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

    Book Review: The Rom-Commers | Katherine Center

    / June 15, 2024

    Katherine Center has yet to deliver any book that I didn’t absolutely love, and The Rom-Commers is no exception. Her books blend character development and emotions with fun plotlines. Center’s books are neither…

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

    Book Review: Look on the Bright Side | Kristan Higgins

    / May 26, 2024

    I’m a total baby when it comes to sad books. Not unlike the main character in Kristan Higgins’s new novel, Look on the Bright Side, I cry very easily. I feel empathy so…

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  • Book Review,  Horror,  Literary Fiction,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Little Darlings | Melanie Golding

    / July 24, 2020

    Eerie, innovative, and at times bleak, Little Darlings by Melanie Golding is the type of book that will get into your head. I wouldn’t consider this a psychological thriller in the traditional sense…

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  • Book Review,  Fiction

    Book Review: This is Not How it Ends | Rochelle B. Weinstein

    / November 20, 2019

    A woman torn between the love she feels now and the love that was always there for her before. In an emotional novel of forgiveness and being true to ourselves, Rochelle B. Weinstein…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Romance

    Book Review: One Day in December | Josie Silver

    / November 20, 2018

    A love story about what happens after you meet, or rather, don’t meet the one. Charming and authentic, One Day in December is a story of love, friendship, and growing up. This book made me…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Fiction

    Book Review: The Travelling Cat Chronicles | Hiro Arikawa

    / October 22, 2018

    Emotional, charming, and heartwarming. I don’t know that there is a better way to describe The Travelling Cat Chronicles other than absolutely perfect. Nana the cat charmed me and seeing the world through…

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  • Book Club,  Fiction,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: The Dream Daughter | Diane Chamberlain

    / October 2, 2018

    Uplifting, heartfelt, and addictive—Diane Chamberlain’s newest book The Dream Daughter is one that I won’t soon forget! This is truly the story of the immense amount of love that one woman has to…

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  • Book Club,  Suspense,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: The Night Olivia Fell | Christina McDonald

    / August 29, 2018

    Heart-wrenching, emotional, beautiful, suspenseful, thought-provoking, and uplifting—this is a book that is filled with love in many forms, and that I won’t soon forget! When I read a book and I start to…

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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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