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A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston // Book Review

If you’ve ever wanted to find a fictional world somewhere in the real world, then this is the romance for you. Thanks to Berkley for the gifted read. Here’s more about A Novel Love Story Eileen Merriweather loves to get lost in a good happily-ever-after. The fictional kind, anyway. Because at least imaginary men don’t leave you at the altar. She feels safe in a book. At home. Which might be why…

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Funny Story by Emily Henry // Book Review

I’m a huge fan of Emily Henry and the newest from her has been such a delight! Here’s more about Funny Story Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually…

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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu // Book Review

I’m a huge fan of stories full of character-driven energy, filled with science fiction tropes, and pulls on your heart in that way only a good science fiction story that wants you to believe in humanity again could ever do. Here’s more about How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe A story of a son searching for his father . . . through quantum space–time. Minor Universe 31 is a vast…

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Happily Never After by Lynn Painter // Book Review

There was something about the premise that really drew me to this book; a set of wedding objectors that go around stopping weddings before they tie the knot. But what you get is so much more and at the same time, not enough. Here’s more about Happily Never After When Sophie Steinbeck finds out just before her nuptials that her fiancé has cheated yet again, she desperately wants to call it off.…

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick // Book Review

My first PKD and I don’t think it’ll be my last. Reading a book that’s supposed to be set in the future, but that future is 2021 and it’s now 2024…that’s a bit weird, but I don’t think PKD skimped in any way on its science fiction-y components or its even bigger themes. Here’s more about Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere…

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The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown // Book Review

I’m off on a wibbley wobbley timey wimey adventure with this one! Thanks to William Morrow Books for the gifted copy. Here’s more about The Book of Doors Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and living an unassuming, ordinary life. Until the day one of her favorite customers—a lonely yet charming old man—dies right in front of her.…

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An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson // Book Review

This is the second book by S.T. Gibson that I’ve tried and I’m so glad to give her another chance. Here’s more about An Education in Malice Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from Sunday Times bestselling author S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood.Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands…

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Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree // Book Review

“See you in the story past the story,” said Fern. It’s strange for someone with my level of anxiety to be okay with a book that doesn’t have that “uh oh” moment. You know, when the worst case scenario has come to fruition, the other shoe has finally dropped, and the bad news just gets worse. And while this book did have its little ups and downs, you don’t ever see the other shoe drop. Here’s…

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A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir // Book Review

This was actually a reread for me, but when I was going through my notes, I realized I never wrote a review for this book. Since this is one of my favorite series, I thought it made sense to finally share what I think. More about A Torch Against the Night Now, in A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT, Elias and Laia are running for their lives.After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the…

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Bride by Ali Hazelwood // Book Review

The newest queen of rom-coms released her first romantasy book and it’s filled with wolves, vampires, and so much more. Here’s more about Bride A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance.Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an…

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Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek // Book Review

If you’re as obsessed with Miyazaki as I am, then this is the book for you. Thanks to McElderry Books for the gifted copy. Here’s more about Where the Dark Stands Still Raised in a small village near the spirit-wood, Liska Radost knows that Magic is monstrous, and its practitioners, monsters. After Liska unleashes her own powers with devastating consequences, she is caught by the demon warden…

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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice to Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto // Book Review

You know, I never considered myself a fan of cozy mysteries until I came across Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers. If this is what most cozy mysteries feel like, then consider me sold. More about Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice to Murderers Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys…

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Good Material by Dolly Alderton // Book Review

I started reading this one because my office book club chose it for March. I put the book on hold hoping that it would arrive before the end of March, but I was gifted a lucky copy and I ended up reading it before we even met for February’s book club. This is also my first book from Dolly Alderton. One of my coworkers raved about her work talking about this release months ago and how excited she…

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High Fidelity by Nick Hornby // Book Review

I’ve been a huge fan of High Fidelity the movie since it came out. Every few months, my husband and I would get the jones to watch it again. It also helped that Rob was a huge fan of pop music, but the book revealed to me that he’s also a massive man child. Here’s more about the book Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups?Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact.…

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My January 2024 Hopefuls

Now empowered with my new resolutions for this bookish year, I wanted to share with you a little TBR I put together. For the most part, I don’t want to be writing these TBRs every month. In fact, I plan on putting a little TBR together every few books I read because library holds come in too quickly and I want to make sure I get to them all before the return dates. On top of that, I hear so many…

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2024 Reading Goals

Hello 2024. Hello blog friends. I know it’s been quite a while since I wrote here. And honestly, I’m returning with a bit of trepidation only because it’s been so long since I’ve written a blog post (so I have no clue if I still “got it”) and I’ve burnt out so badly that I needed a year to recover returning wondering if this is all worth it. In the end, I decided to come back because I love…

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The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel // Book Review

My first book of 2024. I went into this one with completely different expectations. I thought it’d be dystopian. I thought it would be sci-fi, but instead it was the best kind of literary; the kind that interweaves lives to show you how one singular event or a hotel can shape the lives of a ton of people who are touched by it. Here’s more about The Glass Hotel Vincent is a bartender at the…

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