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ARC Book Review: Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

Title: Things in JarsAuthor: Jess KiddGenre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, FantasyPublished On: February 4, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: EbookPages: 384 Synopsis: In the dark underbelly of Victorian London, a formidable female sleuth is pulled into the macabre world of fanatical anatomists and crooked surgeons while investigating the kidnapping of an extraordinary child in this gothic mysteryβ€”perfect for …

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ARC Book Review: Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

Title: Big Lies in a Small TownAuthor: Diane ChamberlainGenre: Historical FictionPublished On: January 14, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressPages: 400 Synopsis: North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women’s Correctional Center. Her dream …

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Book Review: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

Title: A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers #1)Author: Brigid KemmererGenre: Young Adult, FantasyPublished On: January 29, 2019Publisher: Bloomsbury YAPages: 484 Synopsis: Fall in love, break the curse. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year, Prince Rhen, the heir of Emberfall, thought he could be saved easily if a …

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Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Goals for 2020

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Bookish Discoveries of 2019, but since I’m fairly new to the blogging world, I’m a bit overwhelmed with new …

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Book Challenge TBR

My Popsugar Reading Challenge for 2020

2020 will be my third year to participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge! (If you’ve never heard of the Popsugar Challenge, follow the link to read all about it.) A reading challenge pushes me out of my comfort zone, helps me to read more, and helps me to whittle down my TBR pile from Mt. …

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Book Review: The Winter Series by Elin Hilderbrand

Title: Winter Street, Winter Stroll, Winter Storms, Winter SolsticeAuthor: Elin HilderbrandGenre: Holiday, Women’s FictionPublished On: Oct. 14, 2014; Oct. 13, 2015; Oct. 4, 2016; Oct. 3, 2017Publisher: Little, Brown and CompanyPages: 249, 263, 246, 262 Winter Street Synopsis* Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket’s Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all …

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