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Review: Could Have Been Real

Right after I read this book, I heard about the trauma response many abused children carry into adulthood, the ability to read people in an instant. These are adults that had to learn vigilance to a ridiculous degree to avoid physical, mental, and emotional abuse from parents or other trusted…

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Becky June 24, 2025 June 24, 2025Book Review, Books, Goodreads, Romance Five Stars 0

Review: Thinking Fast And Slow

I love books by geniuses, especially when those geniuses admit to being just as dumb as the rest of us. The main point of this book is that we all do a lot of thinking we never know about, and that every single one of us is lazier than we…

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Becky June 10, 2025 June 10, 2025Book Review, Books, Goodreads, Non-Fiction, Psychology Five Stars 0

Review: Bribed by the Billionaire Bad Boy

October 12, 2024 was the day I first read a book by Camilla Evergreen. Not significant in any other way in my life – I know, because I checked my journal – but significant because this author has completely ruined me for every other romance author out there. (Except Georgette…

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Becky June 10, 2025 June 10, 2025Book Review, Books, Goodreads, Romance Five Stars 0

Review: Out of Spite, Out of Mind

by Scott Meyer Out of Spite, Out of Mind Even in a series where everything that can go wrong will go wrong, this is the one where the crap really hits the fan. Brit the Elder notices a glitch in the code that is making her memories go out of…

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Becky June 21, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Goodreads, Science Fiction Five Stars 0

Review: When

by Victoria Laurie When One of the best things about Audible is that I am exposed to books I would have never found without it. When is one of those books and I’m so glad it came up on a Daily Deal. It is about a girl, Maddie, who sees…

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Becky June 11, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Fantasy, Goodreads Five Stars 0

Review: Second Hand Curses

  by Drew Hayes Second Hand Curses Drew Hayes is literary Xanax. Now, before you get offended on his behalf, let me explain. I deal with a lot of stress in my life right now. My father died in January after a long, protracted fight with Alzheimer’s. My mom and…

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Becky June 5, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Fantasy, Goodreads Five Stars 0

Review: You’re Never Weird on the Internet

  by Felicia Day You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) I was only peripherally aware of Felicia Day before starting this book so why read it? Well, it was a daily deal on Audible and it is about geeky stuff, so I gave it a try. I’m glad I…

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Becky June 5, 2018 February 19, 2020Biography, Book Review, Goodreads Five Stars 0

Review: Good Behavior

by Blake Crouch Good Behavior Do you remember that very creepy, very good TV show a couple of seasons back starring Matt Dillon? The author of the novel that was based on also wrote this set of novellas. Evidently there is a TV show based on this character, too, and…

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Becky June 1, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Goodreads, Mystery, TV Five Stars 0

Review: The Amazon

by DK Publishing The Amazon I don’t read and review picture books often, but here goes. This is a children’s non-fiction book about the Amazon. it’s full of bright, beautiful photos of the plants, people, and critters of the Amazon rain forest. It touches on a little of the history…

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Becky May 31, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Goodreads, Travel, Writing Five Stars 0

Review: Rock Your Plot

by Cathy Yardley Rock Your Plot: A Simple System for Plotting Your Novel 4/20/2015 – The author has done a great job condensing and distilling information about the writing process and I’m inspired to give her method a try. 5/31/2018 – This is my second time through this book and…

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Becky May 31, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Goodreads, Writing Five Stars 0
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