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      The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

      by abusybeasupdated on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

      Before death but after life lives a library. And on those infinite shelves are stories. Nora discovers this library after a frustrating life filled with regrets. With each book there is a unique version of Nora’s life, all of which could have been, but were not, based on choices throughout Nora’s life. When the book …

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      Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

      by abusybeason February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

      Grace Porter, with her new PhD in astronomy takes a much needed getaway girls trip to Las Vegas to celebrate. She’s a high-achiever, extremely organized and obsessed with doing everything just right. She’s definitely not the type of person to get extremely drunk and marry a girl whose name she doesn’t even know … but …

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      The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

      by abusybeason February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

      A novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. Isaiah was Samuel’s and Samuel was Isaiah’s. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the …

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      The Push by Ashley Audrain

      by abusybeason January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

      Blythe Conner wants nothing more than to be the type of mother she never had. And the type of mother her mother never had.  But when her baby girl Violet is born, she struggles to connect with her daughter and begins to believe there is something wrong. …Or is this all in Blythe’s head? Her …

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      Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

      by abusybeasupdated on January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

      Back in the magical cafe, four more people are eager to take the journey back in time. Alongside the new characters, we are re-introduced to some familiar characters who work in the cafe. We’re told the ways in which the stories intertwine and some background on how everyone got here. This stunningly simple story allows …

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      Born A Crime by Trevor Noah

      by abusybeason January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

      Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, …

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      The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

      by abusybeasupdated on January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

      Jane is a dog-walker in the community of Thornfield Estates in Birmingham, Alabama. This community is filled to the brim with rich people, with more possessions than they can keep track of. It’s a relatively boring life until Jane meets Eddie Rochester — a recently widowed mysterious resident of the gated estate. Eddie’s wife, Bea …

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      She Lies Close by Sharon Doering

      by abusybeason January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

      How far would you go to protect the ones you love? For six months now, Ava Boones has been missing. Without any leads, witnesses or arrests the small town is bustling with worry. Grace Wright, a newly single mother of two children moves to a new neighborhood in an effort to start again. But soon …

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      The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

      by abusybeason January 2, 2021January 2, 2021

      It is 1714 in France. A young woman named Adeline (Addie) LaRue is stuck living a life meant for women of this time. Eager to escape this reality, she makes a plea to the night god. But instead of a blessing, Adeline finds herself cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Traveling through time …

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      My Top Ten Books of 2020 // The Best Books I Read This Year.

      by abusybeasupdated on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

      Here they are, my top ten books of 2020! This has been a year. In so many ways, this year has been really rough. However, I have been so thankful for all the time I’ve had to read! And boy did I read. I read more books this year than in any other year of my life.  …

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      My name is Haleigh Beasley-Gerwig. I’m a Michigan based writer, extreme wine lover, enthusiastic smiler, and busy traveler. You’ll usually spot me with a book in hand. A Busy Beas is my favorite place to share book reviews as well as spill unfiltered thoughts.

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