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A Week at the Shore
by Barbara Delinsky
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A small island, one woman disappears. Is it murder, suicide, part of an affair? Unsolved, it tears two families apart. Twenty years later when Mallory returns can they discover the answers, mend the relationships of sisters and reunite a love that Mallory and her boyfriend had before his mother went missing?

The Highgate Cemetery Murder
by Irina Shapiro
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I like the main characters. I also like how their roles match their abilities and seem realistic.

What if you and me
by Roni Loren
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Mostly on the romantic side but still a good read. The way both the leads overcome their fears and accepts their life with grace is what hooks you to the story.

Princess Jellyfish
by Akiko Higashimura
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I completed my first manga as part of Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge. And, I have to say, I enjoyed it! There were a lot of Japanese cultural concepts that were unfamiliar to me, but the footnotes and endnotes helped a lot. I didn't realize manga were read back to front either, so that was a little hard to get used to but was routine by the end of the book. I'm not sure I'll continue with manga, but I'm glad the challenge exposed me to something different! It was nice that the characters were single women with passions that society deemed unusual.

The Cousins
by Karen M. McManus
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I've always loved Karen M. McManus' books and this one certainly did not disappoint. At the beginning, I expected this to be a slow story, but along the halfway point I realized how fast the book was actually moving. Along with plot twists I wasn't expecting, the characters were engaging and made reading this book a very enjoyable experience.

Smile: A Graphic Novel
by Raina Telgemeier
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The book Smile is a true story that happened to the author Raina Telgemeier. After a Girl Scouts meeting she falls and it causes a terrible accident. She had damaged her two front teeth. The book is all about her journey with having braces, surgery's, a retainer with fake teeth on it and much more. I enjoyed reading this book and would rate it five stars.

The Secret Life of Sunflowers
by Marta Molnar
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This is one of those books where you should definitely not judge a book by its cover. I almost didn’t read it because it looked like a boring book about native Americans (not saying books about NA are boring…this just looked like it would be). It’s not boring and not about NA. It’s historical fiction about Vincent van Gogh’s sister in law, Jo, and her troubles and how she persevered to eventually get his works seen and appreciated world wide. It’s also about a fictional current-day woman and how she reads Jo’s diary and comes to learn about her and be inspired by her. It's a book that kept me reading, enjoying, and learning throughout.

Escape Velocity
by Victor Manibo
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This title was not to my liking. I didn't feel any of the characters were likeable or at all sympathetic, though many were pathetic. It seemed to me that it couldn't decide what it wanted to be, a murder mystery or a revolutionary theme. Because of this each aspect was handled with a rather heavy hand and with little real affect. After all the build up throughout the story the ending was a big flop. None of it worked for this reader!

The Life She Was Given
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
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Just wow, great book yet a sad one too.

Wish You Were Italian
by Kristin Rae
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cute summer read, definitely recommend if you’re big on italian culture. quick romance, generally easy to guess what was going to happen. I wish there was more on Bruno’s backstory because his character just felt kind of flat. but a cute read, happy to have finished it!
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