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wlwbookshelf · 6 months
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IRIS KELLY DOESN'T DATE - ASHLEY HERRING BLAKE Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ashley Herring Blake has written another sapphic romance that I was barely able to out down until it was finished. Iris and Stevie are incredibly cute. The book is really successful take on fake dating that actually seems like a plausible reason two people could fake date! 
I loved seeing Bright Falls one last time, although I do wish there was two epilogues one for the Iris/Stevie and one for the whole cast! 
Based on this trilogy, any sapphic story Ashley Herring Blake writes will be an auto-buy for me. 
Many thanks to Berkley Publishing Group for an eARC via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. Iris Kelly is released today (Oct 24th) in the US!
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yvesdot · 7 months
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SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT IS AVAILABLE TO PREORDER!
The debut collection returns in a special fifth anniversary edition, repackaged with three new short stories, a new cover, and additional bonus content. A vampire is forced into a compromising situation; a father fears his child's growing plant collection; the undead go to high school; a butcher contemplates whether or not she can be loved. In a captivating debut, yves. opens the door to our world, slightly askew-- a world where the crows work for witches and the telephone booths serve as secret channels for prophecy; a world where a diverse cast of monsters and humans alike are forced to contend with what the world believes is right.
Something's Not Right, described by GoodReads reviewers as "delicious," "expertly crafted," and "relentlessly queer," may be releasing in a week on October 10, 2023... but did you know you can preorder digital copies on Amazon and itch.io right now? As for physical, you can now preorder SIGNED copies from Bookshop Santa Cruz! There's a virtual launch party day of, an in-person book talk that Thursday (the 12th), and all sorts of surprises to come. (And if you can't afford a copy, ARCs are available for request up to release!)
To celebrate, we're having a little blog tour across several beloved writeblrs, each of whom have their own contributions. I'm so excited to be able to geek out over their posts in public!!
Posting schedule:
October 4th - Emma @lazarusemma (moodboard)
October 5th - Rook @peppermintlark (recipes)
October 6th - Piya @onomatopiya (top 5 stories)
October 7th - שבת קודש
October 8th - Max @goose-books (fan presentation)
October 9th - Yah Yah @fluoresensitive (playlist)
Thank you so much to everyone who volunteered! An extra special thank you to Emma @lazarusemma and Rook @peppermintlark specifically, as they were pinch hitters and rather than signing up they merely, so to speak, had greatness thrust upon them. Please send them many chocolates.
It's a magical world out there, Dear Readers—let's go on tour!
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rideanddine · 1 year
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sleepygetou · 8 months
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lazarusemma · 7 months
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It's the blog tour of Something's Not Right's 5th anniversary! So, for @yvesdot and for you, in keeping with the 5 motif: five moodboards, each spotlighting three stories from SNR. That's fifteen stories you should be excited to read, and only a fraction of what SNR has to offer! I couldn't even feature all of my favorites - get your hands on a copy just for "to hold a faerie court," "folly," and "koschei," and then tell a friend. Dozens of weird little stories are waiting for you...
Something’s Not Right, published by tRaum Books, will be released October 10th 2023 and is available to preorder at Amazon, Bookshop.org, and itch.io. It will also be available upon release signed from Bookshop Santa Cruz. yves. will also have a local event at 6:30 PM on October 12th at the Santa Cruz Diversity Center and another on January 4th 2024 (to be announced) at Bookshop Santa Cruz.
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onomatopiya · 7 months
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5 Somethings: Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Something's Not Right by @yvesdot
hello all! as many of you may know, my beloved mutual @yvesdot has a really banger book that's approaching its 5th anniversary right now! which is super exciting and a MASSIVE accomplishment which means we have to celebrate <3 thus, i give you 5 somethings (or: my top five short stories from SNR)
#1. my parents are spies
oh my goddddd this one got me man. i think yves has this insanely powerful ability to tell a story from between the lines--the metaphor and the paranoia worked so perfectly and made me have to close my laptop and pace on a school night. 10/10. holy shit. amazing. this especially hits in the closeted feels it's everything
#2. blood orange tea
i'll be honest and say that vampires usually aren't my thing but i LOVED this one. it was so sweet and ended on such a nice note AND it explored the depths of humanity vs monstrosity in SUCH a clever way. mel i adore you forever
#3. parent teacher conference
I LOVED THIS ONE. WAAAH. when parents love their children that is something that is so personal to me. it definitely hit home and had such a nice heart to it <3333 when the love is unconditional also . wails forever i love family
#4. soliloquy
this one just really stuck out to me for reasons i can't even explain. the language. the art aspect of it all. goes NUTS goes INSANE it definitely stayed with me as i finished the collection itself which says so much about it in my opinion
#5. of the night
i adored the texture of this one SO much. there was such a world built up in such a small space!!! it was so evocative and cleverly done, and the end grabbed me by the throat and Shook me. AH. love love loved it
and overall this collection is just. SO gorgeous and crafted with love and care. recommending for a thousand years go order it!!!!!
