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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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 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 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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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 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 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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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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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 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 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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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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Storyline: 5 Stars I read this for my book club, and I did not know entirely what to expect when I first picked it up. I saw that…
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Storyline: 5 Stars I first read the Lunar Chronicles when I was in high school and they first came out. Ten years later, and they are just as…
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Storyline: 2 Stars I tried to give Emily Henry a shot. Maybe this was not the best book to start with, but I was unimpressed. I am trying…
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