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    Unbreakable by Jelena Dokic: A Book Review

    by kjgurney September 26, 2026
    by kjgurney September 26, 2026

    I don’t particularly enjoy autobiographies. I read this one in three days. Need I say more?

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    Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver: A Book Review

    by kjgurney September 20, 2026
    by kjgurney September 20, 2026

    I finished Leather & Lark, 2nd in the trilogy. The actors saved this from being a DNF, just as they did with Butcher & Blackbird.

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    The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin: A Book Review

    by kjgurney September 2, 2026
    by kjgurney September 2, 2026

    A landmark of feminist sci-fi. My honest 2-star review of The Left Hand of Darkness and where to find it in Australia.

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    Jaws by Peter Benchley: A Book Review

    by kjgurney August 16, 2026
    by kjgurney August 16, 2026

    Everyone knows Jaws. The music. The shark. About needing a bigger boat. But have you read the book? I have. Spielberg was right to cut most of it out.

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    Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver: A Book Review

    by kjgurney August 15, 2026
    by kjgurney August 15, 2026

    I gave this deliciously smutty book three stars but I also immediately added the next two books in the series to my library queue.

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    Nocticadia by Keri Lake: A Book Review

    by kjgurney August 8, 2026
    by kjgurney August 8, 2026

    The island is atmospheric. The professor is devastating. The parasite is creepy. And then the tropes kicked in.

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    Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke: A Book Review

    by kjgurney August 7, 2026
    by kjgurney August 7, 2026

    Natalie Heller Mills was perfect at being alive. She was also a liar, a narcissist, and completely incapable of seeing herself clearly. I was “equal parts intoxicated with and disgusted …

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    The Lying Room by Nicci French: A Book Review

    by kjgurney August 5, 2026
    by kjgurney August 5, 2026

    A woman finds her murdered lover and cleans the crime scene instead of calling the police. It is a good premise. This will probably work for you, if crime fiction …

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    Whistler by Ann Patchett: A Book Review

    by kjgurney July 30, 2026
    by kjgurney July 30, 2026

    Whistler is a book about love, not the romantic kind, but the kind that forms between two people and how it impacts their lives over decades. Ann Patchett writes that …

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    A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne: A Book Review

    by kjgurney July 25, 2026
    by kjgurney July 25, 2026

    Maurice Swift will do whatever it takes to succeed. He will beg, borrow, steal, and worse. And the most unsettling thing is how you find yourself hoping he gets away …

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