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Blog Tour ARC Review: The Fortunate Ones- Ed Tarkington
Title: The Fortunate Ones Author: Ed Tarkington Publisher: Algonquin Books Pages: 320 Rating: 5/5 The Fortunate Ones takes place in Nashville, Tennessee. The book does an amazing job showing you self awareness and how the white elite are in the south. Charlie has had a pretty rough childhood. He grew up in a poor area in…
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Review: I Stop Somewhere- T.E. Carter
Title: I Stop Somewhere Author: T.E. Carter Publisher: Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan Pages: 320 Rating: 5/5 “Nobody ever wants to be inconvenienced by all the things that happen to girls.” ― T.E. Carter, I Stop Somewhere TW/CW: Name calling, slut shaming, body shaming, bullying, sexual assault, physical assault, victim blaming “I Stop Somewhere has left me speechless.…
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Review: Felix Ever After- Kacen Callender
Title: Felix Ever After Author: Kacen Callender Publisher: Balzer & Bray Pages: 354 Rating: 5/5 I’m trying to convey into words the emotions that I felt after reading ‘Felix Ever After’. Often times I found myself overwhelmed with emotion and thinking about this book at all hours of the day (I’m not even exaggerating). There…
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Reindeer Readathon 2020-TBR
Hey all! I’m a bit late with this blog post, but I’m happy to announce that I’m taking part in the ‘Reindeer Readathon hosted by Breakeven Books. This is how it works. There’s 9 Team Prompts all based on Santa’s Reindeer and are worth different points. The 9 prompts are below: Dasher- 15pts: A book…
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Blog Tour ARC Review: Big Girl, Small Town- Michelle Gallen
Title: Big Girl, Small Town Author: Michelle Gallen Publisher: Algonquin Books Pages: 320 Rating: 5/5 Majella is a 20 something year old young lady who lives in a small Irish town. She lives with her alcoholic mother. Her father has been absent from the better part of her life, and unfortunately she just found out…
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Blog Tour ARC Review: Pretending- Holly Bourne
Title: Pretending Author: Holly Bourne Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Pages: 438 Rating: 5/5 TW/CW: Sexual Assault/Rape I’ve never read a Holly Bourne novel, but this book really hits you in the feels. I will warn you the subject manner is really heavy. April has gone through a lot, especially in relationships and it has made…
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Review: The Super Secret Book- Tian En
Title: The Super Secret Book Author: Tian En Publisher: Independently Published Pages: 248 Rating: 5/5 “Diamond City is famous for three things. The sale of chewing gum is banned, each citizen’s first and last name starts with the same letter, and most importantly, we have the Super Secret”. I’ve had ‘The Super Secret Book’ on…
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ARC Review: Lyrics & Curses- Candace Robinson
Title: Lyrics & Curses Author: Candace Robinson Publisher: Midnight Tide Publishing Pages: N/A Rating: 5/5 “Lyrics and Curses” is a amazing 80’s inspired novel. There’s awesome music, there’s paranormal elements, romance, and lots of adult and teenager drama. When I saw the beautiful cover, I just knew I had to get my hands on it.…
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ARC Review: Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters- Emily Carpenter
Title: Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters Author: Emily Carpenter Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Pages: 332 Rating: 4/5 ‘Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters’ is a southern gothic tale. Eve’s grandmother, Dove, was a faith healer who allegedly had a shady past. She worked in tent revivals in the 1930’s. Dove weirdly was born in a psychiatric hospital and…
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Blog Tour ARC Review: Foreshadow- Emily X.R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma
Title: Foreshadow Author: Emily X.R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Pages: 352 Rating: 4/5 I went into this book a little nervous because I don’t really read short stories a lot, and I really never heard of any of these authors….buttttt…that’s the point. To bring more attention to diverse authors in…
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