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  • About PhDiva
    • About My Reviews
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    • Contemporary
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  • Book Review,  Fiction,  Gothic,  Mystery

    Book Review: Madam | Phoebe Wynne

    / June 22, 2023

    A gothic novel with a strong feminist message, Madam by Phoebe Wynne features a young classics teacher who takes a position at a girl’s boarding school off the coast of Scotland and finds…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Plot I Jean Hanff Korelitz

    / July 10, 2021

    Who is the true owner of a story? How much of a story can be used before it becomes someone else’s? Without question The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz is one of the…

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  • Psychological Thriller

    EXCERPT: Good Girls Lie by J. T. Ellison @thrillerchick @TLCBookTours @harlequinbooks #goodgirlslie

    / December 9, 2019

    If you haven’t read anything by J. T. Ellison before, first of all what have you been doing that has gotten in the way??? And also, I highly recommend grabbing a copy of…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Book Review: 29 Seconds | T. M. Logan

    / September 30, 2019

    A twisting, tantalizing ride that had me glued to this book to the very final page. What a story!!! What an ending!!! T. M. Logan is one of my favorite writers and this…

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  • Tell Me Everything by Cambria Brockman is a twisty psychological thriller
    Book Review,  Psychological,  Suspense

    BOOK REVIEW: Tell Me Everything by Cambria Brockman @cambriabrockman @randomhouse #bookreview #tellmeeverything

    / September 20, 2019

    An elite New England college, a group of friends that form fast and close, a shocking murder that tears them apart…. I knew going in the Tell Me Everything by Cambria Brockman was…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Perfect Liar | Thomas Christopher Greene

    / January 28, 2019

    Last week I finished reading Thomas Christopher Greene’s The Perfect Liar. This book was actually really hard to put down, because it is so fluidly written! But I also wanted to savor it, because…

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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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  • The Ancient Nine is a dark academia mystery by Ian K Smith featuring a black basketball student at Harvard and a secret society
    Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Ancient Nine | Ian K. Smith

    / September 18, 2018

    A twisty mysterious ride through the depths of the Harvard libraries and the best local spots in Cambridge, I absolutely had a blast reading The Ancient Nine! If you’re a fan of mysteries…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: She Was the Quiet One | Michele Campbell

    / July 19, 2018

    A dark and twisted book about the complexities of sisterhood and the scandals that can rock a small community! This is my first book I’ve read by Michele Campbell, though I have been…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery

    Book Review: My Little Eye | Stephanie Marland

    / March 24, 2018

    A new series that ties in arm chair detectives and true crime!! This book is a strong start to a new police procedural series with a twist by Stephanie Marland, who has also…

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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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