Author: The Bookend Diner
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The Nature of Fragile Things
“It is the nature of the earth to shift. It is the nature of fragile things to break. It is the nature of fire to burn. And just as it is the nature of men and women to build, it is also in our nature to begin again after disaster. This I know, too.”
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One Italian Summer
“There is beauty to the run-down buildings, the laundry strung overhead, the rhythm and drawl of the daily life here. There is beauty, too, in the old Mediterranean architecture, buildings left over from centuries ago, before Naples became what is today. There is beauty in discrepancy — two things that seem oppositional, coming together.”
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Black Cake
“Sometimes, the stories we don’t tell people about ourselves matter even more than the things we do say.”
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Beneath the Stairs
Few in sleepy Sumner’s Mills have stumbled across the Octagon House hidden deep in the woods. Even fewer are brave enough to trespass.
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Lovely War
“I am so often moved by souls whose first concern is not for their own lost years but for the grief that their passing will cause to those they love. It’s more common than you might think. The most ordinary mortal bodies are housed by spectacular souls.”
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The Love Hypothesis
“I’m starting to wonder if this is what being in love is. Being okay with ripping yourself to shreds so that the other person can stay whole.”
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The Book of Cold Cases
“It felt good to destroy this place, to rip open its wounds. It felt good to make the dust billow. If I could have drawn a deep breath, I would have screamed into the silence.”
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Shadows of Pecan Hollow
except that deep inside, she knew she was not free, that had always been the choice, between freedom and longing. He had saved her life, and she belonged to him.”
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Reckless Girls
“There will always be a before and an after, and you have to learn to live in the after.”
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Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead
“Because I’m not the luckiest person in the world, and I know better than to assume the dead don’t come back to haunt you.”
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Find Me
Find Me REVIEW: Thank you, Harper Books, for gifting me a copy of Find Me {partner} Genre: Mystery/ThrillerPub Date: 1.11.2022Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Find Me is my first book by Alafair Burke, and I plan to go back and read more from her/add her upcoming books to my reading list! The story took off from the […]
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Reminders of Him
Reminders of Him REVIEW — Thank you, Amazon Publishing, for gifting me a copy of Reminders of Him {partner} Genre: RomancePub Date: 1.18.2022Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Colleen Hoover is the QUEEN of surprising me. Many authors gravitate towards the same type of story, same concept but different characters. That is never the case with CoHo. She […]
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Euphoric
Euphoric Synopsis: “Euphoric is your eight-week plan for an alcohol-free lifestyle that can lead to more happiness, well-being, and self-love. It’s the modern woman’s guide to relax without alcohol, find freedom from cravings and fitting in, and create the life you want – along with the audacity to go after it. Imagine a program that […]
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Wish You Were Here
e that’s enough. It’s not having the adventures or crossing off the links items of a bucket list. It’s who you were with, who will help you recall it when your memory fails.”
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A Cross-Country Christmas
A Cross-Country Christmas Synopsis Lauren Richmond isn’t a fan of Christmas. This is why she rarely makes the trip home to the Midwest for the holidays. After all, she has plenty to keep her busy—namely, her duties as a set decorator on a TV sitcom. But this December, Lauren‘s brother and his wife are expecting […]
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November Wrap-Up
November Wrap-Up I can’t post a November Wrap-Up without featuring my Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake — it just seems fitting for the month. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫/𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 A Flicker in th Dark – 4.5 ⭐️ Lincoln Lawyer – 4.5 ⭐️ 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 The Santa Suit – 5 ⭐️ Ugly Love – 5 ⭐️ The Wedding Ringer – 4.5 ⭐️ 𝐅𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 […]
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Easy Saturday Morning Breakfast
Looking for a super easy (but nutritious) breakfast to put together for a Saturday morning? Here is what my go-to is!
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Under the Whispering Door
Death has a beauty to it. We don’t see it because we don’t want to. And that makes sense. Why would we want to focus on something that takes us away from everything we know? How do we even begin to understand that’s more than we see?”
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A History of Wild Places
“There is no history in a place until we make it until you live a life worth remembering.”
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