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Lake Effect
General Fiction, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 3/16/26 General Fiction, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 3/16/26

Lake Effect

This book is really a slice of life in the 1970s…

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The Future Saints
✮✮✮, General Fiction, Historical Fiction Repy White 2/2/26 ✮✮✮, General Fiction, Historical Fiction Repy White 2/2/26

The Future Saints

This book is the story of The Future Saints, a rock band that has hit a rough patch…

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The Heir Apparent
✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 1/19/26 ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 1/19/26

The Heir Apparent

I enjoy a book about royals, so this one is right in my sweet spot…

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Theo of Golden
✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 1/12/26 ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 1/12/26

Theo of Golden

A heartwarming, incredibly written story about the power of kindness…

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Heart the Lover
General Fiction, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 12/4/25 General Fiction, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 12/4/25

Heart the Lover

Pick this book up if you’re in the mood for exquisite storytelling…

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The Most Fun We Ever Had
General Fiction, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 11/17/25 General Fiction, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 11/17/25

The Most Fun We Ever Had

This book packs quite a punch…

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The Correspondent
✮✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/12/25 ✮✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/12/25

The Correspondent

Masterful storytelling…

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The Academy
Fiction, ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 10/15/25 Fiction, ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 10/15/25

The Academy

I love an academic setting…

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Mean Moms
✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 5/27/25 ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 5/27/25

Mean Moms

This is a proper beach read…

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Bad Summer People
✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 4/30/25 ✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 4/30/25

Bad Summer People

Rich people behaving badly…

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Wild Dark Shore
✮✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 4/22/25 ✮✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 4/22/25

Wild Dark Shore

I still have an emotional hangover from this book…

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The Favorites
✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 4/22/25 ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 4/22/25

The Favorites

Fans of TJR, rejoice…

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All the Colors of the Dark
✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/26/24 ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/26/24

All the Colors of the Dark

This is an epic, moving story…

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The Wedding People
✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/25/24 ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/25/24

The Wedding People

This was one of my very favorite reads this summer…

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Swan Song
✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/25/24 ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/25/24

Swan Song

This book was everything I love in an Elin Hilderbrand novel…

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The Guncle Abroad
✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 7/1/24 ✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 7/1/24

The Guncle Abroad

I LOVED The Guncle…

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Very Bad Company
✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 7/1/24 ✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 7/1/24

Very Bad Company

Our story takes place one week in Miami…

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Summers at the Saint
✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 7/1/24 ✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 7/1/24

Summers at the Saint

I wanted something light, fun, & beachy…

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The Good Part
✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/27/23 ✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/27/23

The Good Part

What a unique and enjoyable premise for a book…

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The Burnout
✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/27/23 ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/27/23

The Burnout

I have chemistry with anything Sophie Kinsella writes…

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, fiction)
The synopsis that I read and the book I experienced are totally different in my humble opinion! This book is really a slice of life in the 1970s. You’re dropped into a suburb of Rochester, NY, in the winter of 1977, alter
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫(4.5/5, memoir) 
This book was hard not to finish in one sitting.

This story starts with the abrupt end of a marriage, and from there, the author unravels her relationship with her husband of 20 years to try to make sense of the dissolutio
⭐️⭐️⭐️(3/5, romance)
Blame the move! Blame the pregnancy hormones! The writing was good, the concept was fun, the characters were lovable, but I just couldn’t get into this one!

Delilah is a weather woman who is trying to be taken more serious
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, romantasy/ B.R.A.D.)
Whew! This book was a doozy. If you’re a romantasy reader, this book reminded me more of Blood & Ash than ACOTAR. It’s definitely a B.R.A.D. (meaning pretty steamy), and the plot and unexpected twist
In honor of the holiday, here are a few of my favorite quotes from romance novels. If I find myself highlighting and dog-earing passages I always know I am in the middle of a great book. What are some of your favorite romance novel quotes? Comment an
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, romance)

I had the best time reading this romance! The writing was excellent, the premise was refreshing, & the leading lady was on the cusp of 40!

Cassia Park has always known the name of her soulmate. Generations of Park women h

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