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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,  Romance

    BOOK REVIEW: The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli @saskinthecity @BerkleyPub #bookbestiesmatchmakerslist #TheMatchmakersList

    / February 8, 2019

    Heartwarming, funny, and fresh—Sonya Lalli’s novel The Matchmaker’s List is already a favorite in the romantic comedy category for me! I loved the story about a woman who is feeling pressured to get…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: A Deadly Divide by Ausma Zehanat Khan @AusmaZehanat #bookbestiesadeadlydivide #adeadlydivide @minotaurbooks

    / February 7, 2019

    Riveting, influential, and terrifying—A Deadly Divide by Ausma Zehanat Khan is a socially conscious thriller with an incredibly powerful storyline and characters that will be hard to forget. I not only loved the…

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

    Book Review: Next Year in Havana | Chanel Cleeton

    / February 6, 2019

    A mesmerizing and poignant story of family, love, and loss spanning two timelines in Miami and Havana. Chanel Cleeton’s Next Year in Havana, is a gripping story of a Cuban-American woman who travels…

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  • Book Club,  Romance,  Thriller

    Can’t Wait Wednesday: Say You’re Sorry by Karen Rose @KarenRoseBooks @BerkleyPub #sayyouresorry #bookbestiessayyouresorry

    / February 6, 2019

    Can’t Wait Wednesday is a meme hosted over at wishful endings where we talk about what book we are looking forward to reading. This week the book that I can’t wait to read…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides

    / February 6, 2019

    Darkly compelling and with a twist that will shock you! This is a top contender for best psychological thriller in my book—I absolutely am blown away that The Silent Patient is a debut…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Women's Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: The Night Olivia Fell by @ChristinaMac79 @gallerybooks #bookbestiesnightoliviafell #thenightoliviafell

    / February 5, 2019

    It’s finally publication day for a favorite book of mine that I read in 2018!!! I hope if you are a fan of women’s fiction, you give this one a try. It’s wonderful!…

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

    BOOK REVIEW: Forget You Know Me by @JessicaStrawser @stmartinspress #forgetyouknowme #bookbestiesforgetyouknowme #bookreview

    / February 4, 2019

    My first experience reading Jessica Strawser, and I can now understand the buzz in the book community over her work! I found Forget You Know Me to be decadent, raw, and emotionally gratifying.…

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  • Women's Fiction

    What I Read: Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood @tgwood505 @stmartinspress #keepinglucy

    / February 1, 2019

    Happy Friday! This past week I finished reading T. Greenwood’s novel Keeping Lucy, which tells the story of a mother who is learning to rediscover her voice and follow her instincts. Set in the…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: The Second Wife by @SherylBrowne @Bookouture #blogtour #blogblitz #thesecondwife

    / January 31, 2019

    Do you ever finish a book and just wonder how you got to that ending sequence??? That is how I felt reading Sheryl Browne’s latest domestic thriller, The Second Wife! I read Browne’s…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Thriller

    Book Review: The Line Between | Tosca Lee

    / January 29, 2019

    Oh gosh—this is already a top read for me in 2019 and I’ve read some GREAT books! I found Tosca Lee’s latest book The Line Between to be intellectually fascinating, darkly mesmerizing, and…

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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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