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ARC Book Review | The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Title: The Wedding PeopleAuthor: Alison Espach Genre: Literary FictionPublished On: July 30, 2024Publisher: Henry HoltSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 384 Synopsis: A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help us start anew. It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe …

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ARC Book Review | Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell

Title: Slow DanceAuthor: Rainbow Rowell Genre: Adult FictionPublished On: July 30, 2024Publisher: William MorrowSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 496 Synopsis: A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK! Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together . . . everybody but Shiloh and Cary. They were just friends. Best friends. Allies. They spent entire summers sitting …

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ARC Book Review | Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North

Title: Rules for Second ChancesAuthor: Maggie North Genre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: June 25, 2024Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 346 Synopsis: Liz Lewis has tried everything to be what people want, but she’s alwaysbeen labeled different in the boisterous world of wilderness expeditions.Her marriage to popular adventure guide Tobin Renner-Lewis isa sinkhole of toxic positivity where …

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My Summer 2024 Book HookUp Unboxing

After visiting New York, my husband gifted me a subscription to The Strand’s The Book HookUp. We’d visited New York City for the first time at Christmas in 2018, stopping in at The Strand bookstore, of course, so it was the perfect gift. What I love about this subscription is that it’s quarterly, so not …

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ARC Book Review | Right Where We Left Us by Jen Devon

Title: Right Where We Left UsAuthor: Jen DevonGenre: RomancePublished On: June 18, 2024Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: digitalPages: 359 Synopsis: Temperance Jean Madigan and Duncan Brady have never gotten it right. After one radiant, secret summer together when they were eighteen, they’ve been on-again off-again ever since. Now, despite red-hot chemistry and TJ’s closeness with Duncan’s …

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Paperback Release Blog Tour | Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie

Title: NightbloomAuthor: Peace Adzo Medie Genre: FictionPublished On: June 13, 2023Publisher: Algonquin BooksSource: digitalPages: 353 Synopsis: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024 ‘Remarkable’ Chika Unigwe, author of On Black Sisters’ Street Peace Adzo Medie, author of Reese’s Book Club pick His Only Wife , returns with a moving novel about the unbreakable power of female …

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ARC Book Review | Devil Is Fine by John Vercher

Title: Devil Is FineAuthor: John VercherGenre: Literary Fiction Published On: June 18, 2024Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: digitalPages: 288 Synopsis: From acclaimed novelist John Vercher, a profoundly moving novel of what it means to be a father, a son, a writer, and a biracial American fighting to reconcile the past Reeling from the sudden death of his …

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