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Cherry Baby

By Rainbow Rowell

⭐ 4.4

Every great story begins with a memorable first chapter.

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Inside The Story

Everybody knows that Cherry's husband, Tom, is in Hollywood making a movie... Almost nobody knows that he isn't coming home. Tom is the creator of Thursday--a semi-autobiographical webcomic, turned bestselling graphic novel, turned international phenomenon. Semi-autobiographical. That means there's a character in this movie based on Cherry... "Baby." Wide-hipped, heavy-chested, double-chinned Baby. Cherry never wanted this. No fat girl wants to see herself caricatured on the page--let alone on the big screen. But there's no getting away from it. Baby looks so much like Cherry that strangers recognize her at the grocery store. While her soon-to-be ex-husband is in Los Angeles getting rich and famous and being the Internet's latest boyfriend, Cherry is stuck in Omaha taking care of the dog he always wanted and the house they were going to raise a family in...and wondering who she's supposed to be without him. Cherry had promised to love Tom through thick and thin. She'd meant it. One night, Cherry decides to leave all her problems, including Tom's overgrown puppy, at home. She ventures out to see her favorite band play her favorite album...and someone recognizes her from across the room. Russ Sutton knew Cherry when she was a young art student with a fondness for pin-up dresses and patent leather heels. Before Tom. Russ knows Cherry. He likes Cherry. And best of all...he's never heard of Thursday.

Why Readers Enjoy It

• Interesting plot development.
• Interesting character interactions.
• Entertaining story arcs.

"A memorable reading experience for fiction enthusiasts."

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Reader's Choice

You Don't Need a Smartphone: A Practical Guide to Downgrading Your Phone and Upgrading Your Life

By August Lamm

⭐ 4.7

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Story Description

In this radical and revelatory manifesto, anti-tech activist August Lamm gives you the courage and confidence to ditch your smartphone once and for all. When August Lamm realized she was spending almost half her waking hours compulsively scrolling, she knew something had to change. She turned to experts to cut down her phone use, but none of their advice actually worked. You can’t simply limit something designed to be addictive. So, she decided to get rid of her smartphone completely. Almost overnight, her mental health improved, her attention span increased, and her curiosity returned. August received her first iPhone in 2010 when she was fifteen years old--unlike many other writers in this space, she understands intimately what it's like to be a young person struggling to cultivate a healthy relationship with technology. Packed with offline wisdom and practical suggestions, You Don’t Need a Smartphone shows that living without a tiny computer in your pocket isn’t as restrictive or as difficult as you might think; in fact, it’s a lot of fun. From a guide to choosing the right flip phone to relearning your sense of direction after relying on GPS, from tips to meet new people without social media to how to navigate VPNs or banking systems that require an app, Lamm offers a revolutionary blueprint for existing in the Information Age.   A different, more fulfilling world is just beyond your screen. What will you do with all the time you get back?

What Makes This Story Interesting?

• A compelling narrative experience.
• Character-driven moments.
• Entertaining story arcs.

"An enjoyable novel for readers seeking engaging storytelling."

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Editor's Pick

The Castle & the Cloister

By Laura E. Weymouth

⭐ 4.7

Stories that balance emotion and entertainment remain reader favorites.

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Novel Overview

The Priory of the Orange Tree meets Black Sun in the thrilling launch of a political fantasy duology following three people—a wet nurse, a heretic queen, and a priest—as they attempt to shape the fortunes of a continent shattered by war. Two hundred years ago, the warmongering Inver clan conquered the nation of Honoria, suppressing its pacifist goddesses, and ushering in an era of blood and battles. Now, after a brief but fraught peace, a king’s whims threaten to reignite the engines of war. At the sun goddess Raea’s cloister, the last stronghold of Honoria’s matriarchal religion, Fia and her infant daughter are in search of a safe haven. Fia aims to offer her child more than the poverty and abuse she was raised with, but the price of the cloister’s protection will tear her from what she loves most and thrust her into a game more complex than she could imagine. Within the Invers’ mountain fortress, Ariana is known as the apostate queen. Once a follower of the goddess of stars, she left her faith for the sake of a king. But old loyalties are not easily severed. Ariana treads a dangerous path, striving for peace in a court made for conquest. Deep in the heart of the mountain, the Inver Priest bides his time, presiding over his people’s brutal religion. Blinded in the fight for the throne, he harbors a bitter grudge—one that could lead to Honoria’s ruin or renewal. Amid a treacherous landscape of enemies, allies, and intrigue, three lives will intertwine. Each will have to risk the wrath of gods and kings alike to alter the course of nations.

What Makes This Story Interesting?

• Interesting plot development.
• Character-driven moments.
• Memorable moments throughout the story.

"A captivating story filled with interesting moments."

