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    • Contemporary
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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Gothic,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Broken Girls | Simone St. James

    / December 27, 2018

    Haunting, captivating, chilling, and brilliant—in a story about a place where society sent the misfits, the unwanted, the forgotten, and the ghosts, I discovered a story about how these forgotten women discovered their…

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  • Watching You is a gripping psychological thriller by Lisa Jewell with a great twist. The cover is green and shows plants, and the book is on a green background.
    Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Watching You | Lisa Jewell

    / December 26, 2018

    Intelligent, suspenseful, and shocking—my first experience reading the incredible Lisa Jewell blew my mind!!! There are times when an author is hyped up (for good reason), but I feel a small sense of…

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  • Book Review,  Thriller

    Book Review: Keep Her Close | Erik Therme

    / December 23, 2018

    This fast-paced thriller has some wild characters and a twisty plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page! Erik Therme’s newest novel Keep Her Close…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Book Review: Do No Harm | Dawn A. Eastman

    / December 21, 2018

    A disappearance in a small town, a decade old murder case revisited, and an enigmatic man at the center of it all—Dawn Eastman’s Do No Harm is compulsively readable and absorbing. I’d almost…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Book Review: Trust Me | Hank Philippi Ryan

    / December 12, 2018

    As engrossing as it is shocking, Trust Me, you won’t want to miss this book! There’s a complete ripped-from-the-headlines feel to Trust Me, and for good reason! The case that sparks the book…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: For Better and Worse | Margot Hunt

    / December 11, 2018

    Hold on while I pick my jaw up off the floor and wait for my heart rate to slow—because this book really did a NUMBER on me in the BEST possible way!!! Reading…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Book Review: Murder at the Mill | M. B. Shaw

    / December 10, 2018

    Festive, cozy, and with a vintage-feel—I am in love with Murder at the Mill, the start to M.B. Shaw’s new series featuring the fantastic Iris Grey! In a mystery that is more driven…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Romance

    Book Review: My Favorite Half-Night Stand | Christina Lauren

    / December 4, 2018

    If a book could just be refreshing for mind and soul, this would be it. My Favorite Half-Night Stand by writing duo Christina Lauren is funny, light-hearted, filled with loveable characters, and charming.…

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  • Book Review,  Romance

    Book Review: A Tall, Dark, Cowboy Christmas | Maisey Yates

    / December 2, 2018

    Happy Sunday and happy December! I am on my branching out tour right now and I read a Christmas romance book that is firmly in the romance category (none of those romance thrillers…

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Mackenzie Harms is the owner and author of all content of the PhDiva book blog

Hi! I'm Mackenzie, the Ph.D. student behind the book reviews and blog. Reading books has always been my favorite pastime and I love sharing my thoughts about them with the world. Now I should probably get back to writing that dissertation...

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