Book Review: Claire, Darling by Callie Kazumi

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Claire, Darling by Callie Kazumi  was published on March 11, 2025 by Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine / Bantam. It opens with Claire finding out that her fiancé, Noah, isn't working where he said he was and is now ghosting her. Claire must find out why. Book Review: Claire, Darling by Callie Kazumi Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine / Bantam for providing me with an Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) of Claire Darling by Callie Kazumi for free in exchange for my honest review. I was absolutely thrilled when my request for a copy was approved because the synopsis was so good. From the beginning, I absolutely loved the main character of Claire and her work friend named Sukhi. Throughout the novel, we learn about Claire's past and how terrible her mother was towards her. I kept hoping that somehow we would learn who Claire's father was and would eventually connect with him. It's really no wonder Claire had no self confidence as an ad...
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52-Week Book Challenge: A More Difficult 2020 Reading Challenge by The Running Bibliophile

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Do you want a book challenge that will help you read 52 books within 52 weeks? This is the book challenge that will help you with that goal. There is no order in which you need to complete this challenge as long as you finish within the 52 week time period.

Good luck with our 52-Week Book Challenge: A More Difficult 2020 Reading Challenge, and Happy New Year!



 52 Week Book Challenge Topics

  • A Book Based on a Television Series
  • A Book Turned into a Television Series
  • A Book Turned into a Movie
  • A Book Written by someone you've met
  • A Book that you picked because you liked the cover
  • A Book that makes you laugh
  • A Book about books, bookstores, or libraries
  • A 2019 Goodreads Nominee
  • A 2019 Goodreads Winner
  • Read the First Book in a series
  • Read Book 1 in a trilogy
  • Read Book 2 in a trilogy
  • Read Book 3 in a trilogy
  • A Book that starts with the letter A
  • A Book that starts with the letter Z
  • A Book that has a color in the title
  • A Book that has a number in the title
  • A Book Set in the State You Live In
  • A Book Based in the Old West
  • Read a book where an author used a pen name
  • A book that was Required Reading in Elementary School
  • A book that was Required Reading in Middle School
  • A book that was Required Reading in High School
  • A Book given to you as a gift
  • A Book Recommended by an Author you like
  • A Play
  • Graphic Novel
  • Young Adult Fantasy
  • Young Adult Novel
  • Young Adult Romance
  • Young Adult Science Fiction
  • Read a book that targets children 8-12
  • A Memoir
  • Autobiography or Biography about a President
  • Non-Fiction Book written by a woman
  • Read a book that is on your "To Be Read" List
  • A Short Story Collection
  • A Book Over 500 pages
  • A Book Published the year you were born
  • A Book Published or Set in the decade of the 1900's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1910's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1920's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1930's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1940's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1950's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1960's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1970's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1980's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1990's
  • A Book Published or Set in the decade of the 2000's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 2010's
  • A Book Published in 2020
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