2025 Reading Challenge

2025 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 164 books toward her goal of 365 books.
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Excerpt: Perfect Little Lives by Amber Brown and Danielle Brown

About the Book

Simone’s mother was murdered when she was thirteen. When her father was convicted, everything changed. Overnight, Simone went from living in a wealthy white neighborhood to scraping by. Continue reading Excerpt: Perfect Little Lives by Amber Brown and Danielle Brown

Excerpt: The Stark Beauty of Last Things by Céline Keating

About the Book

The Stark Beauty of Last Things is set in Montauk, the far reaches of the famed Hamptons, an area under looming threat from a warming climate and overdevelopment. Now outsider Clancy, a thirty-six-year-old claims adjuster scarred by his orphan childhood, has inherited an unexpected the power to decide the fate of Montauk’s last parcel of undeveloped land.

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Book Review: Far From Mortal Realms by Karen A. Wyle

About the Book

The many wondrous realms the Fair Folk inhabit offer tempting opportunities for mortals hoping to benefit from faerie magic. But making bargains with the Fair Folk is a dangerous business, for the fae have a habit of leaving loopholes to snare the unwary. Father-and-daughter lawyers Abe and Adira have made a career out of helping their fellow humans reach such agreements safely.

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Book Review and Excerpt: What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

About the Book

What are you looking for? is the question that Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi, poses to those who come to her for their next book. The list of recommendations she gives, however, always contains one unexpected addition that promises to give its the borrower the motivation they didn’t realize they needed to change their life. Continue reading Book Review and Excerpt: What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

Book Review: Terrace Story by Hilary Leichter

About the Book

Annie, Edward, and their young daughter, Rose, live in a cramped apartment. One night, without warning, they find a beautiful terrace hidden in their closet. It wasn’t there before, and it seems to only appear when their friend Stephanie visits. A city dweller’s dream come true! But every extra bit of space has a hidden cost, and the terrace sets off a seismic chain of events, forever changing the shape of their tiny home, and the shape of the world. Continue reading Book Review: Terrace Story by Hilary Leichter