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ALL THE UGLY AND WONDERFUL THINGS BY BRYN GREENWOOD

11/5/2021

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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things is an unexpected, controversial, and overwhelmingly beautiful novel of a love that runs so deep it’s hard for others to understand.
Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: August 9, 2016
Genre: Literary Fiction. Taboo/Age Gap Romance.

Series: None. Complete Standalone. 
Pages: 421 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: ​Purchased. 
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​A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives.

As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.

By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps 

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DIAL A FOR AUNTIES BY JESSE Q. SUTANTO

10/20/2021

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Who knew that murder and mayhem could be so funny? Jesse Q. Sutanto kills it with this hilarious and whip smart read! I devoured it in one sitting.
Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: April 27, 2021
Genre: Romcom / Murder Mystery

Series: Aunties series #1
Pages: 319 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: Purchased.
What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family?

You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue!


When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is inadvertently shipped in a cake cooler to the over-the-top billionaire wedding Meddy, her Ma, and aunties are working at an island resort on the California coastline. It's the biggest job yet for the family wedding business—"Don't leave your big day to chance, leave it to the Chans!"—and nothing, not even an unsavory corpse, will get in the way of her auntie's 

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SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF SIMPLE BY KRISTY WOODESON HARVEY

8/22/2021

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Fans of beach reads, and southern novels are going to want to check out Kristy Woodson Harvey! She clearly has a knack for southern women’s fiction, and I enjoyed this book quite a bit more than I thought I would!
Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: April 25, 2017
Genre: Women's Fiction

Series: The Peachtree Bluff series #1
Pages: 401 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: ​Purchased.
​Caroline Murphy swore she’d never set foot back in the small Southern town of Peachtree Bluff; she was a New York girl born and bred and the worst day of her life was when, in the wake of her father’s death, her mother selfishly forced her to move—during her senior year of high school, no less—back to that hick-infested rat trap where she'd spent her childhood summers. But now that her marriage to a New York high society heir has fallen apart in a very public, very embarrassing fashion, a pregnant Caroline decides to escape the gossipmongers with her nine-year-old daughter and head home to her mother, Ansley.

Ansley has always put her three daughters first, especially when she found out that her late husband, despite what he had always promised, left her with next to nothing. Now the proud owner of a charming waterfront design business and finally standing on her own two feet, Ansley welcomes Caroline and her brood back with open arms. But when her second daughter Sloane, whose military

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THE NEWCOMER BY MARY KAY ANDREWS

8/16/2021

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Mary Kay Andrews delivers in yet again the perfect beach read! This book has it all: suspense, beachy vibes, and women power! I devoured it and smiled long after I turned the last page.
Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: May 4, 2021
Genre: Women's Fiction. Beach Reads. 

Series: None. Complete standalone.  
Pages: 442 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: ​Purchased. 
In trouble and on the run...

After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her fashionable New York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did it: Tanya’s ex; sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Even in the grip of grief and panic Letty heeds her late sister’s warnings: “If anything bad happens to me—it’s Evan. Promise me you’ll take Maya and run. Promise me.”

With a trunkful of emotional baggage...

So Letty grabs her sister’s Mercedes and hits the road with her wailing four-year-old niece Maya. Letty is determined to out-run Evan and the law, but run to where? Tanya, a woman with a past shrouded in secrets, left behind a “go-bag” of cash and a big honking diamond ring—but only one clue: a faded magazine story about a sleepy mom-and-pop motel in a Florida beach town with 

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TO SIR, WITH LOVE BY LAUREN LAYNE

8/11/2021

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I genuinely loved every single thing about this book. It’s been a while since I was able to rate a book with five stars but this one deserves every single one!
Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: June 29, 2021
Genre: Romantic Comedy. Chick Lit. 

Series: None. Complete standalone. 
Pages: 286 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: Purchased. 
Love Is Blind meets You’ve Got Mail in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy following two thirty-somethings who meet on a blind dating app—only to realize that their online chemistry is nothing compared to their offline rivalry.

Perpetually cheerful and eager to please, Gracie Cooper strives to make the best out of every situation. So when her father dies just months after a lung cancer diagnosis, she sets aside her dreams of pursuing her passion for art to take over his Midtown Manhattan champagne shop. She soon finds out that the store’s profit margins are being squeezed perilously tight, and complicating matters further, a giant corporation headed by the impossibly handsome, but irritatingly arrogant Sebastian Andrews is proposing a buyout. But Gracie can’t bear the thought of throwing away her father’s dream like she did her own.

Overwhelmed and not wanting to admit to her friends or family that she’s having second thoughts about the shop, Gracie seeks advice

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DON'T MAKE ME TURN THIS LIFE AROUND BY CAMILLE PAGAN

8/4/2021

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While I love the message that Don’t Make Me Turn This Life Around sends, I have to say the content was really depressing. I was expecting this to be a lighthearted and funny read but find myself feeling really sad while reading it.
​Rating: ★★★
​Release Date: May 11, 2021
Genre: Women's Fiction

Series: None. Complete standalone. 
Pages: 251 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: ​Purchased.
​A witty and unexpected novel about a woman trying to keep her family vacation—and yes, her life—from going south by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Life and Other Near-Death Experiences.

