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Book Review: The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster | Shauna Robinson
Family, food, culture, and identity blend in this lovely story about a woman reunites with her estranged family. I absolutely loved Shauna Robinson’s The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster! I laughed, I tcried,…
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Book Review: Lavash at First Sight | Taleen Voskuni
Sparks fly between two women pitted against each other in this delectable new romantic comedy by Taleen Voskuni, Lavash at First Sight. What is Lavash at First Sight about? Twenty-seven-year-old Nazeli “Ellie” Gregorian…
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Book Review: The Band | Christine Ma-Kellams
Christine Ma-Kellams’s whip-smart, darkly funny, and biting debut, The Band, follows a psychologist with a savior complex who offers shelter to a recently cancelled K-pop idol on the run. About the Book |…
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Book Review: Indian Burial Ground | Nick Medina
While horror isn’t my usual genre, I’ll wade into it for the right book. Things I usually look for if I’m thinking of reading a horror book include an interesting premise (duh), a…
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Mystery Review: Off the Air | Christina Estes
I was intrigued by Christina Estes’ debut novel Off the Air because it promises to be a mystery featuring a local news reporter as the lead character. I come from a family with…
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Cozy Mystery Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties | Jesse Q. Sutanto | Aunties #3
A new mystery featuring the meddlesome aunties is headed to bookstores from the bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties. What should have been a family celebration of Chinese New Year descends into chaos…
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Cozy Mystery Review: Dial A for Aunties | Jesse Q. Sutanto | Aunties #1
Jesse Q. Sutano kicks off a new cozy mystery series with a group of chaotic aunties and a murder in Dial A for Aunties. What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with…
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Cozy Mystery Review: Ill-Fated Fortune | Jennifer J. Chow | A Magical Fortune Cookie #1
The first book in Jennifer J. Chow’s new cozy mystery series—A Magical Fortune Cookie—absolutely charmed me! In Ill-Fated Fortune, a young woman finds her family magic just before a dead body turns up…
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Contemporary Romance Review: Sex, Lies and Sensibility | Nikki Payne
Funny moments, a renovation storyline, and an opposites attract romance make Sex, Lies, and Sensibility a blast to read. A fun re-imagining for Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility! About the Book | Sex,…
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Cozy Mystery Review: Coconut Drop Dead | Olivia Matthews | Spice Isle Bakery Mystery #3
The Spice Isle Bakery Mystery series by Olivia Matthews is a cozy mystery series set in Little Caribbean, Brooklyn, New York and centers around Lyndsay Murray and her Caribbean American family. Lyndsay co-owns…