Something’s Not Right, published by tRaum Books, will be released October 10th 2023 and is available to preorder at Amazon, Bookshop.org, and itch.io. It will also be available upon release signed from Bookshop Santa Cruz. yves. will also have a local event at 6:30 PM on October 12th at the Santa Cruz Diversity Center and another on January 4th 2024 (to be announced) at Bookshop Santa Cruz.
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whimsicaldragonette · 3 months
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Blog Tour and Arc Review: The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews
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Publication Date: January 16, 2024
Welcome to The Lily of Ludgate Hill book tour with Berkley Publishing Group. (This blog tour post is also posted on my Wordpress book blog Whimsical Dragonette.)
Synopsis:
Lady Anne Deveril doesn’t spook easily. A woman of lofty social standing known for her glacial beauty and starchy opinions, she’s the unofficial leader of her small group of equestriennes. Since her mother’s devastating plunge into mourning six years ago, Anne voluntarily renounced any fanciful notions of love and marriage. And yet, when fate puts Anne back into the entirely too enticing path of Mr. Felix Hartford, she’s tempted to run…right into his arms. No one understands why Lady Anne withdrew into the shadows of society, Hart least of all. The youthful torch he once held for her has long since cooled. Or so he keeps telling himself. But now Anne needs a favor to help a friend. Hart will play along with her little ruse—on the condition that Anne attend a holiday house party at his grandfather’s country estate. No more mourning clothes. No more barriers. Only the two of them, unrequited feelings at last laid bare. Finally free to gallop out on her own, Anne makes the tantalizing discovery that beneath the roguish exterior of her not-so-white knight is a man with hidden depths, scorching passions—and a tender heart.
Author Bio:
USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews writes both historical nonfiction and award-winning Victorian romances. Her novels have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus, and Shelf Awareness, and her articles have been featured on the Victorian Web, the Journal of Victorian Culture, and in syndication at BUST Magazine. In her other life, Mimi is an attorney. She resides in California with her family, which includes a retired Andalusian dressage horse, a Sheltie, and two Siamese cats. Learn more online at www.mimimatthews.com.
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Author Photo Credit: Vicki Hahn
Rating: ★★★★
*My Review, Favorite Quotes, and Non-Exclusive Extract below the cut.
My Review:
I loved this. It was exactly the sort of banter-filled stubborn hero and heroine who are gone for each other but refuse to admit it story that I love. It's easily the best of the Belles of London series. Anne and Hartford are perfect for each other but it takes them a while to admit it. The only problem I had with it was that it was *extremely* predictable. I knew exactly how it was going to go from the beginning and there was no deviating from that. I actually stopped about 75% of the way through and checked goodreads to make sure I hadn't already read it before. I hadn't. And yet I had predicted every. single. thing that happened. It was like deja vu but more so. The last quarter unfolded exactly as I expected it to. I don't know if the foreshadowing was just really intense or what but that did lessen my enjoyment of the story. Aside from that, however, everything else was exactly as I like in a historical romance. I am curious about the next one, as well, after meeting who will obviously be the new wheelchair-bound, artist hero. I have high hopes because neither of those is something we typically get in a romance hero. *Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for providing an early copy for review.
Favorite Quotes:
"I wish I were more eccentric," Anne declared, rousing her spirits to the cause. "I might have traveled to Yorkshire weeks ago and saved Julia from her fate."
