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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 “rich, 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: “A monumental achievement of deep reporting and expert storytelling.” —Michael Sokolove, author of The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino “I …

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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: “Raw, 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 Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—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 Jensen 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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Book Review | Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan

Title: Queen MoveAuthor: Kennedy RyanGenre: RomancePublished On: May 26, 2020Publisher: Blue Box PressSource: digitalPages: 300 Synopsis: The boy who always felt like mine is now the man I can’t have…  Dig a little and you’ll find photos of me in the bathtub with Ezra Stern.Get your mind out of the gutter. We were six months …

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