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Blog Tour Stop & Giveaway: Maddie Dawson’s Matchmaking for Beginners!
Welcome to one of stops on the Thomas Allen & Son blog tour for Maddie Dawson’s latest adult fiction release, Matchmaking for Beginners! Read on for my thoughts on the novel as well as giveaway information! Matchmaking for Beginners by Maddie Dawson Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Thomas Allen & Son. Thank you! Publication: June 1, Read more
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Reviews: Kate Messner’s Breakout & Sarah Crossan’s Moonrise
Review posts featuring a children’s lit title and young adult lit title don’t often (if ever!) appear on this site. However, after reading Kate Messner’s Breakout (the children’s title) and Sarah Crossan’s Moonrise (the young adult title) in succession, I thought it might be interesting to pair them together in a review. Both titles deal Read more
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Must Read Monday (82): Titles from Emily Carpenter, Tayari Jones, Matt Haig, Rumaan Alam & more!
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! You may have noticed that these Must Read Monday posts Read more
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Review: Missing Mike by Shari Green
Review: Missing Mike by Shari Green Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Pajama Press. Thank you! Publication: May 11, 2018 by Pajama Press (in Canada) Book Description: He’s a rescue, a mutt. Maybe there’s a little golden retriever in him, although he’s not exactly pretty. He’s had a run-in with coyotes and he’s missing an eye. But Read more
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Review: Knockout by K.A. Holt
Review: Knockout by K.A. Holt Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: March 6, 2018 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Levi just wants to be treated like a typical kid. As a baby, he had a serious disease that caused him respiratory issues. He’s fine now, but his mom and overprotective brother still Read more
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Review: A Murder for the Books (A Blue Ridge Library Mystery #1) by Victoria Gilbert
Review: A Murder for the Books (A Blue Ridge Library Mystery #1) by Victoria Gilbert Source: ARC courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: December 12, 2017 by Crooked Lane Books Book Description: Fleeing a disastrous love affair, university librarian Amy Webber moves in with her aunt in a quiet, historic mountain town in Read more
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Must Read Monday (81): Supriya Kelkar, Natasha Farrant, Ashley Herring Blake & more!
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: middle grade titles! A mix of Read more
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Review: P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy
Review: P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: March 6, 3018 by Feiwel & Friends Book Description: Evie is heartbroken when her strict Catholic parents send her pregnant sister, Cilla, away to stay with a distant great-aunt. All Evie wants is for her older sister to Read more
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Review: A Grave Issue (A Funeral Parlor Mystery #1) by Lillian Bell
A Grave Issue (A Funeral Parlor Mystery #1) by Lillian Bell Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: February 13, 2018 by Crooked Lane Books Book Description: After an on-air gaffe goes viral and jeopardizes her career, journalist Desiree Turner retreats home to Verbena, California for some peace and quiet. She begins Read more
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Review: No One Can Know (A Stillwater General Mystery #2) by Lucy Kerr
Review: No One Can Know (A Stillwater General Mystery #2) by Lucy Kerr Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Expected publication: February 13, 2018 by Crooked Lane Books Book Description: When a pregnant car crash victim arrives at Stillwater General, ER nurse Frankie Stapleton and the team must work swiftly to deliver Read more
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