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Book Review: Pretty Girls Never Lie (St. Mary's #5) by S.J. Sylvis
Spending my summer at St. Mary’s Boarding School isn’t the same without my friends. I knew it wouldn’t be. What I don’t expect is to see her again. Isla Ransford. The last time I saw Isla, I gave her one rule to follow: become invisible. Four years later, she shows up at St. Mary’s and is anything but invisible. The only logical solution is for me to ignore her—resist her. When I find out why…
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bookish-wanderer · 4 months
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Book Review: Sticks and Stones (Shadow Valley U #1) by S. Massery & S.J. Sylvis
Sticks and stones may break our bones… Hockey is my life. After Wren Davis puts my dreams of the NHL in jeopardy, I vow to make her life hell if she ever comes near me again. But she’s my best friend’s foster sister, and even though they don’t live together anymore, their bond is still tight, which makes avoiding each other extra difficult. Especially when I show up at Shadow Valley…
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bookish-wanderer · 5 months
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Book Review: Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2) by Rebecca Yarros
“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” —Xaden Riorson Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already…
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bookish-wanderer · 5 months
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Blog Tour: Plot Twist by Erin La Rosa
Hiya, bookish peeps! It’s me again with another blog tour! Who am I even? Today I’m featuring another contemporary, grumpy/sunshine, and best friend’s brother tropes of a romcom called “Plot Twist” by Erin La Rosa, the author of “For Butter or Worse,” one of my favorite reads in 2022. Read ahead to see what I think about this new release, will ya? Continue reading Untitled
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bookish-wanderer · 5 months
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Blog Tour: The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead
Hello, bookish people! Happy Summer! Welcome to my first blog tour of 2023!! Today I’m bringing you a lovely, light-hearted romcom by Ashley Winstead called “The Boyfriend Candidate,” which will certainly brighten up your summer. Without further ado, let’s get started, shall we? Continue reading Untitled
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bookish-wanderer · 5 months
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Blog Tour: What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
Hello, bookish friends! Welcome to my blog tour for a lovely, insightful book published by Hanover Square Press, an imprint of Harper Collins, called “What You Are Looking For Is in the Library!” It’s a modern world setting Japanese award-winning bestseller and is now translated into several languages all around the world. That being said, I’m beyond thrilled to share more about the book and my…
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bookish-wanderer · 5 months
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Book Review & Excerpt: Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan
Sparks fly when an occult expert and a disgraced archeologist become rivals with benefits in this steamy opposites-attract romance from “go-to author” Rosie Danan (The New York Times Book Review). Riley Rhodes finally has the chance to turn her family’s knack for the supernatural into a legitimate business when she’s hired to break the curse on an infamous Scottish castle. Used to working alone…
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bookish-wanderer · 6 months
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Book Review & Book Rec: Ice Bet (Bexley U #2) by S.J. Sylvis
She’s the coach’s daughter and his rival’s newest target. Aasher Matthews is everything I detest. Arrogant jock: check. Coy smirk: check. Too hot for his own good: check. To make matters worse, he plays hockey. Unfortunately for him, my father is his coach. Fortunately for me, I’m deemed untouchable. The only common ground I have with hockey players is our love of the ice, so staying away from…
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bookish-wanderer · 7 months
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Book Review & Recommendation: Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome #2) by Sarah Adams
Annie Walker is on a quest to find her perfect match-someone who nicely compliments her happy, quiet life running her flower shop in Rome, Kentucky. Unfortunately, she worries her goal might be too far out of reach when she overhears her date saying she is “sounbelievably boring.” Is it too late to become flirtatious and fun like the leading ladies in her favorite romance movies? Maybe she only…
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bookish-wanderer · 7 months
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Book Review: Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat…
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bookish-wanderer · 8 months
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Book Review: The Problem with Perfect (Cedar Point #3) by Jillian Liota
Bellamy Mitchell is a meticulous planner. When her old flame returns to Cedar Point engaged, blowing apart her vision for the future, she claims to have a serious boyfriend. The problem? The first single guy she can think of is her brother’s much older, closed-off best friend. Rusty Fuller likes to keep people at a distance. He’s been through enough to know that letting anyone too close is a…
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bookish-wanderer · 8 months
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New Book Spotlight: Singlets and Secrets (Unveiling Aiden #1) by Joe Chianakas
Title: Singlets and Secrets Series: Unveiling Aiden Total instalments: 4 Author: Joe Chianakas Genres: Young Adult, LGBTQIA+, Romance, Loners & Outcasts Fiction, Coming-of-Age Publisher: Mad Cat Release Date: August 29th, 2023 Blurb: Dripping with raw emotion, unexpected twists, and more than a dash of hope, Singlets and Secrets isn’t just more high school drama. It’s a deep dive into…
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bookish-wanderer · 9 months
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Book Review: Stay Alive (Stay Awake duology #2) by Audrey Francis-Plante
Defeating the Shroud was one thing. Adjusting to life without rest vials is another. Farren Bray is slowly learning to deal with the guilt and trauma attached to her sleep. She’s finding her place at the fields with Easton when someone she was hoping she’d never see again contacts her. Theo. After running from the ISRR with Geoffrey’s research, he’s now developing a new product that requires…
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bookish-wanderer · 1 year
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Book Review: Weak Side (Bexley U #1) by S.J. Sylvis
He’s the hottest hockey player in the nation, and I just agreed to be his fake girlfriend. Theo Brooks is hard not to notice. With his coy smirk, rock-hard abs, and skilled agility on the ice, he’s the cockiest of all the jocks and, unfortunately for me, my new roommate. When Admissions mixes up my first and last name and I end up living in the male dorms, I feel my perfectly tied schedule…
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bookish-wanderer · 1 year
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Book Review: House of Pounding Hearts (The Kingdom of Crows #2) by Olivia Wildenstein
I MEANT TO CAPTURE THE PRINCE’S HEART . . . AND ENDED UP WITH A KING’S. My desire to sit upon the Lucin throne led me to revive an ancient, winged monarch; one I deemed a friend until that friend duped and imprisoned me. Lorcan claims he’s holding me captive for my own safety, but then he also claims I belong to him. Slumbering for five centuries has evidently given the Crow King severe…
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bookish-wanderer · 1 year
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Book Review: Crybaby (Revenge is Sweet #1) by Monica James & Michelle Lancaster
Book Review: Crybaby (Revenge is Sweet #1) by Monica James & Michelle Lancaster
My name is Rev. I like long walks on the beach. A neat scotch. And I like stealing from rich losers who have no idea the town’s Big Bad Wolf screwed their wives six ways to Sunday. Such a scandal, indeed. I have one end goal—to get out of this town. I’m a loner. And that’s by choice. People aren’t really my thing. That is…until I meet her. The little firecracker who sets more than my soul…
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bookish-wanderer · 1 year
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Book Review: Heartless Boys Never Kiss (St. Mary's #4) by S.J. Sylvis
Book Review: Heartless Boys Never Kiss (St. Mary’s #4) by S.J. Sylvis
Sloane He’s my best friend’s brother, and he’s completely deranged. Dark, disturbed, and hell-bent on making my life as his new tutor an actual living nightmare, he’s the enemy I should shy away from. Secrets are locked behind my red lips, just as his are concealed by his pressed tie and crisp school uniform. We are more alike than either of us are willing to admit. Tobias says heartless boys…
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