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  • Book Review: All the Living and the Dead- Hayley Campbell

    Title: All the Living and the Dead Author: Hayley Campbell Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover (Library) Pages: 288 I picked up this book while visiting my local library. I absolutely am obsessed with books that deal with mortuary science in some way or form. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because I’m highly fascinated…

  • Hello!!

    Hello Eeveryone! Wow. It’s been a REALLLLYYY long time. It’s been about a year (maybe more) since I wrote a blog or a review. I do apologize. I kind of fell out of reading for about a year and a half. It truly wasn’t starting to feel very overwhelming and pressuring. I was struggling keeping…

  • ARC Review: Finding Bryan- Matthew Kesselman

    Title: Finding Bryan Author: Matthew Kesselman Publisher: Novel Novels Pages: 310 Rating: 5/5 TW/CW: homophobic comments, death of a parent, cancer talk, micro aggressions  Gosh, there’s so much to say about this amazing and well-written contemporary. First of all I will warn you that you will not like Forrest Wilcox. He’s grumpy, self-absorbed, and overall…

  • ARC Review: Enduring Freedom- Trent Reedy & Jawad Arash

    Title: Enduring Freedom Author: Trent Reedy & Jawad Arash Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Pages: 352 Rating: 5/5 Enduring Freedom is a fictional YA book based on the horrific events that took place on 9/11/2001. I remember where I was when the planes hit. I was in global history class in High School. I saw the…

  • Review: Dylan McFinn & The Temple of the Four Winds

    Title: Dylan McFinn and The Temple of the Four Winds Author: Liam Jenkins Publisher: Self Pages: 244 Rating: 5/5 Finally!I’ve finished the second installment in the Dylan McFinn series. I was anxiously waiting to see what adventure and trouble Dylan and his brother Axneus were going to get into next.  The story starts off where…

  • ARC Review: The Woman With The Blue Star- Pam Jenoff

    Title: The Woman With The Blue Star Author: Pam Jenoff Publisher: Park Row Pages: 336 Rating: 5/5 Imagine living in perpetual fear everyday because of your race. Imagine hoping that your family wasn’t next. Imagine getting the opportunity to go and try to escape those that wish you harm. Eighteen year old Sadie Gault and…

  • Review: In Your Face- Shari Graydon

    Title: In Your Face Author: Shari Graydon Publisher: Annick Press Pages:172 Rating: 5/5 ‘In Your Face’ is a fantastic look into the beauty world. The positives, the negatives, and the controversies behind it. For years the beauty industry has been changing, with standards that are beyond impossible to reach. Many young women are sucked into…

  • ARC Review: Curby- Alyssa Lynn

    Title: Curby Author: Alyssa Lynn Publisher: Self-Published Pages: 54 Rating: 5/5 I’m going to warn you right now you’ll need some tissues for this one. I made the mistake of reading this at 9am only to end up in a mess of tears. Curby is a short story in the POV of Golden Retriever. He’s…

  • Blog Tour ARC Review: The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman- Julietta Henderson

    Title: The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman Author: Julietta Henderson Publisher: Mira Books Pages: 400 Rating: 5/5 When you’re twelve years old and your best friend dies life can be very hard. Norman Foreman loses his best friend Jax suddenly and he is left with a empty hole in his heart. Jax was an amazing…

  • Review: The Existence of Amy- Lana Grace Riva

    Title: The Existence of Amy Author: Lana Grace Riva Publisher: Independently Published Pages: 283 Rating: 5/5 Trigger Warning: OCD, Depression, Social Anxiety, Anxiety ‘The Existence of Amy’ does an amazing job showing you the everyday life and the stresses that Amy goes through. Amy has a full-time job, has her own home, and tries to maintain…

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