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Archive for December 2024

Best Books of 2024: #1

December 31, 2024 Best Books of 2024, Book Reviews, Commentaries

  And here we are. The best of 2024. Any last guesses? Was it the one you bet I would pick it? My favorite book of 2024 goes to the post-World War Two thriller The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly. What...
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Best Books of 2024: #2

December 30, 2024 Best Books of 2024, Book Reviews, Commentaries

  The silver spot goes to our first historical fiction to crack the top 10 as well as the first graphic novel to ever be featured on the Best Books list. It is Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. What is it about? The...
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Best Books of 2024: #3

December 29, 2024 Best Books of 2024, Book Reviews, Commentaries

  We’ve made it to my top 3 books of 2024. Have you been able to guess yet what my favorite book of the year is? Taking the bronze spot is another snowy thriller that spins martial problems on it’s...
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Best Books of 2024: #4

December 28, 2024 Best Books of 2024, Book Reviews, Commentaries

  Spot #4 goes to a new author on our countdown, Taylor Adams, and his nail biting thriller The Last Word. What is it about? It’s official. Emma Carpenter has just read the worst book of her life. Well, that might...
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Best Books of 2024: #5

December 27, 2024 Best Books of 2024, Book Reviews, Commentaries

  We are halfway there! Taking the fifth spot on our countdown is the dark academia mystery thriller The Maidens by Alex Michaelides. What is it about? Therapist Mariana Andros is struggling. After losing her husband while on vacation in Greece, Mariana...
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Best Books of 2024: #6

December 26, 2024 Best Books of 2024, Book Reviews, Commentaries

  Coming in at #6 is a novella that hooks you from the start and doesn’t let you go until the very last word. It is Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio. What is it about? At a small university, a group of...
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Best Books of 2024: #7

December 25, 2024 Best Books of 2024, Book Reviews, Commentaries

  Spot #7 goes the newest release of one of my favorite authors, the lovely Lucy Foley’s The Midnight Feast. What is it about? It is the opening weekend at The Manor, an exclusive resort that anyone who is anyone wants...
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Best Books of 2024: #8

December 24, 2024 Best Books of 2024, Book Reviews, Commentaries

  The eighth spot is taken by a literary/mystery work that focuses on a current epidemic sweeping the United States of America. It is Long Bright River by Liz Moore. What is it about? Mickey is quiet, shy, a single mother, and...
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Best Books of 2024: #9

December 23, 2024 Best Books of 2024, Book Reviews, Commentaries

  Now we move to our #9 best book of 2024. It goes to our first and only sequel to make the list, the second book in the Finlay Donovan series by Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead. What...
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Best Books of 2024: #10

December 22, 2024 Best Books of 2024, Book Reviews, Commentaries

  Let the countdown begin! Yesterday I listed my honorable mentions for best books of 2024 and now we move to spot #10. Kicking off this list is Ruth Ware’s snowy thriller, One By One. What is it about? The music...
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