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Caraval
Storyline: 4 Stars I read the whole trilogy, and it was a whirlwind! If you are wanting a book with a really solid plot and substance, this book…
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The Wager
Storyline: 5 Stars I can see why David Grann was named the 2023 Barnes and Noble author of the year. He was able to write a historical non-fiction…
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Storyline: 3 Stars I read the whole trilogy, and unfortunately it was a trilogy that started with the best book. The idea of a school project and solving…
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Once Upon a Broken Heart
Storyline: 5 Stars This was a great fantasy series! I read the first one for a book club and then I cruised through the other two books very…
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Betty
Storyline: 4 Stars This was a tough book. It wasn’t because of the writing, but the topic was heavy. It was a coming of age book that dripped…
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Tress of the Emerald Sea
Storyline: 5 Stars This was a great fantasy book. It was a refreshing read to be transported into such a unique world with great characters. I think the…
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The Boys in the Boat
Storyline: 5 Stars This was a great nonfiction book about an incredible story in the famous Berlin 1936 Olympics. I think anyone could enjoy this book. It gave…
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The Familiar
Storyline: 2 Stars This one wasn’t for me… This was advertised as partly historical fiction, but really it was Spanish culture fantasy with a few random historical events…
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The House Across The Lake
Storyline: 3 Stars I read this one for book club, and it was a pretty interesting read. It was not anything special if you have read some thrillers…
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Firefly Lane
Storyline: 4 Stars I needed this. It is a classic Kristen Hannah book. It is not going to win any awards, but it will bring exactly what you…
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The Alice Network
Storyline: 1 Stars Honestly, this was one of the worst books that I read this year. It wasn’t because the premesis was bad; I think that women spies…
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Lessons in Chemistry
Storyline: 3 Stars I was hoping for more, or maybe I was hoping for less. This book has been so popular and had so many good reviews, but…
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Beartown
Storyline: 5 Stars Oh wow. I knew that the story was building up to something in the first part when it was all about hockey, but wow it…
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The Chronicles of Narnia
Storyline: 4 Stars It has been many years since I read the Chronicles of Narnia, which is why I wanted to reread them. They were like I remembered,…
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Foundation
Storyline: 3 Stars I read Foundation because I like to read a mix of older and newer books. Foundation is a classic science fiction book. The concept is…
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The Women
Storyline: 5 Stars Vietnam. I have only read a few Vietnam books, and I have loved them all. There are so many books about the world wars, which…
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The Lord of the Rings
Storyline: 5 Stars I have not read the Lord of the Rings since I was in middle school, which was about 12-13 years ago. It was definitely different…
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The Silent Patient
Storyline: 3 Stars I have been reading more thrillers lately, a book genre that I have not explored much. I think I am starting to become more fond…
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Divine Rivals
Storyline: 4 Stars I knew that the Letters of Enchantment Duology was a fantasy, but I was not prepared for this type of fantasy. The world was different…
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
Storyline: 4 Stars Time loops! I’ve read a few time loop-type books, but this one was well-written and everything came together at the end. There were a few…
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Dark Matter
Storyline: 4 Stars I honestly did not know what I was getting into when I read this book. The cover looks absurd and I knew in general what…
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The Aurelian Cycle
Storyline: 4 Stars I had a friend rate this series highly on Goodreads and she’s an expert in fantasy which is why I picked these books up. This…
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The Silmarillion
The Safe Pages Rating Romance There are some romantic stories, including Beren and Luthien, which is probably the most famous love story in Tolkein’s world. However, the romantic…
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The Seven Year Slip
The Safe Pages Rating Romance The book is a romance, so it is not surprising that there is romantic content. There were two scenes that were intimate, about…
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Gone With The Wind
The Safe Pages Rating Romance Gone With the Wind is an epic novel that is centralized around the romance between Scarlet and Rhett. Scarlet flirts with a lot of…
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The Four Winds
The Safe Pages Rating Romance In the beginning of the book there were a couple short scenes of intimacy between a couple. It was not graphic and was…
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The Time Machine
The Safe Pages Rating Romance There was no romance in this book. The main character befriended a female humanoid creature, but there was nothing romantic between them. Violence…
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None of This is True
The Safe Pages Rating Romance The two narrators are married women, and most of the “on-screen” romance is minima. There are some descriptions of romance in the past,…
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The Housemaid’s Secret
The Safe Pages Rating Romance There were less romantic scenes in this book than The Housemaid. Although the main character has a boyfriend and stays at his place often,…
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The Housemaid
The Safe Pages Rating Romance There are not many descriptive romantic scenes, but the narrator does mention s*x and the main character is implied to have had relations…
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Vow of Thieves
The Safe Pages Rating Romance In Vow of Thieves, the characters are more established in their relationship. One of the villians does try to impress and seduce one of…
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Dance of Thieves
The Safe Pages Rating Romance I actually enjoyed the romance in the book. There were no love triangles like many young adult books do and it was not…
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The Maid
The Safe Pages Rating Romance There was really no romance in the book. The main character, Molly, has someone that she believes might be interested in her, but it…
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The Final Gambit
The Safe Pages Rating Romance Although the romance reads similar to the previous two books in the series, it is worth noting that several times the main character…
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All Quiet On The Western Front
The Safe Pages Rating Romance There were not any romantic relationships or interests. However, the main character and his friends stay at a house full of women for…
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The Hawthorne Legacy
The Safe Pages Rating Romance There was not much romance outside of a few scenes of kissing. It was similar to the first book of the series and…
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The Great Alone
The Safe Pages Rating Romance The main character falls in love with a boy from the town. There is a scene of implied intimacy, but it is brief…
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Educated
The Safe Pages Rating Romance There were few instances of romance. Several characters get married throughout the book. The main character has several boyfriends and mentions holding hands…
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Fourth Wing
The Safe Pages Rating I spend a lot of time on Goodreads and online looking at popular books. I saw a book that kept popping up everywhere in…
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Beneath A Scarlet Sky
Storyline: 4 Stars I read this book after a friend recommended it to me. My favorite part of the book was getting an Italian perspective on World War…
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The Grace Year
Storyline: 4 Stars I read this for my book club, and it was an unexpected good book. I didn’t know much about it beforehand, but one of the…
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The Cruel Prince
Storyline: 4 Stars This trilogy has been on my radar for several years, and I finally got around to reading it. I remember when the first book came…
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The Night Circus
Storyline: 2 Stars I read this for my book club, and I’ll be honest, I was pretty disappointed with it. The concept was amazing, and the description of…
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Killers of the Flower Moon
Storyline: 5 Stars David Grann is my favorite non-fiction writer. There is no doubt about it. He can create a narrative out of a non-fiction story that makes…
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Tom Lake
Storyline: 2 Stars This was not the book for me. For one, it was incredibly slow. I thought it was going to be a heartwarming book about past…
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