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Liz Wright

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Liz Wright is a 40-something mom, wife, psychologist, and professor living in San Antonio, TX. She eats books, reading about 80 books per year. She has always loved reading and writing, but she only recently started finishing the stories she wrote. Her first book, Straddling the Middle, was written in 2016 but published in 2018. Her favorite books to read include mystery/thrillers and suspense with some non-fiction and biography thrown in for good measure. Her writing doesn't fall in one specific genre though although her main characters are typically women.

As a social psychologist, she loves to see the connections between novel writing and social and personality psychology. As a teacher she encourages everyone she meets to read 30 minutes ...more

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Book Review - #FashionVictim by Amina Akhtar

I am very bad about reviewing books I read.I should be good about it. I want people to review my book, seeing a new review makes me smile. But when it comes to sitting down and writing a review of a book I just finished, it gets a big thumbs down (as my youngest son would do).So my goal this year is to write more reviews. There, I said it, it’s out there, the Internet universe has seen it, and now Read more of this blog post »

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The New Couple in 5B

by Lisa Unger (Goodreads Author)

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See It End (Dr. Gretchen White, #3)

by Brianna Labuskes (Goodreads Author)

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Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

by Charan Ranganath

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“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

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“Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.”
― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

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