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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Razorblade Tears 5/5: This book masterfully encapsulates the difficult emotion of rage without pulling any punches. The gloves are off for Buddy Lee. This is a very intense story of revenge, redemption, and love and h...

Rage revenge, no mercy #booksky 📚💙 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Brooke (B for Books)'s review of The Serviceberry 5/5: This was Stunning, very. A beautiful essay calling for a gift economy by the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. The author's de...

Stunning call for a sharing gift economy, respect for the earth and abundance 💜🩷 #booksky 📚💙 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Trust Exercise 3/5: Susan Choi has a hold on me. Once again, this grabbed me and pulled me. Not so much for the characters, but the prose pure poetry. The writing is elegant and transporting. "Can't there be a ...

#booksky 📚💙 Trust Exercise by Susan Choi, author of Flashlight. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Brooke (B for Books)'s review of The New Jim Crow 5/5: Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer. Her writing is clear and organized. The central message is that the drug war and mass incarceration have replaced Jim Crow. Mass incarceration is a ne...

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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Flashlight 4/5: What happened just now is because of the way flashlights work. This book grabbed me and devoured me. I could not walk away. It called to me. When a book devours me like this, I give in comple...

Brilliant!! #booksky 📚💙 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Elevation 4/5: My libby copy says "Winner of the 2020 Audio Publisher's Association Lifetime Achievement Award." Two 4-star short stories. Elevation: A terminally ill man confronts small town bigotry and befr...

2 short stories by King, read by King. #booksky 📚💙 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1) 4/5: Her rage was a clean blade. She held it close. A Mughal India-inspired fantasy debut with a YA romance. Dance is magic and rites and rituals have power. Very atmospheric and touching. More atmosp...

Atmospheric fantasy inspired by Mughal India with dance as magic. Rites and rituals have power #booksky 📚💙
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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Beyond Her Reach (Bree Taggert, #10) 4/5: Bree is kicking more butt as a homicide detective. How is it so many murders happen in this small town? In addition to the murder mystery, narratives of found-family and the complexities of being...

Character driven crime series #booksky📚💙
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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3) 4/5: Conclusion to the Licanius Trilogy by James Islington. Highly entertaining epic fantasy with rich magic system and action scenes. Very slow burn, very high pay off. Book 3 is my favorite of this ...

Trilogy conclusion!!! #booksky 📚💙 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Climate change and AI!? Too much to read too little time. Cant wait to get to this. #booksky 📚💙

Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Trust 5/5: This novel has a four part structure. It opens up with a fictional work of fiction by a fictional author that Hernan Diaz created. It's very economically focused. The fictional work is about bill...

Riveting!! #booksky 📚💙 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Wild Dark Shore 3/5: 🐳Wild Dark Shore 3⭐ 🕊Migrations 4.3🌟 🐺Once There Were Wolves 5🌟 This was wild and dark, sparsed with lovely lyrical and humane passages. For some reason, I could not get the movie Overboard with...

www.goodreads.com/review/show/... my 3rd book of climate fiction by this author #booksky 📚💙

Brooke (B for Books)'s review of The Sleep Tight Motel (Dark Corners Collection, #2) 4/5: From the Dark Corners collection. “Darkness is part of life. Death is part of life.” Really enjoyed this. When Lisa Unger is on, she’s all the way up! “Why celebrate death? We’re dead longer t...

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When a book devours me, I’ll allow it. 🥰🤓 #booksky📚💙

Brooke (B for Books)'s review of The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) 4/5: If Robin Hood met the Godfather and they were infused with Ocean's 11 energy. These characters are hilarious! This series is highly recommended by Patrick Rothfuss, which is all the buzz I need ...

Robin Hood meets the Godfather, and sprinkled with Ocean's 11 energy. #booksky📚💙 This was a bit long winded for me, but really well written, and amazing funny characters.

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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of The Emperor of Gladness 5/5: A heart aching story of friendship on the fringes. On the fringes of society, of life, family. Ocean Vuong created an authentic experience of life and connection. It is at once both spiritual-mi...

Beautiful story of a friendship on the fringes 💙💛🩶#booksky📚💙

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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of The River We Remember 3/5: The Alabaster River is a fictional river set in Minnesota, post-WWII. It took me multiple attempts to get into this. It opens very slowly and the setting is mired in Americana. Quinn's body i...

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Happy new reading year 2026! #booksky📚💙
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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Dead Against Her (Bree Taggert, #5) 5/5: Never did I ever think I'd be this hooked to a police procedural! There's just too much to love about Bree, her story, and all the connections she's making. A fellow deputy is found dead on a g...

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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Right Behind Her (Bree Taggert, #4) 5/5: The setting has moved to Upstate New York but no matter where Bree Taggert goes, her past is always right behind her. As an 8 year old, Bree's father committed double homicide in their home. Br...

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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of The Most Fun We Ever Had 3/5: 3.0 While this was not the most fun I've ever had, I'm glad I read it. After visiting a local bookstore I was very drawn to the different covers on this and I wanted in on what those Gingko leave...

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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1) 4/5: 4.0 You can't bury your ghosts until you confront them. Detective Crosswhite's sister was murdered 20 years ago, the body was just found. The ghosts of this traumatic event have continued haunti...

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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of The Nightingale 3/5: 2.5 Historical Fiction set in France at the onslaught of WW2. We open with the FMC at an advanced age and preparing for hospice. She recounts her time during the war, her fear, her loves, and her...

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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Where the Crawdads Sing 5/5: 1960s. North Carolina. A coming of age story of a woman living on her own in the Marshlands of the south. In town, people refer to Kya as Marsh Girl. She is lonely, wild, and free; or is she fr...

www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky📚💙 Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 5/5⭐️ stunning!! 🕊️🌱🌿🪶🦞

Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Drown Her Sorrows (Bree Taggert, #3) 5/5: 4.5⭐️ rounding up! Book 3 of the Bree Taggert detective series was a satisfying continuation of her personal story wrapped up in twisty murder mysteries that have a connection to her personally. ...

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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of See Her Die (Bree Taggert, #2) 5/5: 4.5 It's Thriller Season. The setting is Philadelphia area in winter, and resilient Bree Taggert recently earned a promotion to Sheriff. Story includes a satisfyingly slow burn romance, crime, a...

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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3) 5/5: Decades of Jade 3rd book in the Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee High intrigue, sharp writing, and insane mob-family dynamics! In an Asian-inspired setting, Green Bones team up in organized-crime gan...

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Brooke (B for Books)'s review of Ordinary Grace 5/5: A coming of age story with forgiveness at its core. Many twists, a small town detective, and excellent writing. I'm getting Stand By Me or The Body by Stephen King because of how it opened with f...

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Forgiveness ❤️

Brooke (B for Books)'s review of The New Year's Party 2/5: 🎆Happy New Year! 🎇 🧯What did I just read? 🧯 🚨Beware of New Year’s Resolutions ‼️

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