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Book 46 for 2026 - as soon as a I saw the blurb I just had to read it!!

[ PLEASE NOTE: book synopsis only & NOT my review ]
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〰️ 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝒾𝓈 𝓃ℴ𝓉 𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝒻ℴ𝓇 𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗦 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: historical fiction, contemporary women’s fiction, romance, humorous fiction ]

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨, 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣...

𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟯. In the tiny outback town of Bittamilla, Winifred Peters buries her husband after decades of dutiful silence, surrounded by her thankless grown-up children.

On discovering a surprise inheritance, Winifred makes a sudden decision to leave town, and when she encounters a young wife taking refuge from her husband, the two women board a train to bustling Sydney.

The city brings unexpected adventures, new friends and the chance to finally find their voices. But when the past catches up with them, will they be able to hold on to their fiercely won freedom?
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(BOOK 46)

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〰️ 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗥 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: psychological suspense, whodunnit mystery, gothic fiction, thriller ]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💫 4.25/5

𝙰 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚎!! 𝚂𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍!!

𝙴𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚑 𝚑𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 - 𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕!

𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜! 👏🏼

𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: 𝐈 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 ’𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞’ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭)

(BOOK 45)

🌼 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 🌼

Book 45 for 2026 - a thriller that’s been on my tbr for some time now and when I spotted it on my kindle unlimited I saw it as a sign to read it!

[ PLEASE NOTE: book synopsis only & NOT my review ]
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〰️ 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗥 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: psychological suspense, whodunnit mystery, gothic fiction, thriller ]

Isolated on their private island in Cornwall, the Darker family have come together for the first time in over a decade. When the tide comes in, they’ll be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours. When the tide goes back out, nothing will ever be the same again. Nothing – because one of the family is a killer . . .

As the leaves of autumn fall, Daisy Darker arrives at her grandmother’s house for eightieth birthday celebrations. Seaglass, the Darker’s ancestral home, is a crumbling Cornish house perched upon its own tiny private island.

Every member of the family has their secrets. Nana, alone for so long. Daisy’s absent father, Frank. Her cold-hearted mother, Nancy. Her siblings, Rose and Lily, and her niece, Trixie, full of questions and without a father of her own. Daisy has never had an easy relationship with her family, but some secrets are much darker than others. This will be a gathering that some of them won’t remember.
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(BOOK 45)

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〰️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: literary fiction, contemporary fiction, family saga, book club fiction ]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5/5

𝙰𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜!!!!

𝚂𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚍/𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎.

𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑 𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐.

𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔!! 🙌🏽

(BOOK 44)

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Book 44 for 2026 - after reading and LOVING 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 it was a no brainer that I pick up Sarah’s new book!

[ PLEASE NOTE: book synopsis only & NOT my review ]
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〰️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: literary fiction, contemporary fiction, family saga, book club fiction ]

When April and Leo’s house burns in the middle of the night, they escape with their two young children and the quiet knowledge that the fire is not the only thing threatening their family. They retreat to April’s childhood home in Dallas, where her spirited parents and siblings provide both comfort and complication.

As the family reckons with the aftermath – grief, guilt, logistics and memories scorched and intact – the fire exposes the cracks already forming in April and Leo’s marriage. The novel unfolds in alternating perspectives: from April, who feels the crushing weight of motherhood, marriage and self-blame; from Leo, a high school history teacher shaped by a lonely, fractured childhood; from Deb, April’s generous and no-nonsense mother who has to contend with her husband’s recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis; and from flashbacks
that trace April and Leo’s relationship from its earliest days of connection to the devastating decisions that led them here.

𝘼 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙧, 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚, 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨, 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚.
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(BOOK 44)

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〰️ 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗝𝗢𝗬, 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗝𝗢𝗬 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: contemporary fiction, literary fiction, women’s fiction ]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

𝙾𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚈𝚃𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙶 (𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝟸 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜) 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍.

𝙼𝚒𝚔𝚔𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚡 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜; 𝙸'𝚖 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚠𝚎!

𝙹𝚘𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚊𝚣𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎.

𝚂𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔!!!

𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: 𝐈 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 ’𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞’ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭)

(BOOK 43)

✧ 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 ✧

Book 43 for 2026 - after reading and loving Mikki’s novel 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 I was very excited to discover her NEW book!! Time to dive in!

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〰️ 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗝𝗢𝗬, 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗝𝗢𝗬 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: contemporary fiction, literary fiction, women’s fiction ]

𝙎𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨. 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 . . .

For more than eighty years, Joy Bridport has followed the rules - devoted wife, loving mother, steadfast neighbor in her small town. But when her best friend Hazel is given only months to live, Joy is forced to confront the truth- Hazel has lived fully, while she has only played it safe.

Determined to change, Joy vows to live boldly in the time she and Hazel have left together. What begins as small rebellions soon snowballs into petty crimes, and Joy must decide whether she can embrace the freedom of ‘Bad Joy’ without losing the life and legacy she’s built.

𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙧, 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛, 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙅𝙤𝙮, 𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙅𝙤𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙚, 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥, 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚.
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(BOOK 43)

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[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: magical realism, speculative fiction, philosophical fiction, contemporary fiction ]

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𝙰 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎!

𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚏 ’𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜’ 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 ’𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝’ 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.

𝙸 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 ’𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚜’ 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎.

“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆."

𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: 𝐈 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 ’𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞’ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭)

(BOOK 42)

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Book 42 for 2026 - well well what do we have here!?! Another book that’s sat on my TBR for the last few years?!? Whoopsie!

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〰️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: magical realism, speculative fiction, philosophical fiction, contemporary fiction ]

Between life and death there is a library.

When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren’t always what she imagined they’d be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?
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(BOOK 42)