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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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ARC Review: The Crowns of Croswald- D.E. Night
Title: The Crowns of Crosswald Author: D.E. Night Publisher: Stories Untold Pages: 314 Rating: 4/5 Ivy is 16 years old.She’s a kitchen maid.She also loses her job and her house.She feels awful, because she already feels like she’s not destined to be anything else but a maid. She wishes to attend “Halls of Ivy” which…
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WWW Wednesday
A weekly meme hosted by Taking on a World of Words. It’s basically answering 3 questions about your current reads, what you recently finished, and what you will possibly be reading next. What are you currently reading? 2. What did you recently finish reading? 3. What do you think you’ll read next?
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Harlequin Blog Tours- ARC Review: Truths I Never Told You- Kelly Rimmer
Title: Truths I Never Told You Author: Kelly Rimmer Publisher: Graydon House Pages: 352 Rating: 5/5 “‘Everything changes’ was his consolation when things were rough. It was his reminder to stay humble when things were good”.-Beth, Things I Never Told You TW/CW: Post-Partum Depression, InfertilityBeth is the youngest of three. She has two older brothers…
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ARC Review: Fallible- Kyle Bradford Jones
Title: Fallible Author: Kyle Bradford Jones Publisher: Black Rose Writing Pages: 348 Rating: 4/5 I chose to read this book because of the title and blurb. As a person who suffers from clinical depression and generalized anxiety disorder myself, it’s always refreshing to read about others who suffer from the same issues. Fallible is a doctor’s…
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ARC Review: Becoming-Renaada Williams
Title: Becoming Author: Renaada Williams Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pages: 152 Rating: 5/5 Becoming is a collection of short poems by Renaada Williams. The poetry she’s written has themes of heartbreak, mental health issues, being a person of color in America, feminism, and self-love. I can resonate with some of the poems, and I had a…
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ARC Review: Smash it- Francina Simone
Title: Smash It Author: Francina Simone Publisher: Inkyard Press Pages: N/A Rating: 5/5 I jumped into this novel without knowing who Francina Simone was. I saw this cover and and the blurb and I knew I had to read it. Francina Simone did amazing delivering this masterpiece that deals with major issues that teenagers deal with…
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ARC Review: What Kind of Girl- Alyssa B. Sheinmel
Title: What Kind of Girl Author: Alyssa Sheinmel Publisher: Sourcebooks Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 TW/CW: Self-harm, bulimia, homophobia, drug use, abuseWhat kind of girl is one of those books that hits you hard and leaves you thinking about it long after you’ve read it. There were many times I needed to take a break and…
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ARC Review: Doctored- Polly A. Magena
Title: Doctored Author: Polly A. Magena Publisher: Matador Pages: 496 Rating: 4/5 Doctored is a true story.Please be warned there’s a lot of strong content here so read at your own risk.It’s always hard to write a review up on someone’s personal experience…especially of this caliber.The story starts off with Polly describing her life as…
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ARC Review: Hunting Charles Manson- Lis Wiehl
Title: Hunting Charles Manson Author: Lis Wiehl Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pages: 336 Rating: 2/5 When I saw this book on NetGalley, I was so stoked because I’m a huge true crime buff and I figured it would shed some new light into the Charles Manson and the family case, but it was all the same…
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