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ARC Review: Alone Together- Jennifer Haupt
Title: Alone Together Author: Jennifer Haupt Publisher: Central Avenue Publishing Pages: 288 Rating: 5/5 We can all agree that 2020 has been one of the worst years of our lives. In these unprecedented times full of uncertainty there’s nothing quite like getting lost in the pages of a book. Jennifer haunt did any amazing job…
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ARC Review: When No One is Watching- Alyssa Cole
Title: When No One is Watching Author: Alyssa Cole Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: 368 Rating: 5/5 When ‘No one is Watching’ is a fantastic glimpse into the important issues that has been impacting this country for years, but more importantly that still continues in 2020. If you feel uncomfortable reading it…well you should. Perhaps…
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Blog Tour ARC Review: Road Out of Winter- Alison Stine
Title: Road to of Winter Author: Alison Stine Publisher: Mira books Pages: 320 Rating: 5/5 Wylodine (Wil) lives in Appalachian Ohio where she’s left to tend to her mom’s marijuana farm (imagine inheriting a marijuana farm?) after she up and leaves with her boyfriend. Wil is looking forward to Spring, as is everyone, but for…
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Harlequin Blog Tours ARC Review: The Last Story of Mina Lee- Nancy Jooyoun Kim
Title: The Last Story of Mina Lee Author: Nancy Jooyoun Kim Publisher: Park Row Books Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 ‘The Last Story of Mina Lee’ is one of those stories that sticks with you long after you finished reading it. A mother/daughter story always tugs at my heart strings. When Margot calls her mother while…
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Harlequin Blog Tours ARC Review: Here to Stay- Adriana Herrera
Title: Here to Stay Author: Adriana Herrera Publisher: Carina Press Pages: 393 Rating: 4/5 Here to Stay is my first novel from Adriana Herrera. It was really cute and different from what I’ve been reading lately. Julia is a New Yorker by all standards, but for the last year she’s been living in hot Texas…
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ARC Review: Ordinary Girls- Jaquira Diaz
Title: Ordinary Girls Author: Jaquira Diaz Publisher: Algonquin Books Pages: 336 Rating: 5/5 “Some girls grow up to be the kind of women who fall for men like their fathers. Some girls grow up to be just like them”-Jaquira Diaz Ordinary Girls is a gut wrenching memoir from Jaquira Diaz. Growing up in Puerto Rico…
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WWW Wednesday
Hey guys! It’s WWW Wednesday post. Let’s not forget that WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme created by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. Make sure to give her blog a look as well as others. The three W’S: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you…
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ARC Review: Lies, Lies, Lies- Adele Parks
Title: Lies Lies Lies Author: Adele Parks Publisher: Mira Books Pages: 336 Rating: 4/5 TW/CW: Alcoholism, infertility, sexual abuse Lies Lies Lies was everything it says in the title. I’ve never read a Adele Parks novel, but this one didn’t disappoint (not me anyway). Please be cautious while reading it though, as it contains a…
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