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Continue reading →: Reading Recap: May 2023Beaming with Pride I’m super proud of myself, I’ve been reading and reading and then, reading some more. This month I even jumped into a new genre, fantasy. #BookTok got me into A Court of Thornes and Roses and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. I haven’t read a…
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Continue reading →: The Senator’s Wifeby: Liv ConstantinePublished: May 23, 2023Genre: Thriller, Murder Mystery, Fiction320 Pages, E-Book ARC Courtesy of NetGalleyGoodReads Link WOW! What a great story of twists and turns. After Slone’s husband is sadly murdered, Slone’s life is flipped upside down by s series of events that seem far too coincidental. Two years…
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Continue reading →: Grownby: Tiffany D. JacksonPublished: Sep 15, 2020Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Murder Mystery, Fiction384 Pages, PaperbackGoodReads Link Enchanted said that everyone says she is mature for her age, even her mother. I would say, all those people were lying. Enchanted Jones is naive, immature, and insecure and rightfully so, she is…
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Continue reading →: Not So Perfect Strangersby: L.S. StrattonPublished: Mar 28, 2023Genre: Thriller, Murder Mystery, Fiction320 Pages, PaperbackGoodReads Link Uhhhhhhh, where to begin? I love a good murder mystery but I hate terrible, unlikable characters. Tasha and her son, Ghalen are both. An unsuspecting Tasha invites a stranger, Madison, into her car to save her from…
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Continue reading →: Pride and Protestby: Nikki PaynePublished: Nov 15, 2022Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction401 Pages, PaperbackGoodReads Link This was a s-l-o-w burn for me. I found that the more I read, the more I was interested in the story but for 75% of the book, I was quite over Liza and Dorsey. This love story,…
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Continue reading →: The Rosewood Huntby: Mackenzie ReedPublished: Oct 31, 2023Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Fiction368 Pages, E-Book ARC Courtesy of NetGalleyGoodReads Link The Rosewood Hunt was a slow burn for me. It took me a few days to get into it and even once it started getting better, I skipped the descriptive paragraphs and only…
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Continue reading →: Beauty Beheldby: Zariah L. BanksPublished: Mar 23, 2023Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction358 Pages, E-Book ARC Courtesy of NetGalleyGoodReads Link As much as I wanted to enjoy this book (for multiple reasons), I just didn’t, for multiple reasons. I wanted to like it because I enjoy stories about black people, black culture, and…
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Continue reading →: A Court of Thorns and Rosesby: Sarah J. MaasPublished: May 5, 2015Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult, Fiction419 Pages, PaperbackGoodReads Link If Beast and Belle were in a mythical land of fairies and shape-shifting royalty, it would be A Court of Thornes and Roses! Let me preface this review by saying… this is my first step…
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Continue reading →: The Weight of Bloodby: Tiffany D. JacksonPublished: Sept 6, 2022Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Fiction416 Pages, HardcoverGoodReads Link Maddy knows that she is different, she is not like the other kids in Springville: she knows this, everyone knows it, so why can’t they just let her be? In her small town of Springville, Georgia,…
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Continue reading →: Bad Summer Peopleby: Emma RosenblumPublished: May 23, 2023Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction272 Pages, AudioBook ARC from NetGalley (HH:MM) 08:45GoodReads Link It’s giving, One of Us is Dead or The Hunting Wives… way too many characters, way too much going on, and way too much to follow. Scandal. Affairs. Frenemies. And tennis. As Summer…
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