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  • About PhDiva
    • About My Reviews
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    • Contemporary
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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Romance

    Book Review: Simmer Down | Sarah Smith

    / April 29, 2022

    The heat in this book comes from more than just the cooking! Simmer Down by Sarah Smith is a enemies-to-lovers romance set around rival food trucks in Hawaii. A fun beach read but…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Reckless Girls | Rachel Hawkins

    / April 28, 2022

    This is the sort of binge-worthy thriller that seems to leap right off the page. I could easily picture Rachel Hawkins’ Reckless Girls as a movie—a total popcorn thriller with a dash of…

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  • Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    BOOK REVIEW: Al Dente’s Inferno by Stephanie Cole #aldentesinferno #bookreview #cozymystery

    / April 25, 2022

    I’m very in and out on cozy mysteries lately and really throughout the pandemic. The light, often silly appeal of a murder mystery with very little darkness as reflected by their punny titles…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: Meg & Jo by Virginia Kantra @berkleypub @viriginiakantra #megandjo #bookreview

    / April 22, 2022

    Inspired by Little Women, Virginia Kantra’s Meg & Jo is a modern take on the classic novel many of us grew up loving. Charming, nostalgic, and fun! About the Book The timeless classic Little…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: The Night Swim by Megan Goldin @stmartinspress @megangoldin #thenightswim #bookreview

    / April 21, 2022

    As someone who loves true crime podcasts and loves when books feature a journalism or podcast element to an investigation or mystery, I knew I had to have Megan Goldin’s novel The Night…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Romance

    Book Review: The People We Meet on Vacation | Emily Henry

    / April 20, 2022

    Honestly after Emily Henry’s novel Beach Read dominated the perfect vacation read the year it came out, it is clear that she is not just the author of Beach Read, she’s the rising…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological,  Suspense

    BOOK REVIEW: Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel @berkleypub #darlingrosegold #bookreview

    / April 18, 2022

    A total ripped-from-the-headlines thriller, Stephanie Wrobel’s Darling Rose Gold is a dark and gripping story of a mother, a daughter, and the complicated abuse that comes with Munchausen by proxy syndrome. You’ll have…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: The Heights by Louise Candlish @louise_candlish @atriabooks #theheights #bookreview

    / April 12, 2022

    A different style of thriller for Louise Candlish, The Heights is a story that reminds you that only those present in a situation can ever truly know what happens. A gripping story of…

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  • Book Review,  Romance

    Book Review: 10 Things My Cat Hates About You | Lottie Lucas

    / April 10, 2022

    Picked up 10 Things My Cat Hates About You by Lottie Lucas for the charming title (who doesn’t love a good play on a rom com title, especially with cats!) and found a…

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  • Book Review,  Historical Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: And They Called it Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephanie Marie Thornton @berkleypub #andtheycalleditcamelot #bookreview

    / April 5, 2022

    I go through phases with historical fiction and right now I’m absolutely loving them. I’d read Stephanie Marie Thornton’s prior book American Princess which was a fictionalized narrative non-fiction (honestly not sure how…

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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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