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  • Book Recommendation: The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins

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    Today’s book recommendation/review is “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins. This psychological thriller is about Rachel, a divorced alcoholic that takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track watching flashes of the same cozy suburban homes as she commiserates on her own lonely life. On…

  • Breaker The Price of Talent Series by AK Nevermore

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    Today’s books recommendation is “Breaker” The Price of Talent Series book 1 by AK Nevermore. On an alternate earth, a cataclysm has altered a subset of the population. Talents are persecuted for their psychic and physical mutations, giving rise to two conflicting societies based upon maintaining genetic purity. And the Source, a shadowy corporate entity dependent…

  • The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours The Poetry of Jill Scott

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    Todays book recommendation/review is “The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours” by Jill Scott. Yes the Jill Scott whose song I have playing on the reel. As a poet I drew inspiration from women like Jill Scott whose poetry flowed and had a hip hop or floetry vibe. She started writing poetry at the age of…

  • Book Review: Two is Better Than One by Yolanda Romero Dorta

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    In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month today’s book recommendation/review is “Two is Better Than One” by Yolanda Romero Dorta. This story is about a woman named Segunda who leaves her precious island of Puerto Rico right after the Depression in the promises of a better life in New York where she can pursue her dreams…

  • Book Review: Divergent Series by Veronica Roth

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    Today’s book recommendation/review is the Divergent series by Veronica Roth. Beatrice “Tris” Prior lives in a dystopian Chicago world where society is divided into 5 factions. Each faction exhibits a certain type of virtue: Candor (honest), Abnegation (selfless), Dauntless (brave), Amity (peaceful), Erudite (intelligent). On a specific day each year all 16 yr olds must…

  • Hocus Pocus & The All-New Sequel by Disney

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    Today’s book review is Hocus Pocus & The All-New Sequel based on the Disney movie. I was excited to read this as I am a huge fan of the movie and it is a ritual to watch it every year with my family but unfortunately was very disappointed. This book is in 2 parts. The…

  • Book Review: Pumpkin Spice Scare by Molly Maple

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    Today’s book recommendation is Pumpkin Spice Scare: A Small Town Cupcake Cozy Mystery (Cupcake Crime Series) by Molly Maple. Charlotte McKay is a cupcake baker who has restarted her life in Sweetwater Falls living with her sassy great aunt who has some just as saucy friends who all make up the Live Forever Club (as…

  • Book Review: Matched Series by Allie Condie

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    Todays book review and recommendation is the Matched series by Ally Condie. Cassia lives in a world where at the age of seventeen a big thing happens. The matching. The matching is where the government chooses a match for you whom you will eventually marry. Cassie already knows who she will marry. Her lifelong crush.…

  • Book Recommendation: Bliss by Katherine Littlewood

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    Today’s book recommendation is Bliss by Katherine Littlewood. 🧁Bliss is a fun, whimsical story about Rosemary Bliss’s family that has a secret. It’s the Bliss Cookery Booke—an ancient, leather-bound volume of enchanted recipes like Singing Gingersnaps. 🍪 When Rose’s parents go out of town the siblings decide to spice things up and use the magical…

  • Book Recommendation: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

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    Today’s book recommendation is a classic. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. I reread this recently and remembered how much I loved it. Anne Shirley is a head strong book loving 11 year old orphan with a head full of dreams who just wants to find a loving family. Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert want…