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  • About PhDiva
    • About My Reviews
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    • Contemporary
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  • Book Review,  Psychological,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Haters | Robyn Harding

    / August 5, 2024

    This is a spoiler-free review of the gripping new Robyn Harding novel, The Haters. If you were hoping to have spoilers or have the ending explained, I’ve got you covered over on my…

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

    Book Review: One Star Romance | Laura Hankin

    / July 2, 2024

    I’m always up for a new Laura Hankin, after enjoying two of her prior books. Happy and You Know It is the one that gets the most attention (it was a Book of…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Magical Realism,  Romance

    Book Review: A Novel Love Story | Ashley Poston

    / June 24, 2024

    A contemporary romance with a dash of magical realism makes Ashley Poston’s A Novel Love Story a fun and unique love story. What is A Novel Love Story about? A professor of literature…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Main Character | Jaclyn Goldis

    / May 27, 2024

    I loved Jaclyn Goldis’s first mystery novel, The Chateau. It was a compelling locked room mystery with deep backstories. It’s rare for the sophomore mystery to be better than the debut, but in…

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  • Book Review,  Legal Thriller,  Mystery,  Thriller

    Book Review: Camino Ghosts | John Grisham

    / May 22, 2024

    John Grisham takes us back to the beachy shores of Camino Island off the coast of Florida and Bruce Cable’s famous Bay Books bookshop. If you are new to the Camino Island books,…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Thriller

    Book Review: Camino Winds | John Grisham

    / May 8, 2024

    The phrase “beach read” isn’t exactly what comes to mind when one thinks of John Grisham. King of the legal thriller, Grisham is one of the main players who put books about lawyers…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Romance

    Book Review: Love at First Book | Jenn McKinlay

    / May 5, 2024

    A librarian, a quaint Irish village, and a love story all make Jenn McKinlay’s Love at First Book a charming book that will carry you right off to Ireland! What is Love at…

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  • Book Review,  Legal Thriller,  Suspense,  Thriller

    Book Review: Camino Island | John Grisham

    / May 3, 2024

    With John Grisham’s newest thriller, Camino Ghosts, coming out later this month, it’s the perfect time to go back and read the first two books that brought us to Camino Island, Florida. This…

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  • Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Contemporary,  Cozy Mystery,  Literary Fiction,  Mystery

    Book Review: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies | Catherine Mack

    / April 30, 2024

    Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for. Where do I start? I loved this book! Catherine Mack’s new novel, Every Time I…

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  • Book Review,  Literary Thriller,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Literary Thriller Review: The Mystery Writer | Sulari Gentill

    / March 25, 2024

    Sulari Gentill is a master of the literary thriller game. She has this extraordinary talent to take the concept for a thriller and build it out in a complicated and daring plot that…

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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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