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Emerald’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emerald’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Emerald Lavere
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Emerald Lavere
Writing whatever comes into my head, and reminding myself that I can always scrap it if it ends up being useless.
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The Wikomsette
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A Wife for the Future (The Wikomsette Book 2)
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2018 Comes to a Close with a Healthier Me.
Amazon now has my two sci-fi romances available in Kindle and paperback.
Please visit: Emerald Lavere on Amazon
Fantastic new Kindle prices!
The End of Another Year
I look back on this year as time well spent. Motivated by the loss of my mother (one year ago today), I committed to making big changes in my lifestyle.
For the last seventeen years of her life, my mother suffered from dementia which then Read more of this blog post »
Please visit: Emerald Lavere on Amazon
Fantastic new Kindle prices!
The End of Another Year
I look back on this year as time well spent. Motivated by the loss of my mother (one year ago today), I committed to making big changes in my lifestyle.
For the last seventeen years of her life, my mother suffered from dementia which then Read more of this blog post »
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An important book that many if not most young women would probably benefit from reading, or anyone who loses themselves in abusive relationships. Mostly a compelling and well-crafted read, but I felt less tethered to the author's journey toward the e ...more |
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"I'm afraid I just don't understand this novel's reputation!
THE TURN OF THE SCREW is the ambiguous story of a governess teaching two young orphaned children whose uncle guardian has assumed the financial responsibility for their upbringing but wishes " Read more of this review » |
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"I failed to hang on to this fantastic story where nothing seemed to be happening. The "tension" builds up well throughout the story, and the end sentence is striking, but I got bored waiting for something to happen. In addition, the descriptions of s"
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| While the writing is wonderfully atmospheric, the story is repetitive and ends so abruptly, with so much unexplained, that it feels as if the author just tired of writing, threw down something dramatic, and called it done. | |
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Emerald Lavere
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The New Couple in 5B:
I believe in NYC the terms are at times interchangeable. In fact, though I only know a few people living in the city, I never hear what we in CA would call a condo referred to as such, they always call it an apartment even though they own it.
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"They inherit an apartment to die for.
I loved the New Couple in 5B. Rosie is a nonfiction author of local history, her husband Chad Lowan is a struggling actor in NYC, when they inherit his uncle’s upscale apartment in a historic building. Everything s" Read more of this review » |
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| I thought this was a real page-turner (although I listened to the audio, which was well executed). | |
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| Four engaging stories. I especially liked the main character in Mr. Hannigan's Phone. The Life of Chuck is thought provoking and rather beautiful. (I also recommend the film starring Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill for those who like the story. I watc ...more | |
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| An engaging read, but the ending was (not really a spoiler, just a general impression) unbelievable in multiple ways which dropped a star from my rating. | |
“If not you, then who? If not now, when?”
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“No one gets out of this life alive.
So leave a footprint of your choice.
You are writing your epitaph.
You are writing it now!
Life is a process, not a goal.
Live it now, or you will miss it!
We have time to spend and no time to waste.”
― Create the Life You Need!: Find passion and success now with this manual of simple practices
So leave a footprint of your choice.
You are writing your epitaph.
You are writing it now!
Life is a process, not a goal.
Live it now, or you will miss it!
We have time to spend and no time to waste.”
― Create the Life You Need!: Find passion and success now with this manual of simple practices
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