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September 2024 Mini-Challenge

September 2024 Mini-Challenge It’s time for a new mini-challenge! This month we have three new prompts inspired by the classic board game, Clue (Cluedo)! In this board game, players move around the board trying to solve a murder and figure out “whodunnit.” For this September mini we’ve narrowed down the suspects, eliminated locations and weapons […]

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Vote for a 2025 Prompt: Week One

Vote for a 2025 Prompt! WEEK ONE: September 2-8, 2024 It’s September! Which means that we’re heading to The 52 Book Club polls! Every fall, we start prepping for the launch of the following year’s challenge. It’s hard work wrapped up in a lot of fun, and we love getting you involved in that process

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The Specimen

Book Review The Specimen by Jaima FixsenHistorical Fiction | Mystery Amongst Dr. Burnett’s collection of oddities and medical specimens sits a heart in a jar. To anyone else, this juvenile heart with its damaged mitral valve would simply be another exhibit to gawk at. But for Isabel Tait, a woman whose son has been missing

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The Booklover’s Library

Book Review The Booklover’s Library by Madeline MartinHistorical Fiction | WWII | Books about Books After reading Madeline Martin’s debut novel, The Last Bookshop in London, this author became an instant favorite. Her WWII novels are full of heart, history, sweet romance, and (often) books! So when I saw that The BookLover’s Library was about

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Hushbug Deluxe Summer Box 2024

Hushbug Book Box Summer 2024 Deluxe Box from Hushbug This year I decided to test out a few of the book boxes that I’ve been following along with on social media, but haven’t yet tried. Up next on my list was the Hushbug Book Boxes. Since they’ve moved to a quarterly subscription, I thought their

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Fire and Bones

Book Review Fire and Bones by Kathy ReichMystery | Thriller The newest Temperance Brennan novel, Fire and Bones, from Kathy Reichs is here! When Tempe is called to the scene of an arson investigation, she finds more than expected. Soon, she’s caught up in a story that dates back decades, involving bootleggers, racketeers, and the

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Between Sound and Sea

Book Review Between the Sound and Sea by Amanda CoxContemporary | Christian Fiction | Mystery | Romance After a lawsuit damages her family name, Joey Harris jumps at a chance to escape her small town and start fresh — and a decommissioned lighthouse in need of restoration seems like just the break she needs. But

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A Hunger to Kill

Book Review A Hunger to Kill by Kim Mager with Lisa PulitzerTrue Crime | Non-Fiction Reader’s Thoughts: A Hunger to Kill is the true-life account of Kim Mager, a Detective tasked with interviewing a man accused of kidnapping a local woman. Through Kim’s skillful interviewing, it quickly became apparent that the police were dealing with

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