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Crash Into Me Book Review: A Woman Colliding with Herself
A rear-end collision forces a photographer in LA to collide with a model she met in Mexico twenty years ago—and with the woman she buried long ago. About marriage, desire, identity, and the choices we swallowed.
Read storyFabulous Bodies Book Review: Your Dead Hero Will Eat You Alive
A single mom who steals corpses by night and posts fashion by day gets her dead rockstar idol back—and he forces her on a murder spree through Palm Springs. Absurd, gory, and surprisingly deep.
Read storyCountry People Book Review: Permission to Wander Off the Path
A man twelve years overdue on his PhD moves his family to Vermont and gets obsessed with a cave that might not exist. This book doesn't give you answers—it gives you permission to get lost.
Read storyThe Beginning of Everything Book Review: When Losing Everything Is the Only Way to Find Yourself
The golden boy loses everything in a car accident—his tennis career, his girlfriend, his friends. What he really loses is the person he never truly was.
Read storyThe Romance Revival Book Review: The Cost of a Do-Over
A scientist brings her dead husband back to life with a secret experiment. He remembers nothing. She has to win him again—and this time, she finally learns how.
Read storyStormy Weather Book Review: A Woman in STEM Finally Gets Her Storm
A female meteorologist with a PhD finally meets a man who doesn't mansplain precipitation to her. Romance—but the real romance is someone handing you a sword.
Read storyRansom Book Review: Our Secrets Chain Us, Not Our Enemies
A billionaire's wife vanishes. The ransom is money—but the real price is the secrets we hide from ourselves. A spy thriller about the lies we tell.
Read storyCunning Folk Book Review: What We Still Believe
We traded cunning folk for science, but we still read horoscopes. This book asks why.
Read storyRevolution Book Review: A Nation Born from Doubt and Faith
The founding of America is a story of faith, doubt, and ordinary courage. This book made me see how imperfect people did something extraordinary.
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