I went in expecting something almost comedic — a thriller with a wink. What I got was something more grounded and more uncomfortable, and a quiet portrait of what women in the 50s and 60s actually lived through.
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Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About Review — Isabel Klee
This felt like a modern-day Girls or Sex and the City — but with characters you actually root for. I always wanted to live in NYC in my 20s and never got to. Isabel let me experience that life vicariously, even if a decade late. I started crying on page 91 — the moment Sweet…
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