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Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood

Published on September 22, 2025September 9, 2025 by Celeste7 Comments

Today’s review is about NOT IN LOVE by Ali Hazelwood. It’s a contemporary romance that is STEMinist adjacent. Rue, a food scientist, fights her attraction to Eli, who is part of the firm trying to acquire the company for which she works. Of course, it’s always more complicated than this simple one-line synopsis!

Author: Ali Hazelwood
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publish Date: June 11, 2024
Print Length: 400

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WWW Wednesday: September 17, 2025

Published on September 17, 2025September 16, 2025 by Celeste4 Comments

WWW Wednesday was revived and hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. The idea is to answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses.

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Same by Hannah Rosenberg

Published on September 15, 2025September 9, 2025 by Celeste2 Comments

Today’s review is about SAME by Hannah Rosenberg. It’s a collection of poetry about friendships, girlhood, and motherhood.

Author: Hannah Rosenberg
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Publish Date: October 21, 2025
Print Length: 240

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WWW Wednesday: September 10, 2025

Published on September 10, 2025September 9, 2025 by Celeste23 Comments

Well, I skipped last week’s WWW Wednesday because I was travelling the weekend beforehand. And when I got back home last Tuesday I just felt pretty overwhelmed with planned events the rest of the week. That’s ok, though, because I didn’t really have a lot to show for it for a WWW Wednesday update. This week’s covers my last two weeks’ worth of reading.

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