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  • About PhDiva
    • About My Reviews
  • Book Spoilers
  • Book Reviews by Author
  • Book Reviews by Genre
    • Contemporary
    • Fiction
    • Mystery
    • Psychological Thriller
    • Romance
    • Suspense
    • Thriller
    • Women’s Fiction

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Contemporary,  Romance

    BOOK REVIEW: Well Met by Jen DeLuca @jaydee_ell @berkleyromance @tayhaggerty @berkleypub #wellmet #bookreview

    / September 3, 2019

    “I didn’t choose the wench life, the wench life chose me.” If those aren’t outstanding opening lines for a book, I don’t know what are! Jen De Luca’s contemporary romance Well Met had…

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  • Book Review,  Women's Fiction

    BLOG TOUR: The House by the Cypress Trees by Elena Mikalsen @WF_writerEM @suzyAPbooktours #bookreview #thehousebythecypresstrees #womensfiction

    / September 2, 2019

    Some books provide a sensory experience that rushes you away and makes you forget where you are when you read it. In The House by the Cypress Trees by Elena Mikalsen, an American…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    BOOK REVIEW: A Killer Edition by Lorna Barrett @lornabarrett @berkleypub #akilleredition #booktownmystery

    / September 1, 2019

    I loved visiting Stoneham  (aka Booktown) in the latest edition of the Booktown Mysteries, A Killer Edition! Lorna Barrett is a big name in cozy mysteries, and I always enjoy her books. This…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: The Third Mrs. Durst by Ann Aguirre @MrsAnnAguirre @MidnightInkBook @KayePublicity #thethirdmrsdurst #bookreview

    / August 31, 2019

    I’d been looking forward to reading Ann Aguirre’s The Third Mrs. Durst for a while after I saw some early publicity featuring it. The premise is fantastic—“Some people just need killing.” When it…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: The Floating Feldmans by Elyssa Friedland @ElyssaFriedland @BerkleyPub #thefloatingfeldmans #bookreview

    / August 28, 2019

    A charming contemporary family drama featuring a highly dysfunctional family with some endearingly quirky characters. Secrets, old rivalries, and resentment abound, bringing in drama caused by holding on to those secrets. I have…

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  • Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Young Adult

    BLOG TOUR: Castle of Concrete by Katia Raina @katiaraina1 @tlcbooktours #castleofconcrete

    / August 28, 2019

    Castle of Concrete is a truly enlightening young adult historical fiction novel about a fifteen year-old Jewish girl being reunited with her mother in Moscow during the early 1990s as the Soviet Union…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: The Passengers by John Marrs @johnmarrs1 @berkleypub #thepassengers #bookreview

    / August 27, 2019

    John Marrs is officially one of my favorite authors! I have read his books before and LOVED them, but it was before I had a blog or a bookstagram and if I’m honest,…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Romance,  Women's Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: Ellie and the Harpmaker by Hazel Prior @hazelpriorbooks @berkleypub #ellieandtheharpmaker #bookreview

    / August 25, 2019

    Ellie and the Harpmaker is a lovely, debut novel by Hazel Prior that I found completely enchanting!! I found this book to be completely heartwarming—I loved the way it explored an unconventional love…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: The Language of Divorce by Leanne Treese @authorleanne @fillesvertespub @suzyapbooktours #blogtour #thelanguageofdivorce

    / August 19, 2019

    I love to read debut novels by an author, because I find the reading of the book to be such a special experience. When I had a chance to read Leanne Tresse’s The…

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  • Book Review,  Romance

    BOOK REVIEW: Playing House by Ruby Lang @rubelang @harlequinbooks #playinghouse

    / August 17, 2019

    A sweet story and a quick read, Ruby Lang’s novella Playing House is a fun spin on romance. Centering around two characters who are both Chinese-American and both Urban Planners, I had a…

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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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