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ARC Review: A Killer Motive- Hannah Mary McKinnon
Title: A Killer Motive Author: Hannah Mary McKinnon Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing/ MIRA Pages: 400 Type/Format: E-book Rating: 5/5 Stella and her brother grew up in a strict household. One summer before his 18th birthday, after a night of bickering back and fourth with his mom and her not letting him out, Stella decides to…
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ARC Review: The Dating Prohibition- Taj McCoy
Title: The Dating Prohibition Author: Taj McCoy Publisher: Mira Pages: 320 Type/Format: E-Book Rating: 4/5 Thank you to Harlequin trade, Netgalley, and HarperCollins publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I’m so happy to be able to participate in the HTP Books Fall 2025 Blog Tour featuring: ‘The Dating…
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Book Review: The Banned Books Club- Brenda Novak
Title: The Banned books Club Author: Brenda Novak Publisher: MIRA Pages: 352 Type/Format: Hardcover (Library) Rating: 5/5 TW/CW: Sexual Abuse against a minor, Domestic Abuse, Terminal Illness, violence Gia Rossi left her hometown of Wakefield, Iowa 17 years ago after graduating. She decided to back pack to Alaska and ended up opening up a shop…
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Book Review: Who’s Yehoodi?- Sam Selvaggio
Title: Who’s Yehoodi? The Man that wasn’t there Author: Sam Selvaggio Publisher: Solstice Publishing Pages: 296 Type/Format: Paperback (Gifted) (Owned) Rating: 5/5 TW/CW: War, Racism, Racial Slurs, Violence, violence against family ‘Who’s Yehoodi’? was a fantastic novel set in Harlem in the 1940’s in the height of racial controversy and war. The novel is based…
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ARC Review: Fatty Fatty Boom Boom- Rabia Chaudry
Title: Fatty Fatty Boom Boom Author: Rabia Chaudry Publisher: Algonquin Books Pages: 352 Type/Format: Paperback (ARC) (Owned) Rating: 5/5 I was intrigued when I saw this title pop up on a blog tour I was doing. The cover, the blurb, and the genre were definitely a draw as well. As someone who grew up around…
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Book Review: Fake It Till You Bake It- Jaime Wesley
Title: Fake It Till You Bake It Author: Jaime Wesley Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Pages: 328 Type/Format: Paperback (owned) Rating: 5/5 I originally saw ‘Fake It Till You Bake It’ on social media and immediately knew I needed to read it. I mean who can resist a cute, vibrant, and yummy cover? It was a…
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Book Review: The Sentinels: Fortunes of War- Gordon Zuckerman
Title: The Sentinels: Fortunes of War Author: Gordon Zuckerman Publisher: Self Publish Pages: 300 Normally I do not pick up historical fiction books. I decided to give this one a chance because the blurb sounded interesting.In the midst of a financial downfall in the 1930’s, a group of graduates from an elite program at University…
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ARC Review: Baby Bandage and his first aid family- Laurie Zelinger
Title: Baby Bandage and his first aid family Author: Laurie Zelinger Publisher: Love Healing Press Pages: 28 Baby Bandage lived on a shelf in a store with his close family. Mom and dad, and his two older siblings in a cardboard box. I’m the same area lived some cousins: Elastic bandage, gauze bandage, sterile gloves,…
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ARC Review: Colton’s Terrible Wonderful Year- Vincent Meis
Title: Colton’s Terrible Wonderful Year Author: Vincent Meis Publisher: Spectrum Books Format: e-book Pages: 239 “Colton’s Terrible Wonderful Year” is centered around 14 year old Colton who lives in San Francisco with his two dads. He discovers acceptance, first love, deception, and disappointment all within a year. His trip to Thailand was one of self-discovery…
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Book Review: Over my Dead Body- Greg Melville
Title: Over my Dead body Author: Greg Melville Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Format: Hardcover (Library) Pages: 272 Cemeteries have always been a fear of mine. I never liked to walk past them because I thought the dead would become like zombies and come eat me, but I was always really intrigued by them. From very…
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