Non-Exclusive Excerpt:
The twin fragrances of pipe smoke and parchment met her nose. Lemon polish, too, though there was no sign that the maids had done any recent tidying up. The library was a place of spectacular clutter. Bookcases lined three of the walls; leather-bound volumes on botany, agriculture, and natural history were pulled out at all angles as if an absent-minded researcher had wandered from shelf to shelf withdrawing tomes at random only to change his mind midway through extracting them. The fourth wall was entirely covered in framed sketches of flowers and greenery. Some images were produced in pencil and others in delicately rendered watercolor. They were-along with the teetering stacks of botanical journals and drooping maps that spilled over the sides of the earl's carved mahogany desk-evidence of his prevailing passion. Lord March's love of exotic plants was legendary. He'd spent much of his life traveling the globe, from the wilds of America to the highest peaks of the Himalayas, bringing back rare seeds to nurture into bloom. A distracted fellow at the best of times, but a kind one, too, as far as Anne recalled. It had been a long time since she'd darkened his doorstep. A lifetime, it felt like. She tugged restlessly at her black kid-leather gloves as she paced the worn carpet in front of the library's cavernous marble fireplace. She'd never excelled at waiting for unpleasantness to arrive. Fortunately, she didn't have to wait long. "Hello, old thing." A familiar deep voice sounded from the library door. Anne spun around, her traitorous heart giving an involuntary leap in her breast. Mr. Felix Hartford stood in the entryway, one shoulder propped against the doorframe. Lord only knew how long he'd been observing her. She stiffened. After all these years, he still had the power to discompose her. Drat him. But she wouldn't permit her emotions to be thrown into chaos by his attractive face and figure. What cared she for his commanding height? His square-chiseled jaw? For the devilish glint in his sky-blue eyes? And devil he was. The very one she'd come here to see. "Hartford," she said. Her chin ticked up a notch in challenge. It was a reflex. There was no occasion on which they'd met during the course of the past several years that they hadn't engaged in verbal battle. This time, however, he made no attempt to engage her. He was dressed in plaid trousers and a loose-fitting black sack coat worn open to reveal the dark waistcoat beneath. A casual ensemble, made more so by the state of him. His clothes were vaguely rumpled, and so was his seal-brown hair. It fell over his brow, desperately in need of an application of pomade. There was an air of arrested preoccupation about him, as if he'd just returned from somewhere or was on his way to somewhere. As if he hadn't realized she was in the library and had come upon her quite by chance. An unnatural silence stretched between them, void of their typical barb-filled banter. Greetings dispensed with, Anne found herself at an unaccountable loss. More surprising still, so did Hartford. He remained frozen on the threshold, his usually humorous expression turned to stone on his handsome face. At length, he managed a smile. "I knew one day you'd walk through my door again. It only took you"-withdrawing his pocket watch from his waistcoat, he cast it a brief glance, brows lifting as if in astonishment at the time-"seven years to do it." She huffed. "It hasn't been seven years." "Six and half, then." Six years and five months, more like. It had been early December of 1855, during the Earl of March's holiday party. She'd been just shy of seventeen; young and naive and not formally out yet. Hartford had kissed her under a sprig of mistletoe in the gaslit servants' hallway outside the kitchens. And he'd proposed to her.
But Anne refused to think of the past. Never mind that, living in London, reminders of it were daily shoved under her nose. "You're not going to be difficult, are you?" she asked. "That depends." He strolled into the room. "To what do I owe your visit?" "Presumptuous, as always," she said. "For all you know, I'm here to see your grandfather." Hartford was the only child of the Earl of March's second son-the late (and much lamented) moralist Everett Hartford. Anne well remembered the man. He'd been as straitlaced and starchy as a vicar. Rather ironic, really, given his son's reputation for recklessness and irreverence. "My grandfather is in his greenhouse," Hartford said, "elbow deep in chicken manure. If it's him you've come to speak with, you're in for a long wait." She suppressed a grimace. There was no need for him to be crass. "Really, Hartford." "Really, my lady." He advanced into the room slowly, his genial expression doing little to mask the fact that he was a great towering male bearing down on her. "Why have you come?" Anne held her ground. She wasn't afraid of him. "I've come to ask a favor of you." His mouth curled up at one corner. "Better and better." He gestured to a stuffed settee upholstered in Gobelins tapestry. "Pray sit down."
