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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction,  Romance

    Book Review: Lovers and Liars | Amanda Eyre Ward

    / May 10, 2024

    I grabbed this book without even reading what it’s about based on the sunny yellow cover and trio of redheads. It ended up being such a cute book! In New York Times bestselling…

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  • Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker is a gripping, emotional psychological thriller about a mother and daughter
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Don’t Look for Me | Wendy Walker

    / April 18, 2024

    I was reflecting after finishing Don’t Look for Me that I want to find a way to describe Wendy Walker’s books stylistically. While she writes psychological thrillers, the resolutions to her stories tend…

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  • Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Gone Tonight | Sarah Pekkanen

    / November 22, 2023

    Sarah Pekkanen writes a great suspenseful thriller, whether writing with the incredible Greer Hendricks or solo. I find that the books written with Hendricks are more twist-y psychological thrillers with true devious characters…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Behind Every Lie | Christina McDonald

    / February 27, 2020

    Christina McDonald’s The Night Olivia Fell was that wonderful mix of suspense, emotion, and heart. In Behind Every Lie, a woman wakes up in the hospital to a horrifying truth and no memories…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Liar’s Room | Simon Lelic

    / January 15, 2019

    As dark and twisted as it is suspenseful, The Liar’s Room by Simon Lelic is filled with long buried secrets and worst case scenarios. I wondered how it would feel to be in…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Book Review: Trust Me | Hank Philippi Ryan

    / December 12, 2018

    As engrossing as it is shocking, Trust Me, you won’t want to miss this book! There’s a complete ripped-from-the-headlines feel to Trust Me, and for good reason! The case that sparks the book…

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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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  • Book Club,  Fiction,  Literary Fiction,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: Rush | Lisa Patton

    / August 24, 2018

    Heart-warming, emotional, and thought-provoking…Rush is not what I expected—it is better! I’ve always been fascinated by the Greek system. My own undergraduate didn’t have a Greek system, so who knows if I would…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Mystery,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: 11 Missed Calls | Elisabeth Carpenter

    / July 26, 2018

    A deep character study of two women connected by a thread that spans time, secrets, and loneliness. Elisabeth Carpenter has written a story in 11 Missed Calls that feels as though it needed…

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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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