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ARC Book Review | Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

Title: Invisible GirlAuthor: Lisa Jewell Genre: Mystery, ThrillerPublished On: October 13, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: digitalPages: 368 Synopsis: The author of the β€œrich, dark, and intricately twisted” (Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author) The Family Upstairs returns with another taut and white-knuckled thriller following a group of people whose lives shockingly intersect when a young woman disappears.  Owen Pick’s life …

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ARC Book Review | The Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke

Title: The Lost Love SongAuthor: Minnie Darke Genre: RomancePublished On: October 13, 2020Publisher: Ballantine BooksSource: digitalPages: 384 Synopsis: This is the story of a love song . . . And like any good love song, it has two parts. In Australia, Arie Johnson waits impatiently for classical pianist Diana Clare to return from a world tour, …

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ARC Book Review | Mistletoe and Mr. Right by Sarah Morgenthaler

Title: Mistletoe and Mr. Right (Moose Springs, Alaska #2)Author: Sarah Morgenthaler Genre: Romance, HolidayPublished On: October 6, 2020Publisher: Sourcebooks CasablancaSource: digitalPages: 352 Synopsis: How the moose (almost) stole Christmas. Lana Montgomery is everything the quirky small town of Moose Springs, Alaska can’t stand: a rich socialite with dreams of changing things for the better. But Lana’s …

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ARC Review | Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy by Reid Forgrave

Title: Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy Author: Reid Forgrave Genre: Nonfiction, MemoirPublished On: September 8, 2020Publisher: Algonquin BooksSource: physicalPages: 288 CW: Suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, animal death Synopsis: β€œA monumental achievement of deep reporting and expert storytelling.” β€”Michael Sokolove, author of The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino β€œI …

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Blog Tour | A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son by Michael Ian Black

Title: A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son Author: Michael Ian Black Genre: Nonfiction, MemoirPublished On: September 15, 2020Publisher: Algonquin BooksSource: physical, digitalPages: 304 Synopsis: β€œRaw, intimate, and true . . . A Better Man cracked me wide open, and it’s a template for the conversation we need to be having with our boys.”—Peggy Orenstein, …

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ARC Book Review | The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves

Title: The Darkest EveningAuthor: Ann Cleeves Genre: MysteryPublished On: September 8, 2020Publisher: Minotaur BooksSource: digitalPages: 336 Synopsis: From Ann Cleevesβ€”New York TimesΒ bestselling and award-winning author of theΒ VeraΒ andΒ ShetlandΒ series, both of which are hit TV showsβ€”comes the stunning new Vera Stanhope novel. On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home …

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ARC Book Review | Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen

Title: Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen LandAuthor: Toni JensenΒ Genre: NonfictionPublished On: September 8, 2020Publisher: Ballantine BooksSource: digitalPages: 304 CW: All of them. But mostly physical, emotional, and gun violence. Synopsis: A powerful, poetic memoir about what it means to exist as an indigenous woman in America, told in snapshots of the author’s encounters …

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ARC Book Review | His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

Title: His Only WifeAuthor: Peace Adzo Medie Genre: FictionPublished On: September 1, 2020Publisher: Algonquin BooksSource: physicalPages: 288 Synopsis: Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. She lives in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother, spending much of her time in her uncle Pious’s house with his many wives and …

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ARC Book Review | Fable by Adrienne Young

Title: FableAuthor: Adrienne Young Genre: Young Adult FantasyPublished On: September 1, 2020Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: ebookPages: 368 Synopsis: Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. Where a young girl must find her place and her family while trying to survive in a world built for men. …

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ARC Book Review | Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman

Title: Paris Never Leaves YouAuthor: Ellen Feldman Genre: Historical FictionPublished On: August 4, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: ebookPages: 368 Synopsis: “Masterful. Magnificent. A passionate story of survival and a real page turner. This story will stay with me for a long time.” β€”Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka’s Journey Living through WWII working in a Paris …

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