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Britt-Marie Was Here (Highly Recommended)

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman. First, she's so funny and awkward. Then tears and cheers. lovers

https://bookreviewsintenwords.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/britt-marie-was-here-highly-recommended/

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜‡ -

Someone threw this chapbook in my lap and said "Here, read this. It's amazing." Okay, then.

RELENTLESS HORROR TALE follows a podcaster back to his old home for a grim final reckoning. A powerful sense of place and a sharp Gen X attitude only add to the inexorability of corruption and doom. B PLUS

https://indiepubs.com/products/8114

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ: ๐—” ๐—ช๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฉ. ๐—ฆ. ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น -

Another too long on the TBR, but Naipaul is nothing if not absorbing!

MESMERIZING, TERRIFYING, POWERFULLY EVOCATIVE thriller starts with its protagonist stranded in Antarctica and just gets scarier from there. Sharp and insightful and haunting as hell. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-unveiling-quan-barry/1147010167?ean=9780802165350

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The Secret of Secrets (Recommended)

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown. 30% science-ish exposition. Overlong, but intriguing fun. Armchair Prague tour. Note: Would like to know how much he was paid for the chapter that serves absolutely no purpose other than promoting Starbucks. Did he think we wouldn't notice? Chapter 130

https://bookreviewsintenwords.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/the-secret-of-secrets-recommended/

Quick Thoughts Review - The Ex-Mas Breakup by - the one where going back home to a Christmas Tree Farm is what you need for a Christmas Relationship Miracle.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSBwz6yDFaK/?igsh=MWVybXFmMzM0bXlhdQ==

thanks Zoe for the review copy!

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฎฬ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—•๐—ฎฬ -

A literary and adult reflection on time and death and writing. Sounds . . . possibly humbling.

Thank you to Nichole Willden, author of The Guild Series, for this wonderful review! ๐Ÿฅฐ

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"I love the realness of the family relationships and the magic. As far as Iโ€™m concerned, these people are real, and any day now Iโ€™m going to find my way to Nashville and the Crossroads to meet them all. But the best part of this book is the authorโ€™s infectious voice! Larkey is a master of hilarity. Every one of her characters shines with wit! Bravo on this debut!"

SELLING โ€œCOUNTERCULTURALโ€ FASCISM via Westernized versions of yoga didnโ€™t start as a TikTok trend: witty, opinionated, well researched book traces the origins of todayโ€™s granola Fascism to the early twentieth-century right. SOLID B

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fascist-yoga-stewart-home/1146243474?ean=9780745351124

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฒ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต -

Existentialist "socialist" Christian philosopher Tillich in his classic 1952 book on meeting uncertainty and anxiety in the modern age, probably a fitting follow-up to 1951's Arendt!

A CHILLING, DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE story set in a far-future world of complex simulations grapples with the nature of consensus reality and the everyday sacrifices it can demand. Unsettling and thought-provoking. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-level-down-mary-g-thompson/1146186686?ean=9781616964306

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