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ARC Book Review | Again Again by E. Lockhart

Title: Again AgainAuthor: E. LockhartGenre: Young AdultPublished On: June 2, 2020Publisher: Delacorte PressSource: digital copyPages: 304 Synopsis: In this novel full of surprises from the New York Timesbestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud, E. Lockhart ups the ante with an inventive and romantic story about human connection, forgiveness, self-discovery, and possibility. If you could live your …

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Book Review | Summer Hours by Amy Mason Doan

Title: Summer HoursAuthor: Amy Mason DoanGenre: RomancePublished On: June 4, 2019Publisher: Graydon HouseSource: physical copyPages: 416 Synopsis: “Fantastic. Wistful, mysterious, sparkling with secrets, scenery, and some steaminess. I raced through Summer Hours in a day!” —Meg Donohue, USA Today bestselling author  “A perfect summer read.”—Booklist  “Engaging and nostalgic. Doan’s writing sweeps you away.”—Helen Hoang, author …

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Book Review | Normal People by Sally Rooney

Title: Normal PeopleAuthor: Sally RooneyGenre: Adult FictionPublished On: August 28, 2018Publisher: HogarthSource: physical copyPages: 304 Synopsis: At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from …

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ARC Book Review | Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett

Title: Hollywood ParkAuthor: Mikel JollettGenre: MemoirPublished On: May 26, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: physical copyPages: 384 Synopsis: “Hollywood Park is a triumph.” ~O, The Oprah Magazine Hollywood Park is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country’s most infamous cults, and subjected to a childhood filled with poverty, addiction, and …

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ARC Book Review | Beach Read by Emily Henry

Title: Beach ReadAuthor: Emily HenryGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: May 19, 2020Publisher: BerkleySource: physical copyPages: 384 Synopsis: A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author …

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ARC Book Review | The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler

Title: The Tourist Attraction (Moose Springs, Alaska, #1)Author: Sarah MorgenthalerGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: May 5, 2020Publisher: Sourcebooks CasablancaSource: digital copyPages: 352 Synopsis: When Graham Barnett named his diner The Tourist Trap, he meant it as a joke. Now he’s stuck slinging reindeer dogs to an endless string of resort visitors who couldn’t interest him less. …

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ARC Book Review | Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

Title: Big SummerAuthor: Jennifer WeinerGenre: Women’s Lit, Contemporary RomancePublished On: May 5, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: digital copyPages: 368 Synopsis: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “nothing short of brilliant” (People) Mrs. Everything returns with an unforgettable novel about friendship and forgiveness set during a disastrous wedding on picturesque Cape Cod. Six years after the fight that …

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ARC Book Review | Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Title: Good Boy: My Life in Seven DogsAuthor: Jennifer Finney BoylanGenre: Non-fiction, MemoirPublished On: April 21, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: Physical CopyPages: 272 Synopsis: From bestselling author of She’s Not There, New York Times opinion columnist, and human rights activist Jennifer Finney Boylan, Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs, a memoir of the transformative power of loving …

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ARC Book Review: What You Wish For by Katherine Center

Title: What You Wish ForAuthor: Katherine CenterGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: July 14, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: Digital Copy, NetgalleyPages: 320 Synopsis: Samantha Casey loves everything about her job as an elementary school librarian on the sunny, historic island of Galveston, Texas—the goofy kids, the stately Victorian building, the butterfly garden. But when the school suddenly …

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Book Review: The Simple Wild & Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker

Title: The Simple Wild (Wild, #1); Wild at Heart (Wild, #2)Author: K.A. TuckerGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: 8/7/18, 2/18/20Publisher: Atria Books, K.A. TuckerSource: ebookPages: 390, 456 The Simple Wild synopsis: Calla Fletcher wasn’t even two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild, unable to handle the isolation of the extreme, rural lifestyle, leaving …

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