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Posted on September 18, 2025November 19, 2025 by sweetcleanreads

Listen, enough with the Dual vs. Duet narration debate. All audiobooks should be read by one narrator who is forced to make all of the voices for each character, the way God intended.

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Joke of the Day 9/17/25

Posted on September 17, 2025September 17, 2025 by sweetcleanreads

My toxic trait is telling people I’m down for anything when in reality I’ve already picked out a book to read and have zero intention of leaving the couch.

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Joke of the Day-9/16/25

Posted on September 16, 2025September 16, 2025 by sweetcleanreads

The PR department for Fall is unrivaled, leaves are literally falling to their deaths and we’re all just like, “Oh, how cozy. I’ll have more pumpkin flavored everything please.” At this point, I’m convinced the PR team is just a bunch of white girls with a pumpkin spice addiction watching Gilmore Girls for the 58th…

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You Look Happier

Posted on September 15, 2025September 15, 2025 by sweetcleanreads

I’ve been loving the “You Look Happier” trend on Instagram, this is my version of that.  If you aren’t familiar with this trend it looks something like this:  A video of a person living their every day life plays in the background and the words “You look happier” appear over the video. It’s meant as…

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Joke of the Day-9/13/25

Posted on September 13, 2025November 19, 2025 by sweetcleanreads

Nothing hits harder than an American pioneer days historical romance + marriage of convenience where he takes her to the mercantile and is like, “Girl, get you a new dress and a coat for winter.” And she’s like, “I could never.” and even though he didn’t even want to get married in the first place…

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Romance Books That Are Actually Good & Not Cringey (Low & No Spice Edition)

Posted on September 9, 2025August 28, 2025 by sweetcleanreads

No spice, and low spice, and high spice — oh my! What does it even mean? Spice is a term to refused to the amount of sexually explicit content in a romance book. In this article we’re going to focus on books with no to low spice (think Hallmark level kissing up to something that’s…

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Why Is It So Hard To Find Clean Books? + 7 Clean Romances You Must Read

Posted on August 11, 2025August 29, 2025 by sweetcleanreads

Why is it so hard to find clean books? I think it comes down to one BIG reason: You don’t know where to look for clean books. Because there’s actually A LOT of clean books available and in just about every genre. And many of them are good. Like really, really good. Like keep you…

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Sweet & Clean Reads Review: Brynn & Sebastian Hate Each Other by Bethany Turner

Posted on July 26, 2025July 26, 2025 by sweetcleanreads

I have to say, before reading (or listening to) Brynn & Sebastian Hate Each Other, I’ve been firmly in the “enemies to lovers don’t exist in romcoms” camp. I mean, how high could the stakes really be? It’s a romcom! But, Bethany Turner has made me a believer because Brynn & Sebastian really did hate…

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Behind the Scenes of Summer on the Ropes

Posted on July 17, 2025August 11, 2025 by sweetcleanreads

Now that my first official piece of flash fiction has been published, I thought I’d share a little behind the scenes about the story. This blog post might contain affiliate links, which means when you purchase through my link I earn a commission at no additional charge to you. You can click here to read more…

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My First Flash Fiction Piece Has Been Published!

Posted on July 15, 2025August 11, 2025 by sweetcleanreads

My very first flash fiction piece has been published!! Okay, technically it’s my second piece of flash fiction. I wrote a piece earlier this year to submit to Spark Flash Fiction, it was rejected so I put it on my blog. You can read it here. But I don’t count that one. Not because I…

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