Tag: book review
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 4
WillAuthor: Will Smith, Mark MansonPublication Date: November 2021Genre: nonfiction, biographyMethod: audiobook via TPL Going into this memoir, I knew next to nothing about Will Smith other than he was born and raised in west Philadelphia, but doesn’t everybody know that? Let me tell you what – I haven’t been able…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3
Greenwich ParkAuthor: Katherine FaulknerPublication Date: January 2022Genre: thriller, mysteryMethod: hardcover borrowed from TPL I’m not usually the biggest fan of domestic thrillers but I devoured this debut by author Katherine Faulkner! Personally I loved the slow pace of this thriller, getting to know the main characters, their connections to one…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2
The Girl Who DiedAuthor: Ragnar JónassonPublication Date: November 2018Genre: mystery, thriller Method: audiobook via TPL Picked this up on whim because it fit for January’s #buzzword prompt (who, what, where, when, why, and how), and it was available as an audiobook, which was definitely a good call because there’s no…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1
A Flicker in the DarkAuthor: Stacey WillinghamPublication Date: January 2022Genre: mystery, thrillerMethod: BOTM hardcover And to begin, story time. In June of 2021, in a small independent bookstore in Michigan, I found myself in conversation with a lovely woman pre-ordering a debut thriller written by her niece set to release…
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2021 TBR // FOURTH QUARTER UPDATE + CONCLUSION
Toggle the bar below back and forth to see the progress i made throughout 2021! Back in 2020 when I made this list of books to read in 2021, I didn’t really expect to read them all, so to read 25 of the 30 is a huge success. That brings…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 17
A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list for books to come ViciousAuthor: V. E. SchwabPublication Date: September 2013Genre: fantasy, science fiction Method: personal paperback This is the story of two college friends who force upon themselves superpowers, but don’t…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 16
A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list for books to come The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoAuthor: Taylor Jenkins ReidPublication Date: July 2017Genre: historical fiction, romance, LGBTMethod: paperback borrowed from TPL Let’s just state the obvious, this book has…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 15
A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list for books to come MemorialAuthor: Bryan WashingtonPublication Date: October 2020Genre: fiction, LGBTMethod: audiobook via TPL, hardcover BOTM It was a strong start for me, but inevitably, it fell flat, but I’m fairly…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 14
A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list for books to come A Slow Fire BurningAuthor: Paula HawkinsPublication Date: August 2021Genre: thriller, mysteryMethod: hardcover borrowed from TPL I had really high expectations for this one after obsessing and loving Hawkins’…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP 2021 // THIRD QUARTER UPDATE
Excuse me while I pick up my jaw from the floor. Here we are, at the closure of the third quarter of 2021! In this post I’ll be sharing all 64 books I’ve read this year, an update on the facts and figures from the past 9 months, and reflecting…
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