Tag: book review
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 12
My MonticelloAuthor: Jocelyn Nicole JohnsonPublication Date: October 2021Genre: short stories, historical fictionMethod: audiobook via TPL Ugh, it’s hard to rate a collection of stories. This collection starts out this a bang with Control Negro, performed live by LeVar Burton (yes, from Reading Rainbow). It was incredible, so gripping, eerie, and…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 11
The House Across the LakeAuthor: Riley SagerPublication Date: June 2022Genre: thriller, mysteryMethod: signed hardcover Regardless of rating, this book will always have a very special place in my heart. I will read anything and everything Riley Sager writes and I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 10
The Hunting WivesAuthor: May CobbPublication Date: May 2021Genre: thriller, mysteryMethod: hardcover BOTM I can’t help myself, I love rich white women and their unrelatable drama. It’s giving Big Little Lies and Desperate Housewives vibes. Fast paced, juicy, over the top, salacious, and scandalous, jam packed with a cast of selfish…
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2022 TBR // SECOND QUARTER UPDATE
Half way into the year and I’ve read over half of my 2022 TBR! Officially half way through 2022 and I’ve read 16 of the books of my 2022 TBR, making my completion percentage 53.33%. In my first quarter update, I predicted my completion percentage would be between 60-70% at…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 9
Happy People Are AnnoyingAuthor: Josh PeckPublication Date: March 2022Genre: nonfiction, memoirMethod: audiobook via TPL I love throwing (comedic) memoirs into my reading rotation for a change of pace. Like most memoirs, I went into this knowing very little about Josh Peck outside of his time on Nickelodeon. I really enjoyed…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 8
MemphisAuthor: Tara M. Stringfellow Publication Date: April 2022Genre: fiction, historical fictionMethod: hardcover borrowed from TPL This book is recommended for fans of Homegoing and The Vanishing Half, blurbed by both Jacqueline Woodson and Chloe Benjamin, and therefore, was destined to be incredible, and it totally was! Much like Homegoing, I…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 7
The Golden CoupleAuthor: Greer Hendricks and Sarah PekkanenPublication Date: March 2022Genre: thrillerMethod: BOTM hardcover Why did I wait so long to read from Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen?? This was my first read by the author duo and it certainly won’t be my last, I absolutely loved this! I usually…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 6
Malibu RisingAuthor: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publication Date: June 2021Genre: fiction, historical fictionMethod: audiobook borrowed from TPL I’ll be honest, I went into this not expecting to love it but was quickly hooked. And spoiler alert, I have a new favorite TJR. Daisy Jones you have been dethroned! The story opens…
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2022 TBR // FIRST QUARTER UPDATE
A quarter into the year and I’ve read over a third of my 2022 TBR! Only three months into the year and I’ve read 11 of the books on my 2022 TBR, making my completion percentage 36.67%, not bad if I do say so myself! And even better yet, 7…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 5
Call Us What We CarryAuthor: Amanda GormanPublication Date: September 2021Genre: poetryMethod: audiobook via TPL In 2022, I’m on a mission to read more poetry in the hopes to expand my worldview and appreciation for literature. This journey didn’t start out on a high note in 2021, but we are now…
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