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Stolen in Death

By J.D. Robb

⭐ 4.7

Stories that balance emotion and entertainment remain reader favorites.

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About This Story

A violent death and a vault of stolen treasures has Eve Dallas struggling to solve crimes old and new in the latest thriller in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. A blow to the head with a block of amethyst has left multibillionaire Nathan Barrister dead―while nearby, a vault, its door ajar, sits filled with priceless paintings, jewelry, and other treasures. Lieutenant Eve Dallas’s husband, Roarke―who misspent his youth in Ireland as a scrappy thief―recognizes at least two stolen pieces among the hoard. The crime scene suggests a burglar caught in the act. But only one item seems to be missing. Then it’s revealed that the vault had actually belonged to the victim’s late father―and no one in the household knew it was there until a recent remodeling project exposed it. To protect the family name and business, they explain to Eve, they’d been looking for a way to return the ill-gotten gains anonymously and avoid the police. But now the police are all over their elegant house, and have a bigger, bloodier mystery to solve. By all accounts, Nathan Barrister was a good man, a generous employer, a devoted husband and father. As for his father―he clearly had secrets. Now it’s up to Eve and her team to find out if those secrets got Nathan killed―and if it was a crime of passion or revenge.

What To Expect

• A compelling narrative experience.
• Strong emotional connections.
• Memorable moments throughout the story.

"A title that continues to attract attention among online readers."

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Featured Novel

All Nighter

By Julie Murphy

⭐ 4.6

Compelling characters and engaging plots continue to attract modern readers.

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Novel Overview

A good girl and bad boy make a deal in the second book in the binge-worthy trilogy of romance novels from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy. Perfect for fans of Elle Kennedy and Hannah Grace. Daisy was always a wallflower (yes, she does see the irony). But she’s decided that college is her time to bloom. She is going to be That Girl who goes all the parties, kills it at school, and finally loses her v-card. (Virginity is a construct, but still!) Unfortunately, everything about Daisy screams girlfriend material. Heath is a tattoo artist by night and a Wexley student by day. After leaving the UK to apprentice for his hero, he’s following through on the promise he made his father to go to college. He’s trying to keep his head down and his grades up. Until Heath goes to work and finds the new front desk assistant is Daisy--the stunning girl with a fear of needles who went into a panic the week before on his tattoo bed. When he learns that she plans on hiring someone to have sex with her, Daisy senses judgement coming from Heath and she challenges him to be the lucky guy. She's not his type and he's definitely not hers, but Heath makes an offer anyway. Five dates. And then Heath will sleep with Daisy. No sooner. No later. Daisy is hesitant to say yes. What he’s asking for is frighteningly close to a relationship. But as the two begin to catch feelings, will five dates be enough?

Why Readers Enjoy It

• Captivating chapter progression.
• Strong emotional connections.
• Enjoyable reading experience.

"An enjoyable novel for readers seeking engaging storytelling."

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Editor's Pick

The Rouse

By China Miéville

⭐ 4.6

Every great story begins with a memorable first chapter.

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Novel Overview

From the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making—a deeply moving, decade- and continent-spanning epic of personal grief, global tumult, and grim conspiracy. Maur’s life has been shaped by loss: an apparently ordinary tragedy. But in its aftermath arise deeper, stranger questions. Their answers may lie within the dark heart and darker history of an old soldier who shares Maur’s obsessions and who is violently pursued by the same unknown, unquiet forces. So begins a book unlike any other: at once an encyclopaedic and multitudinous saga of a bloody century and the intimate story of two lives, their loves, regrets, and secrets—and a terrifying journey into infinite mystery.

Highlights

• Engaging storytelling.
• Memorable characters.
• Memorable moments throughout the story.

"A title that continues to attract attention among online readers."

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Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die

By Greer Stothers

⭐ 4.6

Stories that balance emotion and entertainment remain reader favorites.

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Novel Overview

In this hilarious, off-the-wall queer fantasy romance, a reclusive sorcerer is forced to protect a cowardly knight after a prophecy ties their fates together. Funny, touching and inventive, this book is perfect for fans of Mortal Follies, A Marvellous Light and Dreadful. All his life, Sir Cameron has stayed as far away from danger as possible. He is, quite frankly, too handsome to die a violent and pointless death in battle. But when the Church hands down a prophecy to his fellow knights predicting that the only way to defeat their nemesis, the mad sorcerer Merulo, is to kill Cameron, he finds himself in a situation too sticky for even his considerable wiles. Short of ideas, Cameron throws himself on the mercy of the one person who now actually wants him to survive: the mad sorcerer. Merulo isn’t thrilled to be babysitting a spoilt, attention-seeking knight, but fate has tied them together. And transmogrifying Cameron into a vulture is at least a great source of entertainment. Cameron, meanwhile, is on a voyage of self-discovery. It turns out he’s really, really into surly sorcerers who lock him up and tell him what to do. Who knew? As a legion of knights surround their stronghold, the sorcerer’s poisonous ambitions draw ever closer to fruition. Cameron is quite invested in not dying, but he finds he’s also invested in Merulo. And sometimes, supporting the sorcerer you care about means taking an interest in their hobbies. Even if that hobby is trying to kill God. Even if it might get you killed, too.

