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Why Valentine's Day Brings Out the Best & Worst Feelings herdigitalcoffee.com/why-valentin...

Why Valentine’s Day Brings Out the Best & Worst Feelings - Her Digital Coffee

Valentine's Day is a holiday that stirs up a lot of feelings. For some, it's a reminder to slow down, show appreciation, and be intentional about love. For others, there's feelings of loneliness, inse...

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February 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM

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Review: Otherwise Engaged by Susan Mallery and the Complex Bonds Between Mothers and Daughters #OtherwiseEngaged www.thathappyreader.ca/review-other...

Review: Otherwise Engaged by Susan Mallery and the Complex Bonds Between Mothers and Daughters #OtherwiseEngaged - That Happy Reader 🇨🇦

Otherwise Engaged follows two families bound by a hidden past and the complicated bonds between mothers and daughters.

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February 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM

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Saturdays at the Café

Saturdays at the Café is a weekly feature hosted here to talk about and discuss the books I’ve discovered during the past week, added to my shelf and am excited about reading. They may be new/sched…

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February 1, 2026 at 1:49 PM

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The Weekend Post #192: Weekly Highlights & More! www.thathappyreader.ca/the-weekend-...

The Weekend Post #192: Weekly Highlights & More! - That Happy Reader 🇨🇦

The Weekend Post #192 is a fun look at what I’ve been doing and watching this week as well as a look at the week ahead. Come take a look!

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January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM

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Otherwise Engaged by Susan Mallery #OtherwiseEngaged bluemoodcafe.com/2026/01/30/o...

Otherwise Engaged by Susan Mallery #OtherwiseEngaged

the setup… Victoria Rogers is a stuntwoman who was recently injured, forcing her to move back into her wealthy parents’ home temporarily. While she has a great relationship with her father Milton, …

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January 30, 2026 at 5:37 PM

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January 2026 Wrap Up www.thathappyreader.ca/january-2026...

January 2026 Wrap Up - That Happy Reader 🇨🇦

My January 2026 Wrap Up of books read and reviewed as well as special features posted on the blog! Let me tell you what were our favourites!

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January 30, 2026 at 1:32 PM

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Time Will Tell by Hannah Bonam-Young @authorhannahby @victoriaconnollynarrator @maxim_reston_voice @brilliancepublishing #ImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #TimeWillTell bluemoodcafe.com/2026/01/29/t...

Time Will Tell by Hannah Bonam-Young @authorhannahby @victoriaconnollynarrator @maxim_reston_voice @brilliancepublishing #ImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #TimeWillTell

the setup… Georgia is a history teacher in Toronto who receives a letter from her grandmother following her death. In it she not only discloses that she had an affair with a woman in the 1950s but …

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January 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM

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Book Review: Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin Explores Love, Loss, and Intellectual Freedom #IsThisACryForHelp www.thathappyreader.ca/book-review-...

Book Review: Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin Explores Love, Loss, and Intellectual Freedom #IsThisACryForHelp - That Happy Reader 🇨🇦

Is This a Cry for Help? is a tender, timely story of grief, queer love, book bans, and why libraries matter.

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January 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM

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Can’t Wait Wednesday - Road Trip by Mary Kay Andrews @stmartinspress @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #RoadTrip #CantWaitWednesday bluemoodcafe.com/2026/01/28/c...

Can’t Wait Wednesday – Road Trip by Mary Kay Andrews @stmartinspress @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #RoadTrip #CantWaitWednesday

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have…

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January 28, 2026 at 3:53 PM

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Can’t Wait Wednesday #173: No Matter What by Cara Bastone www.thathappyreader.ca/cant-wait-we...

Can’t Wait Wednesday #173: No Matter What by Cara Bastone - That Happy Reader 🇨🇦

Can’t-Wait Wednesday #173 is a spotlight into a soon to be published book that I’m excited to read! Let me help you add to your bookshelf!

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January 28, 2026 at 1:59 PM

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🎉Happy weekend all!🎉 A new month is knocking on the door and that means today I am sharing what new releases of February I would love to read/buy! I got so many fabulous ones~ ✨

#BookBloggers #Blogging #TBR #Reading #Books #NewReleases #BookSky📚💙

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New Releases I Hope to Read in February 2026

Hi!

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January 24, 2026 at 2:18 PM

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Her Cold Justice by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @saskiaaudio @brilliancepublishing #KeeraDuggan #Her Cold Justice bluemoodcafe.com/2026/01/27/h...

Her Cold Justice by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @saskiaaudio @brilliancepublishing #KeeraDuggan #Her Cold Justice

the setup… Defense attorney Keera Duggan is asked by JP Harrison, her investigator, to take on the case of Michael Westbrook who is accused of murdering a suspected drug smuggler and his girlfriend…

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January 27, 2026 at 9:58 PM

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What Winter Is Asking You to Feel, Not Fix herdigitalcoffee.com/what-winter-...

What Winter Is Asking You to Feel, Not Fix - Her Digital Coffee

The New Year is framed as a time to set goals, make changes, and accomplish more. However, this expectation doesn't always align with how we actually feel during the winter months, especially when ene...

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January 27, 2026 at 2:04 PM

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Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven – Book Review of Fame, Family, and 1960s America #MeetTheNewmans www.thathappyreader.ca/meet-the-new...

Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven – Book Review of Fame, Family, and 1960s America #MeetTheNewmans - That Happy Reader 🇨🇦

Meet the Newmans is a moving look at a 1960s TV family facing secrets, shifting roles, and life beyond the spotlight.

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January 27, 2026 at 1:45 PM

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Mehsi-Hime

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🥰Today I am doing a very fun tag! I am doing the My Life in Books 2025 edition, but there is a twist, I am not doing one, but two of them! Yes! Come check it out~✨

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Books #Reading #BookRecomendation #BookTag #BookSky📚💙

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My Life in Books 2025 Edition

Afternoon all!

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January 22, 2026 at 7:15 PM

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Saturdays at the Café bluemoodcafe.com/2026/01/24/s...

Saturdays at the Café

Saturdays at the Café is a weekly feature hosted here to talk about and discuss the books I’ve discovered during the past week, added to my shelf and am excited about reading. They may be new/sched…

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January 24, 2026 at 3:36 PM

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The Weekend Post #191: Weekly Highlights & More! www.thathappyreader.ca/the-weekend-...

The Weekend Post #191: Weekly Highlights & More! - That Happy Reader 🇨🇦

The Weekend Post #191 is a fun look at what I’ve been doing and watching this week as well as a look at the week ahead. Come take a look!

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January 24, 2026 at 1:21 PM

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Watch Her Disappear by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #WatchHerDisappear bluemoodcafe.com/2026/01/23/w...

Watch Her Disappear by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #WatchHerDisappear

the setup… Detective Josie Quinn and the team are called to a high school prom where the body of a young girl is found. She’s dressed for the occasion except for the stab wound. But, she’s not a st…

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January 23, 2026 at 2:47 PM

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From Page to Screen: Must-See January 2026 Book-to-Film Adaptations www.thathappyreader.ca/from-page-to...

From Page to Screen: Must-See January 2026 Book-to-Film Adaptations - That Happy Reader 🇨🇦

From Page to Screen: Must-See January 2026 Book-to-Film Adaptations highlights books made into films. Have you read any of these books?

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January 23, 2026 at 1:34 PM

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Dead in the Water by John Marrs @johnmarrs.author @willmwatt @elizabethknoweldon @debramichaels @brilliancepublishing #DeadInTheWater bluemoodcafe.com/2026/01/22/d...