2024 Reading Challenge

2024 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 1 book toward her goal of 285 books.
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2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 5 books toward her goal of 265 books.
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Excerpt: Nothing Ever Happens Here by Seraphina Nova Glass

About the Book

Nothing ever happens in small towns…

When Shelby Dawson survives a harrowing attack that should have left her dead, she tries to move past it—for herself, and for her family. Fifteen months later, with the help of her best friend, Mackenzie, she finally feels safe again in the snowy Minnesota town she calls home. But when an anonymous note appears on her windshield bearing the same threats her attacker made, Shelby realizes that her nightmare has only just begun. Continue reading Excerpt: Nothing Ever Happens Here by Seraphina Nova Glass

Excerpt: The Queen of Fives by Alex Hay

About the Book

A confidence scheme, when properly executed, will follow five movements:

I. The Mark II. The Intrusion. III. The Ballyhoo. IV. The Knot. V. All In.

There may be many counter-strikes along the way, for such is the nature of the game; it contains so many sides, so many endless possibilities… Continue reading Excerpt: The Queen of Fives by Alex Hay

Book Review AND Excerpt: I Made it Out of Clay by Beth Kander

About the Book

In this darkly funny and surprisingly sweet novel, a woman creates a golem in a desperate attempt to pretend her life is a rom-com rather than a disaster.  Continue reading Book Review AND Excerpt: I Made it Out of Clay by Beth Kander

Excerpt: Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo

About the Book

From the New York Times Notable author of The Old Woman with the Knife, comes a bracingly original story of family, marriage, the cultural expectations of motherhood, about four women whose lives intersect in dramatic and unexpected ways at a government-run apartment complex outside Seoul Continue reading Excerpt: Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo

Excerpt: You Can’t Hurt Me by Emma Cook

About the Book

The Silent Patient meets Rebecca in this twisty debut about the mysterious death of a woman with congenital analgesia, a rare condition where she can’t feel any pain – and an obsessive journalist who will stop at nothing to uncover her most dangerous secrets. Continue reading Excerpt: You Can’t Hurt Me by Emma Cook