Why Readers Enjoy It

• Engaging storytelling.
• Memorable characters.
• Immersive atmosphere.

"An enjoyable novel for readers seeking engaging storytelling."

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Trending Fiction

Two Bodies Are Better Than One

By Erica Ruth Neubauer

⭐ 4.8

A well-written novel can transport readers into a completely different world.

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Synopsis

Loaded with dark humor and sharp wit, this wild ride through the ’80s follows an advice columnist trying to unravel the mystery of the dead body on her lawn—while keeping her own secrets under wraps. Until 1989, the wildest thing to happen in the sleepy town of Sheboygan Bay was surfers catching waves on frigid Lake Michigan. Then one summer morning, Lorraine Highsmith wakes up to find a corpse on her lawn. Detective Michaela “Mike” Zenoni is on the case immediately, eager to make a name for herself in a male-dominated precinct. And Lorraine is close behind—as the local advice columnist, she’s always looking for a scoop. What they don’t know is that Lorraine once had ties to the mob, and those connections could be coming back to haunt her. A recent transplant to Wisconsin, she keeps her past shrouded in mystery, and she’d like to keep it that way. Mike might be working with her to find the killer, but Lorraine knows that alliances can change on a dime. She needs to get ahead of this story . . . no matter who’s trying to put an end to hers.

Highlights

• Interesting plot development.
• Interesting character interactions.
• Memorable moments throughout the story.

"A captivating story filled with interesting moments."

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Sunflower Season

By Danica Nava

⭐ 4.9

Stories that balance emotion and entertainment remain reader favorites.

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Synopsis

Fed up and burnt out, a woman leaves the city to take on the challenge of owning a sunflower farm but finds that her biggest trial is facing her first love in this charming second chance romance by USA Today bestselling author Danica Nava. Drained by her high-pressure tech job, June Walker finds an escape in homesteading videos and the fantasy of a quieter life. When she finally hits her breaking point, she does the only reasonable she quits her job and buys a crumbling sunflower farm in rural Oklahoma where she grew up. June thought her biggest challenge in restoring Sunshine Farm would be the rotting fences, but soon comes to the crushing realization that “positive vibes” are not a business plan. Nothing, however, tests her resolve quite like running into her first love, the boy she left behind after her world imploded when she was seventeen. She’s back for a fresh start, not to unpack old heartbreaks. Noah Abbott never left Love County. Between his family, his job with the local fire brigade, and a town that knows him inside and out, he has everything he needs—except answers. So when June Walker returns as the new owner of Sunshine Farm, Noah is determined to find out why the girl who once meant everything to him vanished without a word. As old wounds crack open and attraction flares back to life, June and Noah are forced to reckon with their past and decide whether first love is a memory best left buried, or the one thing worth replanting.

What Makes This Story Interesting?

• Captivating chapter progression.
• Character-driven moments.
• Enjoyable reading experience.

"A title that continues to attract attention among online readers."

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Editor's Pick

Between You a River

By Kimberly Garza

⭐ 4.6

Readers are often drawn to stories that leave a lasting impression.

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Inside The Story

A haunting family drama about two sisters who travel back to their family’s ancestral land in the Philippines, where long-buried secrets unfurl in the wake of their mother’s death. Corazon de la Cruz’s death shook her family to its very core, and her daughters are still picking up the pieces. Hannah is attempting to continue her mother’s legacy as a doctor in Uvalde, Texas, a community that’s reeling with grief after a tragic school shooting. Mari, on the other hand, has gone as far from home as possible, following an ill-fated romance across the world. Estranged from each other and from their roots in the Philippines, a distant cousin suddenly urges them to return to the island of Mindoro to settle unresolved family business. Together for the first time in years—with each other and with their Filipino relatives—the sisters find that the fate of their family’s ancestral land is in their hands, and it’s about to slip away. As they fight to protect their homeland, they unearth shocking secrets hidden from them by their beloved matriarch—about her life, the land, and themselves. A lush family saga and a love letter to Texas and the Philippines, Between You a River follows two sisters confronting the legacy their mother left behind, their dual identities, and the lifelong push and pull of home.

Why Readers Enjoy It

• Interesting plot development.
• Interesting character interactions.
• Thought-provoking scenes.

"A story worth exploring for readers who enjoy fiction."

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