Excerpted from The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews Copyright © 2024 by Mimi Matthews. Excerpted by permission of Berkley. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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roesolo · 6 months
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Blog Tour: Willow and Bunny, by Anitra Rowe Schulte/Illustrated by Christopher Denise
A bunny who needs a home, a welcoming willow tree, and the power of kindness. This is the moving story of Willow and Bunny. Willow and Bunny, by Anitra Rowe Schulte/Illustrated by Christopher Denise, (Oct. 2023, Two Lions), $17.99, ISBN: 9781542025690 Ages 4-7   A Bunny finds home in the loving branches of a willow tree, who keeps him warm and safe. When a stormy spiral tears through the forest,…
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lovebooksgroup · 7 days
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COMING SOON - #Virtualbooktour |A Journey of the Mind by Brenda Benning| Proudly organised by @lovebookstours #BookTour #LBTCrew #Bookreviews #Authorservices #Bookblogtours
COMING SOON - #Virtualbooktour |A Journey of the Mind by Brenda Benning| Proudly organised by @lovebookstours #BookTour #LBTCrew #Bookreviews #Authorservices #Bookblogtours
X Mail Print Facebook Pinterest Print Like Loading… Coming soon from Love Books Tours. Follow our book promotion campaigns on Instagram. Where you can support the authors by liking, sharing and commenting on the posts. A Journey of the Mind by Brenda Benning22nd – 30th AprilGenre: Cozy MysteryPages: 422Publisher: ‎ Fulton Books, Inc. Lovebookstours.com Blurb Sally Jo Hughes has always…
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hollymbryan · 22 days
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Blog Tour: Top 5 Reasons to Read THE REAPPEARANCE OF RACHEL PRICE by Holly Jackson! #tbrbeyondtours
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Welcome to Book-Keeping and my stop on the TBR and Beyond Tours blog tour for The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson! I've got all the details on this taut and twisty YA thriller, which released yesterday, for you below, along with my top 5 reasons to read it!
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title: The Reappearance of Rachel Price author: Holly Jackson publisher: Delacorte Press release date: 2 April 2024
From the author of the multimillion bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series and Five Survive comes a new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth about her missing mother while filming a documentary on the unsolved case. Lights. Camera. Lies. 18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on. But the case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again. Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn’t sure it’s real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time? And – could she be dangerous? With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead . . . From world-renowned author Holly Jackson comes a mind-blowing masterpiece about one girl’s search for the truth, and the terror in finding out who your family really is.
Add to Goodreads: The Reappearance of Rachel Price Purchase the Book: Amazon | B&N | Bookshop
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Holly Jackson is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, an international sensation with millions of copies sold worldwide as well as the #1 New York Times bestseller and instant classic, Five Survive, and her forthcoming novel, The Reappearance of Rachel Price. She graduated from the University of Nottingham, where she studied literary linguistics and creative writing, with a master’s degree in English. She enjoys playing video games and watching true-crime documentaries so she can pretend to be a detective. She lives in London.
Connect with Holly: Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads
Top 5 Reasons to Read
There are *a lot* of reasons to love this latest book from YA thriller queen Holly Jackson, but I've tried to capture here my top 5 for you!
It's Holly Jackson. Enough said! I mean, not only does she have the best name (ha!), but she is quite possibly *the* reigning YA thriller queen! Seriously, I must not have even looked at the synopsis when I signed up for this, because I thought the title referred to a teen who'd gone missing--that's how eager I was to read the next HoJay book!
The book is a great examination of how our past traumas shape us, even if the event itself happens when we are far too young to actually remember it. Because trauma isn't just a one-time thing, is it? There are residual emanations that last--sometimes years, sometimes forever. Traumas shape who we are as people, and they affect our relationships with other people far into the future.
There is an amazing bond between Bel and her cousin Carter that I loved so much and just really had me missing my older sister.
The mystery is *so* well-done, I was quite literally oblivious until the moment Bel discovers the truth herself. And I'm not saying this in a cocky way, but that literally almost NEVER happens to me at this late stage in my life when I've read hundreds of mysteries and thrillers.
The book is a great examination of the lengths to which a parent/parents will go to protect their child. What do you do if you find yourself suddenly a single parent of a 2-year-old, with a missing spouse and suspicion on you for their disappearance? What would you do if that missing spouse suddenly reappears? What do you do if you are instead the missing spouse who has returned--do you tell your child the truth about what happened to you? So many points during this book had me questioning just what I would do for my own son!
