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Top Shelf: One of My Favorite Authors, Colleen Hoover
After more than two years of blogging, I realized that I have yet to review a book by one of my favorite authors -- Colleen Hoover. I...

Samantha
Aug 26, 20222 min read
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Top Shelf: The Roughest Draft
The Roughest Draft, by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka is the story of a writing duo, Katrina "Kat" Freeling and Nathan Van...
Fay
Jul 29, 20222 min read
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Top Shelf: Lease on Love
Lease on Love by Fallon Ballard is a quick summer read with characters you'll enjoy. It's a bit Friends/You've Got Mail all wrapped up...

Fay
Jul 1, 20221 min read
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Top Shelf: Malcom Gladwell's David and Goliath
Last week I spent a few days on the road and decided to borrow an audiobook through the Libby app. I was in a nonfiction mood so I did a...

Samantha
Jun 17, 20222 min read
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Top Shelf: Weather Girl
I read Weather Girl, by Rachel Lynn Soloman, in a couple of days. It's hard to put down, and the characters are so approachable! Fresh...

Fay
Jun 10, 20221 min read
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Top Shelf: Summer Reading
Reading is a consistent and favorite summer activity for our family. My children's schools require our kids to read books (both specific...

Samantha
May 20, 20222 min read
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Top Shelf: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Four Winds is a riveting and harrowing story that is sure to be a classic. Set in the 1930s during the Great Depression, it's a...

Samantha
Apr 8, 20222 min read
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Top Shelf: Fable
Fable, by Adrienne Young, is the first in a young adult duology that achieved New York Times bestseller status, and was a Hello Sunshine...

Fay
Mar 11, 20221 min read
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Top Shelf: Don't Overthink It by Anne Bogel
Admittedly, I'm an overthinker. Motherhood feeds into my habit of overanalyzing and second-guessing. Anne Bogel's Don't Overthink It is a...

Samantha
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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Top Shelf: Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation
It's always encouraging to start the new year with a great book! Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation doesn't disappoint! I fell in...

Samantha
Jan 21, 20222 min read
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Top Shelf: The Best of What We Read in 2021
Samantha's Favorites from 2021: This year I read 30 books (28 new books and two rereads). I tracked all books I finished on the...

And She Writes
Jan 14, 20222 min read
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Top Shelf: The Christmas Train
A couple of months ago, I was looking for an interesting holiday book. As I scrolled through my Libby app with our local library, I came...

Fay
Dec 10, 20211 min read
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Top Shelf: Winter Street
Winter Street, by Elin Hilderbrand, is the story of a New England family at Christmastime. The patriarch, Kelley Quinn, finds that his...

Fay
Nov 12, 20213 min read
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Top Shelf: The New Maggie Hope Book
The newest release in the Maggie Hope Series, The Hollywood Spy, by Susan Elia MacNeal, surrounds a grisly murder on U.S. soil. It's...

Fay
Oct 15, 20212 min read
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Top Shelf: Kids' Book Series
Today is a bit of a spin on Top Shelf in that we're sharing a few favorite children's series. It's getting to be those "dog days" of...

Fay
Jul 23, 20212 min read
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Top Shelf: The Lions of Fifth Avenue
It's been several months since the last time I read a historical fiction novel; I chose wisely with Fiona Davis' The Lions of Fifth...

Samantha
Jul 9, 20212 min read
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Top Shelf: The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
The Soulmate Equation is the newest release from author duo Christina Lauren. Their books are always well-written and enjoyable, but this...

Fay
Jun 25, 20212 min read
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Top Shelf: Summer Books and Beach Reads
We are thrilled to share our summer reading recommendations and the books on our to read lists this summer! We think we’ve included...

And She Writes
May 28, 20211 min read
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Top Shelf: The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker
Take note, readers: The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker needs to be on your summer book reading list. It's the perfect contemporary romance...

Samantha
May 7, 20212 min read
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Top Shelf: Educated and Where the Crawdads Sing
I read two books in the month of April, and was struck by some similar threads running through them. It was incidental that I read them...

Fay
May 4, 20213 min read
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