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About Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I'm a law librarian from the state of Missouri and a graduate of Missouri State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia. My real passion is in fiction, which is why I started my blog to share my thoughts with other bibliophiles. I live with my husband and two wonderful children and a collection of furry feline companions.

A Promised Land by Barack Obama – a Book Review

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

A Promised Land is the Presidential memoir of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. Obama was a positively historic President for the US, as he was the first black President to serve as commander in chief in … Continue reading →

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The Facts of Life and Death by Belinda Bauer – a Book Review

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Oh my. Get ready for a deluge of book reviews. I haven’t posted much lately and have had an onslaught of sickness travel through my house so my blogging productivity took a nosedive. I will spend this next week trying … Continue reading →

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Reading Challenge Update – Oct 1, 2021

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Oops! I usually try to post my reading challenge updates at the end of the month and I dropped the ball yesterday. I’m really pleased with the progress I’ve made on the reading challenge, and I currently have two categories … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday – September 29, 2021

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Welcome to new week of WWW Wednesday! I’m a bit behind at the moment. I still have one of my reviews to catch up on, and I unfortunately haven’t finished anything this week. So this is going to be a … Continue reading →

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Verity by Colleen Hoover – a Book Review

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

This is an incredibly different book than the last Hoover novel I read, It Ends With Us. There are some similarities. Again with the odd naming conventions, though I do rather like the name Verity Crawford. There is also a … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday – September 22, 2021

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Welcome to a new week of WWW Wednesday! I’m happy to have some progress to report today. Also, I’ve posted two book reviews today and still have two more to write! I’ve obviously fallen a bit behind in that department, … Continue reading →

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The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake – a Book Review

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Audrey Blake is the pen name of not one author, but of two. Authors Regina Sirois and Jaima Fixsen teamed up to write this riveting and intelligent work of historical fiction about a young woman who develops a passion for … Continue reading →

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It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover – a Book Review

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

This is the first book I’ve read by Colleen Hoover. I picked it up spontaneously. I saw the audiobook on Overdrive and remembered a friend talking about it, so I downloaded it then and there. In order to get a … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday – September 15, 2021 #wwwwednesday

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Well, I’m back. Last week I missed WWW Wednesday due to the sickness in our house that kept me at home. The kids keep me a bit too busy for blogging so I tend to not get anything done. Thankfully, … Continue reading →

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Sunshine Blogger Award

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I am here with my first every Sunshine Blogger award! Thanks so much to Leslie at Books are the New Black for the nomination and some seriously great questions. It took me a few days to get to this. One … Continue reading →

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