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Julie Mackin
Dec 15, 20242 min read
The Man Is Non-Stop
In which we realize there is a lot going on in Boarding houses The Girl from Greenwich Street by Laura Willig Stats: 4.5 Thank you to...
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Julie Mackin
Oct 8, 20242 min read
Do We Really Want to Have it All?
In which we realize, it is ok to slow down and smell the garlic The Perfect Fit by Clare Gilmore Stars: 4.5 Spice: PG (closed door) I was...
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Julie Mackin
Aug 28, 20242 min read
Just Keep Rowing
In which we learn a lot about swing The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown Stars: 4.5 52 Book Club Summer Reading Challenger #24 -...
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Julie Mackin
Aug 27, 20242 min read
The Resilience of the Human Spirit
Knife: Meditation After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie Starts: 4.5 There are few writers that I was introduced to in college that...
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Julie Mackin
Aug 21, 20242 min read
Villain In Training
In which we realize the frog is the smartest one in room Apprentice to the Villain  by Hannah Nicole Maehrer Stars: 5 Perfect if you...
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Julie Mackin
Aug 21, 20242 min read
What if Harry and Sally Wrote a Romance?
In which we learn that writing romance is harder than people think The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center Stars: 4.5 Spicy: PGÂ 52 Book...
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Julie Mackin
Jul 17, 20242 min read
A Midwife's Tale
In which we learn you can walk on a frozen river, just go slow The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Stars: 5 52 Book Club Summer Prompt #16 -...
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Julie Mackin
Jul 15, 20242 min read
Up Dawson's Creek Without a Paddle
In which we realize that our teenage dreams might not make for a good reality Stars: 4.5 Spice: R 52 Book Club Summer Prompt #17 - Team...
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Julie Mackin
Jul 15, 20242 min read
The Most Rarefied Air
In which you realize you are never going to attending events with these people Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan Stars: 4.5 52 Book Club...
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Julie Mackin
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Throwing Caution to the Wind
In which we realize sometime we need to do the scary sh*t The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh Stars: 4 Spicy: G 52 Book Club Summer Book...
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Julie Mackin
Jul 2, 20242 min read
A Bildungsroman
In which we realized we are all kind of assholes in our twenties One Star Romance by Lauren Hankins Stars: 5 PopSugar Prompt #2...
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Julie Mackin
Jun 24, 20242 min read
Dreaming of a White Christmas
In which we learn you should always pack more underwear than you need All I Want Is You by Falon Ballard Stars:4 Spice: PG-13 (three...
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Julie Mackin
Jun 8, 20242 min read
Fifth Times A Charm
In which we realize glasses are always sexy The Fiance Dilemma by Elena Armas Stars: 4 Spicy: 4 (R: NSFW and earbuds in!) Thank you to...
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Julie Mackin
May 12, 20242 min read
How to Stop a Murder
In which the reader wonders if it might not be ok if the murderer actually succeeds? The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia...
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Julie Mackin
Apr 8, 20242 min read
Come With Me On An Adventure
My Favorite Book That Start With: C Nonfiction: Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horowitz; A prize-winning journalist, Horowitz traveled...
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Julie Mackin
Mar 29, 20242 min read
Summer of Love
In which our heroine finds sharing her favorite romances is not a bad idea More Than A Feeling by Lauren Morrill Stars: 4 Spicy: R...
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Julie Mackin
Mar 26, 20242 min read
Love Across An Ocean
If The Tide Turns by Rachel Ruekert Stars: 5 I am fully in my pirate days at the moment apparently. Just as I was finishing Woodward’s...
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Julie Mackin
Mar 21, 20242 min read
Getting Back in the Game
In which our characters plan their own course The Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey Stars: 4.5 Spicy: R Perfect if you like: Sports romances...
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Julie Mackin
Mar 15, 20242 min read
Dear Diary...
In which our heroine realizes maybe she should stick to pen and paper The DM Diaries by Teagan Hunter Stars: 4 Spicy: PG-13 Last weekend...
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Julie Mackin
Mar 8, 20242 min read
Living in a Christopher Cross Song
In which our heroine enters the land of yacht rock Float Plan by Trish Doller Star: 4 Spicy: PG-13 Audible Trish Doller was all over my...
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