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ARC Review: Breath Like Water- Anna Jarzab
Title: Breath Like Water Author: Anna Jarzab Publisher: Inkyard Press Pages: 416 Rating: 5/5 As a person whose only known swimming all her life and wanting to be in the olympics, Susannah fears her body is slowing her down as she gets older. She thinks about the championship she won at 14 years old and…
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ARC Review: As Much As I Ever Could- Brandy Woods Snow
Title: As Much as I Ever Could Author: Brandy Woods Snow Publisher: Files Vertes Publishing Pages: 300 Rating: 5/5 This is my first Brandy Woods Snow novel and I have to admit she’s easily become a fave author of mine now. The story was amazing. Snow is a great writer. Her descriptions throughout her writing…
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Harlequin Blog Tours-ARC Review: Sister Dear- Hannah Mary McKinnon
Title: Sister Dear Author: Hannah Mary McKinnon Publisher: Mira Books Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 Yet another amazing thriller that I have to add to my physical book library. Eleanor was raised by a toxic mother. She suffers from crappy self-esteem, she’s antisocial, and dislikes her body thanks to all the body shaming her evil mother…
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Review: The Kingdom of Grape- Raimo Strangis
Title: The Kingdom of Grape Author: Raimo Strangis Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Pages: 84 Rating: 5/5 We meet Donnie Drake in the beginning of the story. It talks about the kingdom he’s from: “The Kingdom of Grape”. As with anything, The Kingdom of Grape was separated by wealth and stature. Donnie lost his parents…
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Review: Beneath The Surface- Erna Grcic
Title: Beneath the Surface Author: Erna Grcic Publisher: Self Publish Pages: N/A Rating: 5/5 While reading the amazing poetry written on these pages all I can think about is how beautiful and haunting this book was. The poet did an amazing job delivering raw emotions that you the reader could also feel…and that’s the point.…
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Sneak Peek Spotlight(Blog Tour) Ordinary Girls- Jaquira Diaz
I was very happy to see that I was contacted to take part in the blog tour for Ordinary Girls- Jaquira Diaz (winner of the Whiting Award). I wanted to give you a sneak peek into this amazing memoir. It’s coming out June 16th in paperback edition by Algonquin Books. This book has so many…
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ARC Review: This is How I Lied- Heather Gudenkauf
Title: This is How I Lied Author: Heather Gudenkauf Publisher: Park Row Pages: 336 Rating: 5/5 Holy wow!This the first novel that I have read from Heather Gudenkauf and it will definitely not be the last one. This book really kept me on the edge of my seat. I can’t even begin to put into…
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ARC Review: The Apartment- K.L. Slater
Title: The Apartment Author: K.L. Slater Publisher: Thomas and Mercer Pages: 266 Rating: 4/5 We meet Freya whose in a pinch at the beginning of the book. Her husband Lewis passed away. She’s paid off all their debt and sold the house they had together. Freya and her daughter Skye need to move out ASAP…
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ARC Review: Child of Nod- C.W. Snyder
Title: Child of Nod Author: C.W. Snyder Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press Pages: 274 Rating: 4/5 “Once upon a time, there was a girl who was dead”. What a way to start a story huh? This book adds a dark spin to the story of Alice in Wonderland. Synder takes on a journey in the afterlife in…
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Review: Westcott High- Sarah Mello
Title: Westcott High Author: Sarah Mello Publisher: Seven Plus Five Publishing Pages: 379 Rating: 5/5 After the crazy events that have followed Sonny Carter because of her sister Lana Carter, Sonny is out to make a name for herself. Sonny is a student at Westcott High School. WH is a prestigious school where everything is…
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