It’s been thirteen years since doctors declared Libby Ross-Velasquez a goner. Yet here she is—cancer free. So why doesn’t she feel more alive?

Sure, Libby’s husband, Shiloh, has been distant. One of their daughters has a serious health condition. And her father’s death hovers over Libby like a rain cloud. Still, this eternal optimist knows she’s the winner of the existential lottery.

But when her forced cheer isn’t enough to keep her family from catching her blahs, she decides to fly them all to Vieques. The Puerto Rican island is where she and Shiloh fell in love—and where she decided to fight for her life after her cancer diagnosis. Where 

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THAT SUMMER BY JENNIFER WEINER

7/28/2021

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That Summer is a timeless novel that encompasses the #metoo movement. While I felt some of the book to be on the slower side, I think the message it sends it exquisite.
​Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: May 11, 2021
Genre: Women's Fiction

Series: None. Complete standalone. 
Pages: 429 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: ​Purchased.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Summer comes another deliciously twisty novel of intrigue, secrets, and the transformative power of female friendship.

Daisy Shoemaker can’t sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she’s got it good. So why is she up all night?

While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction, she’s also receiving misdirected emails meant for a woman named Diana Starling, whose email address is just one punctuation mark away from her own. While Daisy’s driving carpools, Diana is chairing meetings. While Daisy’s making dinner, Diana’s making 

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RUNAWAY FATE BY ELIZABETH HUNTER

7/28/2021

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Elizabeth Hunter is a new to me author and I’m so glad I discovered her books! I’ve been in the mood for paranormal books lately and this one satisfied my cravings! I’m excited to read more in the series.
Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: October 27, 2020
Genre: Paranormal Mystery. Women's Fiction. 

Series: Moonstone Cove series #1
Pages: 344 pages
Format: eBook. Source: ​Purchased. 
It’s paranormal women’s fiction for lovers of magic, mayhem, and a solid afternoon nap (when they can squeeze one in.)

Katherine wasn’t looking for anything extraordinary in her life. She had a job she loved, a husband she adored, and a home in the beautiful seaside town of Moonstone Cove.

Okay yes, she worked too much and had fallen out of touch with all her friends, but that happened to everyone, right? And sure, she was feeling a little creaky in the mornings and couldn’t drink coffee after noon, but that was just life in middle age.

Four minutes was all it took for fate to run away with anything that resembled normal.

Now Katherine is trying to place mysterious psychic visions into her previously ordered life. She’s playing referee between a displaced Southern mama and a sarcastic mechanic with a chip on her 

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THE STEPSISTERS BY SUSAN MALLERY

7/8/2021

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Susan Mallory has reignited my love for women’s fiction novel. This is a powerful novel about family, friendship, and finding one’s way back to where they belong.
​Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: May 25, 2021
Genre: Women's Fiction

Series: None. Complete standalone. 
Pages: 344 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: ​Purchased.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery pens a love story of a different sort…a heartfelt tale of friendship between two women who used to be sisters.

Once upon a time, when her dad married Sage’s mom, Daisy was thrilled to get a bright and shiny new sister. But Sage was beautiful and popular, everything Daisy was not, and she made sure Daisy knew it.

Sage didn’t have Daisy’s smarts—she had to go back a grade to enroll in the fancy rich-kid school. So she used her popularity as a weapon, putting Daisy down to elevate herself. After the divorce, the stepsisters’ rivalry continued until the final, improbable straw: Daisy married Sage’s first love, and Sage fled California.

Eighteen years, two kids and one troubled marriage later, Daisy never expects—or wants—to see Sage again. But when the little 

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THE SEVEN DAY SWITCH BY KELLY HARMS

7/2/2021

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The Seven Day Switch is an excellent tribute to one of my favorite movies from the past; Freaky Friday! I don’t recall ever reading a book about true life swaps so this one was a big treat for me!
Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: July 1, 2021
Genre: Women's Fiction

Series: None. Complete Standalone. 
Pages: 314 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Amazon First Reads.
​Two moms as opposite as a Happy Meal and a quinoa bowl. What a difference a week makes in a heartfelt, laugh-out-loud novel by the Washington Post bestselling author of The Overdue Life of Amy Byler.

Celeste Mason is the Pinterest stay-at-home supermom of other mothers’ nightmares. Despite her all-organic, SunButter-loving, free-range kids, her immaculate home, and her volunteering awards, she still has time to relax with a nice glass of pinot at the end of the day. The only thing that ruins it all is her workaholic, career-obsessed neighbor, who makes no secret of what she thinks of Celeste’s life choices every chance she gets.

Wendy Charles is a celebrated productivity consultant, columnist, and speaker. On a minute-by-minute schedule, she makes the working-mom hustle look easy. She even spends at least one waking hour a day with her kids. She’s not apologizing for a thing. 

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