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  • Book Review,  Fiction,  Literary Fiction

    Book Review: Anita de Monte Laughs Last

    / April 22, 2024

    Xochitl Gonzalez’s new novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last has been making a splash all across the literary scene. Chosen as a Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club pick as well as an Indie Next…

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  • Reviews include Bringing Down the Duke and A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore. Both books have engaging cover designs featuring colorful drawings of the ladies and dukes
    Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Romance

    Historical Romance Review: Evie Dunmore | Bringing Down the Duke | A Rogue of One’s Own | A League of Extraordinary Women Books 1 and 2

    / March 16, 2024

    I have been wanting to start Evie Dunmore’s A League of Extraordinary Women series for some time but for me, historical romances tend to be a mood-read. In other words, this is a…

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  • Reputation is a novel by Sarah Vaughan and audiobook narrated by Julie Teal
    Book Review,  Crime Fiction,  Fiction,  Suspense

    Book Review: Reputation | Sarah Vaughan

    / March 14, 2024

    With social media firmly engrained as a fixture in our society, many issues that already existed are becoming more pervasive. People’s political beliefs are broadcast to the world (or at least their social…

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  • Book Review,  Gothic,  Horror

    Horror Book Review: Island Witch | Amanda Jayatissa

    / March 6, 2024

    Amanda Jayatissa’s latest novel, Island Witch is an atmospheric, gothic horror novel set in the 19th century in Sri Lanka. A tense story about a young woman and the truths she uncovers about…

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  • Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Literary Thriller

    Book Review: Where They Lie | Claire Coughlan

    / February 19, 2024

    Claire Coughlan’s debut novel Where They Lie is an immersive, literary thriller about an ambitious young female journalist whose investigation of a long missing actress will take her through the misty streets and…

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  • Book Review,  Thriller

    Feminist Thriller Review: Speak of the Devil | Rose Wilding

    / January 20, 2024

    Speak of the Devil is a dark, debut thriller by Rose Wilding centering around seven women who all have a motive to kill the same man. And it appears they did… About the…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    BOOK REVIEW: Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman @tlcbooktours @wmmorrowbooks @lauramlippman #ladyinthelake

    / July 1, 2020

    Laura Lippman’s Lady in the Lake is without question one of the most engrossing, thought-provoking mysteries I’ve read in the past year. I honestly can’t stop thinking about it and though I just…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense,  Thriller

    Book Review: The Craftsman | Sharon Bolton

    / October 21, 2018

    A new detective and the first female on the force, a town haunted by a merciless killer, children going missing only to be found in the most horrifying manner, and a mysterious darkness…

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  • Book Review,  Suspense,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: Exquisite | Sarah Stovell

    / December 2, 2017

    I must admit that when I read reviews that say the less I know about the book, the better, I find them to be frustrating. Sometimes I want a bit more than what…

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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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