2025 Reading Challenge

2025 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 164 books toward her goal of 365 books.
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Excerpt: The Codebreaker’s Secret by Sara Ackerman

About the Book

Dual-timeline historical fiction for fans of Chanel Cleeton and Beatriz Williams, THE CODEBREAKER’S SECRET is a story of codebreaking, secrets, murder, romance and longing.

1943 HONOLULU

Cryptanalysist Isabel Cooper manuevers herself into a job at Station Hypo after the attack on Pearl Harbor, determined to make a difference in the war effort […]

Guest Post: What’s With All the Mafia Stories?by Mark Rubinstein, Author of Assassin’s Lullaby

Today I’m pleased to introduce you to Mark Rubinstein, whose new novel Assassin’s Lullaby is one of the latest in a long line of “mob stories” – this time, focusing on the Odessa mafia. Here he offers his thoughts on why stories of organized crime are so well-entrenched in our culture – and imaginations… Enjoy!

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Book Review: The New Neighbor by Karen Cleveland

Ok, seriously? And is it going to be a series?? As a general rule, I love Karen Cleveland spy stories. She tends to tell a compelling tale that is fast-paced and easy to fall into. But sometimes she does seem to go a little farther into suspension of disbelief territory than even […]

Excerpt: The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin

About the Book

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London comes a moving new novel inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II.

Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected […]

Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

I may literally be the only person who didn’t like this book. And it pains me to say that, because there was a lot about it that I really liked. But 20% in i felt like I’d read the same general plot points six or seven times already – and could not imagine forcing myself […]