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October 24, 2025
What I’m Reading: Peace Like a River from Jo's Country Junction

I had seen this book recommended on the Facebook book group I belong to. There was a horse on the cover of the book…the title sounded lovely so I decided to give it a listen. I had it on my wait list through my online library for a LONG time…I think it was almost 6 …

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October 17, 2025
What I’m Reading: Darling Girls from Jo's Country Junction

I was looking for a book when I was laid up and finally decided to check and see if there were any Sally Hepworth books that I hadn’t read. I ended up finding Darling Girls. I have loved all of the other Sally Hepworth books that I’ve read. I was excited to get into this …

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October 10, 2025
What I’m Reading: Boundary Waters from Jo's Country Junction

I was in a hurry to find a book. There was nothing new from Libby, so I had to think of something. I started trying to come up with authors that I liked and looked to see if they had any books available. I landed on William Kent Krueger. He is a favorite of mine. …

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October 3, 2025
What I’m Reading: Beautiful Ugly from Jo's Country Junction

I saw that someone on a reading Facebook I belong to had recommended the book Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney. I decided to see if my library had it. They did…But I was on the waitlist for months to get it. So now the big question…Was it worth the wait? This book is pretty far-fetched. …

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September 26, 2025
What I’m Reading: The Family Next Door from Jo's Country Junction

I have been on a Sally Hepworth kick. I’ve been reading all of her books. I recently went to my online library to see if there were any books that were newly released. There weren’t, so I decided to check if there were any Sally Hepworth books that I hadn’t read. I am getting to …

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September 20, 2025
What I’m Reading: The Soulmate from Jo's Country Junction

I have been on a Sally Hepworth kick. If you were to type her name into the search bar on the right-hand column of the blog, you would find I’ve read a lot of her books. It all started about three months ago…I can’t get enough. I was scrolling my online library and found one …

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September 12, 2025
What I’m Reading: Only the Beautiful from Jo's Country Junction

I had this book on my waitlist for a very long time. I think I waited five months for the book to become available. I suspended my Audible subscription and am going with only the online library. So I end up doing a lot of waiting. HA!! The book is Only the Beautiful by Susan …

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August 29, 2025
What I’m Reading: Most Wanted from Jo's Country Junction

I told you after I read After Anna by Lisa Scottoline this Spring, I was on a hunt by more books from her. I checked out my blog and checked to see which ones I’ve already read, then found one I was interested in listening to. I ended up finding Most Wanted. This book deals …

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August 22, 2025
What I’m Reading: The Younger Wife from Jo's Country Junction

I’ve told you that I love Sally Hepworth as a writer. Over the last few months, I’ve listened to many of her books. I needed a book…so I immediately went to my online library and typed in the author’s name hoping there might be a book available from her. I ended up finding The Younger …

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August 15, 2025
What I’ve Been Reading: The House of My Mother from Jo's Country Junction

One day I noticed that there weren’t many books in my holds via my online library, Libby. I quickly added a bunch of books, not doing much to read the descriptions. If something looked interesting (by the cover only) I added books to my waitlist. The House of My Mother by Shari Franke was one …

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August 8, 2025
What Kelli is Reading: The Tenant from Jo's Country Junction

Summer has been busy for my daughter Kelli. Chasing after the kids and now switching jobs has left her not reading as much. She missed it and finally squeezed in some time for a book by one of her favorite authors, Freida McFadden. She has read so many. I’m surprised she hasn’t read them all. …

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August 1, 2025
What I’m Reading: One Perfect Lie from Jo's Country Junction

I’ve been on a Lisa Scottoline roll and I kept rolling with it and picked the book One Perfect Lie. The book started out in a way I that I didn’t know how I would like. It was being told by a terrible criminal who was planning a murder and a bombing. I almost quit …

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July 25, 2025
What I’m Reading: These Tangled Threads from Jo's Country Junction

I’ve had a book on my waitlist for a long time…I think it’s been almost 6 months. Sometimes I hate that because having to wait for a book builds up the expectation for me. I feel like only something epic is worth waiting that long for. It puts undue pressure on the book. I originally …

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July 11, 2025
What I’m Reading: The Secrets of Midwives from Jo's Country Junction

I’m still on a Sally Hepworth kick. Don’t you wish some authors could write as fast as you can read? I sure do. I found The Secrets of Midwives through my online library. It’s a Sally Hepworth book so I had to give it a try. I very much enjoyed this book. The story is …

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June 27, 2025
What I’m Reading: The Mother’s Promise from Jo's Country Junction

I was hunting for a good book when I remembered that author Sally Hepworth hasn’t let me down yet so I’d go back to the online library and see if I could find another book by her. I ended up finding The Mother’s Promise. I didn’t read anything about the book. I was in a …

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June 18, 2025
What I’m Reading: The Less People Know About Us from Jo's Country Junction

I just finished the book The Less People Know About Us by Axton Betz-Hamilton. The book has been on my waiting list for a long time…close to 6 months. I have found that I am drawn to books written by those who experienced childhood trauma. When I put it on the waitlist, I hadn’t taken …

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June 13, 2025
What I’m Reading: The Things We Didn’t Know from Jo's Country Junction

I’ve had some books on my wait list…most of them have been on the online library list for 3 or more months. I was excited to see that one had finally become available, The Things We Didn’t Know by Elba Iris Perez. I belong to a Facebook reading group and this was a recommended book. …

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May 30, 2025
What I’m Reading: The Things We Keep from Jo's Country Junction

I’m on an audiobook kick right now! I had told you a couple weeks ago that I needed something that wasn’t historical fiction. I landed on two good authors, and I’m just tickled. Last week, I told you about The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth. Today I’m telling you about another book by her, The …

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May 28, 2025
What I’m Reading: The Mother-in-Law from Jo's Country Junction

I was wanting a book. I was to lazy to really look for one. Then I remembered that I’ve been on a Sally Hepworth kick so I might as well check out the online library to see if she has a book I haven’t read that was available. She did. I found The Mother-in -Law. …

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May 25, 2025
What I’m Reading: The Good Sister from Jo's Country Junction

I found The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth when I was looking for another book in the online library. I liked the title, and the cover looked good. It said the book was a New York Times bestseller, but I didn’t read what the book was about. Those three things were enough for me as I was …

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