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  • Fiction

Review: People of Abandoned Character by Claire Whitfield

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on September 25, 2020October 1, 2020

People of Abandoned Character had me hooked in one summary sentence: What would you do…

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  • Contemporary

Review: Olive by Emma Gannon

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on July 21, 2020November 29, 2020

Olive is Emma Gannon’s fiction debut. I know of her through her podcast Ctrl, Alt…

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  • Fiction

Review: Scenes of a Graphic Nature by Caroline O’Donoghue

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on May 28, 2020May 21, 2020

This is a sharp, funny story of a woman’s journey to discover more about her Irish roots and uncover a decades old mystery while she’s at it.

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Blog Tour: Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on April 17, 2020May 16, 2020

“I start wearing the family dog, a mini-sheltie, a little Lassie, in an unbleached cotton baby sling across the front of my body like a messenger bag, a few weeks shy of fall.”

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  • Contemporary

Review: Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on January 27, 2020April 9, 2020

A funny, witty, satirical-tinged commentary on navigating our digitally-soaked era.

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  • Contemporary

Review: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on January 9, 2020April 12, 2020

A clever rom-com with a lead character who loves books as much as we do.

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  • Contemporary

Review: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on January 6, 2020July 30, 2020

I christened my new Kindle with this book; my last read of 2019, my first…

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Audiobook Review: Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Sauma

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on December 3, 2019November 17, 2019

Opening sentence: “Iris first heard about life on Nyx on a freezing winter’s night.” If…

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  • Fiction

Review: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on August 6, 2019July 16, 2019

Opening sentence: “Whenever I woke up, night or day, I’d shuffle through the bright marble…

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