Seriously, I cannot recommend this one highly enough. And in typical Holly Jackson fashion, it's not only twisty and thrilling but also deeply emotional. Also, she never writes as if teens are too young to handle the horrors of the world, which is one reason I especially love reading her books. Go pick this one up, you won't regret it!
Rating: 5 stars!
**Disclosure: I received an early e-copy from the publisher for purposes of this blog tour.
Make sure you check out the Bookstagram tour too! You can find my post here, and the full schedule is here.
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libraryoferana · 3 months
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Two Sisters Blog Tour and Guest Post #UrbanFantasy
A mortal woman’s search for her mother’s murderer drags her into an action-packed thriller revealing a secret, millennium-long war between supernatural creatures. Two Sisters Assassin’s Absolution Trilogy, Song 1 by Mark Wooden Genre: Urban Fantasy Action Two sisters. Two destinies. One terrifying fate. When Safia Edris’ surrogate mother is murdered on the night of the new millennium, the…
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thelittlemars · 10 months
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𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒆 🤎
My name is Mars, I am 21 years old. My pronouns are she/her.
I am a huge Swiftie! 🪩
My interests include research, reading, watching movies and TV shows, writing poems and novels, and studying. If you want to know more about my interests, feel free to ask!
I am very friendly and generally extroverted. If you ask me anything I'll be very happy to answer!
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Fav novel — The Picture of Dorian Gray 🪞
Fav movie — The Nightmare Before Christmas 🎃
Fav TV show — Good Omens 🕶️🪽
I am VERY fond of cows and bumblebees! 🐄🐝
My favourite season is Autumn and I love Halloween!
I like Formula 1. I know. Weird.
But the thing I love MORE??? My GIRLFRIEND
🕰️ 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒈
This is my main blog, where I'll let myself indulge in my obsessions
I will post/reblog about my fav movies, tv shows, books and music (expect a lot of Taylor Swift content!)
These will include fanart, reflections, theories and short essays.
In general, this will be my little trash can on the internet — anything that does not fit my other blogs (more on them in a bit!) will end up here.
I could also post/reblog political reflections. I don't want to do this that often because I want this blog to be a little peaceful corner of the world. But it'll probably happen every now and then since I consider myself a very opinionated person.
✒️ 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆
You can also find me on my other blogs!
@marssmellow — my studyblr, where I share my ✨mental breakdowns✨ in an Aesthetically Pleasing Way™
However, you can also send in asks and dm me! Don't be afraid, I don't bite (most of the times)
@antiquariaunt — another dark academia blog, but this time with some medieval spice
@marskald — just a poetry blog
𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅! 🚢
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rideanddine · 2 years
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sleepygetou · 8 months
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you MUST be an adult to interact with my blog. i'm not comfortable interacting with anyone under the age of 21 so please respect this. there are a handful of moots who are an exception to this rule, they know who they are.
this blog's main focus is animanga. i post about jujutsu kaisen the most, but you might see content from other animes/mangas/manhwas from time-to-time.
i will occasionally post & reblog spoilers but they will be tagged, so feel free to block the following tags : jjk spoilers, jjk manga spoilers
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i will post about my self-ships and other pairings from jjk so if you don't enjoy seeing that type of content, please do not follow me.
i have a separate post for the tags i use, feel free to take a look and block any tags for content you do not want to see.
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i read and interact with content depending on the warnings op includes in the post. i tend to avoid reading/interacting with angst, degradation, stepcest, incest, sacrilege & religious themes the most.
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clairekreads · 3 months
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Food For Thought by Ariana Ferrante @ariana_ferrante @brigidsgate @zooloosbt #bookreview #blogtour #foodforthought
Happy Tuesday everyone! Today I’m joining the blog tour for Ariana Ferrante’s Food For Thought. Continue reading Untitled
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guide-to-galaxy · 3 months
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BLOG TOUR: Top 5 Reasons to Read So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
When I tell you I enjoyed this so so much. It’s an excellent debut and I can’t wait to see what else Cole has up her sleeves. Let’s get to it! Thank you so much to TBR and Beyond Tours for the review copy (my own review coming soon – which is why the book details look different 😅) and a spot on the blog tour! Today it’ll be Top 5 Reasons to Read this book. See my Disclaimer Page for a full…
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