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I’m the admin behind the scenes, a lifelong reader with an unshakable love for good stories, curious minds, and thoughtful conversations. Whether you're a fan of heartwarming fiction, investigative nonfiction, translated literature, or buzzy new releases, you’ll find something here that speaks to your reader's soul. I launched BooksAndUs to be more than just another book blog. This space is a curated community for people who don’t just read books—they live them, think about them, talk about them, and pass them on. Every review, list, and feature is written with care, personality, and a deep respect for readers and writers alike.

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Book Review: Malibu Rising — Compulsively Readable, Emotionally Sophisticated

Books & Us EditorDecember 27, 2025

It is glamorous without being shallow, emotional without being manipulative, and deeply satisfying without being neat.

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Book review Contemporary fiction Romance

Book Review: Beach Read — Smart, Tender, and Emotionally Honest

Books & Us EditorDecember 27, 2025

Emily Henry delivers a novel that understands the complexity of the human heart—and trusts readers to feel it all.

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Book Review: Happy Place — What Comes After “Happily Ever After”

Books & Us EditorDecember 27, 2025

It is a tender, introspective romance about love, timing, and the beauty of choosing. There are no easy answers, but it offers understanding.

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Book Review: How to Read Numbers – Making Sense of the Stats That Shape Our World

Books & Us EditorDecember 26, 2025

If you want a book that will make you smarter, calmer, and a little harder to fool, How to Read Numbers is one you shouldn’t miss.

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Book Review: Aunty Lee’s Chilled Revenge — A Series That Keeps Getting Better

Books & Us EditorDecember 26, 2025

Aunty Lee’s Chilled Revenge proves that some grudges age poorly — and some sleuths only get better with time.

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Book Review: Tokyo Express — Sharp Puzzle with Cultural Depth

Books & Us EditorDecember 25, 2025

Seichō Matsumoto has crafted more than a mystery—it’s an inquiry into order, memory and movement.

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Book Review: Rental Person Who Does Nothing — A Book About Presence

Books & Us EditorDecember 22, 2025

A tender, philosophical, and unexpectedly moving book about presence, loneliness, and the quiet power of simply being there.

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Book Review: Convenience Store Woman — Brilliant, Unsettling, & Quietly Radical

Books & Us EditorDecember 22, 2025

Convenience Store Woman is a modern classic that dares to imagine a life outside the script — and treats that life with profound respect.

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Book Review: Crying in H Mart — A Memoir That Begins With Hunger and Ends With Belonging

Books & Us EditorDecember 22, 2025

A beautiful, devastating, and profoundly human memoir that deserves its place among the most important books of recent years.

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Book Review: 8 Rules of Love — A Book That Feels Like Homecoming

Books & Us EditorDecember 18, 2025

It does what the best self-help books rarely manage: it connects the emotional with the existential.

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