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ARC Book Review | City of Orange by David Yoon

Title: City of OrangeAuthor: David Yoon Genre: Fiction, Science FictionPublished On: May 24, 2022Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: This imaginative and affecting new novel is beloved, bestselling, and award-winning author David Yoon at his finest: thought-provoking and heart-piercing, by turns funny and challenging, and at all times deeply human.Β  A man who can …

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ARC Review | See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Title: See You YesterdayAuthor: Rachel Lynn SolomonGenre: Young AdultPublishes On: May 17, 2022Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young ReadersSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 429 Synopsis: Barrett Bloom is hoping college will be a fresh start after a messy high school experience. But when school begins on September 21st, everything goes wrong. She’s humiliated by the know-it-all in …

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ARC Review | First Time for Everything by Henry Fry

Title: First Time for EverythingAuthor: Henry FryGenre: FictionPublishes On: May 10, 2022Publisher: Ballentine BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 384 Synopsis: An unflinchingly honest, wickedly funny, and heartfelt debut about a down-on-his-luck gay man working out how he fits into the world, making up for lost time, and opening himself up to life’s possibilities  “Hilarious, tender, raw, and …

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ARC Review | Our Little World by Karen Winn

Title: Our Little WorldAuthor: Karen WinnGenre: MysteryPublishes On: May 3, 2022Publisher: DuttonSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: “I was intrigued by Our Little World from the chilling first paragraph. It’s a coming-of-age novel complicated by a tragic and untimely death, and it’s also a novel about two sisters you will never forget. I fell in love …

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My May TBR

Hello Readers! Whether we’re ready or not, May has arrived! I’m excited about the warm weather and hopefully getting to read outdoors more often—if my allergies and the mosquitos allow it. πŸ˜ƒ My May TBR is a nice mix of advanced copies and backlist selections. It would be great if I could get through all …

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ARC Review | Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Title: Every Summer AfterAuthor: Carley FortuneGenre: Romance Publishes On: May 10, 2022Publisher: BerkleySource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right. They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her …

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ARC Review | Growing Up Biden by Valerie Biden Owens

Title: Growing Up BidenAuthor: Valerie Biden OwensGenre: Memoir Publishes On: April 12, 2022Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: physical (publisher)Pages: 288 Synopsis: A memoir from Valerie Biden Owens, longtime political strategist, one of the first female campaign managers in United States history, and younger sister of Joe Biden. In this revelatory, engrossing memoir, Valerie Biden Owens shares stories …

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ARC Review | Blame It on the BrontΓ«s by Annie Sereno

Title: Blame It on the BrontΓ«sAuthor: Annie SerenoGenre: Romance Publishes On: May 3, 2022Publisher: ForeverSource: digital (Books Forward)Pages: 371 Synopsis: She’s going to write her own happy ending. English professor Athena Murphy is an authority on the novels of the BrontΓ« sisters. But as they say in academia, publish or perish. To save her job, Athena …

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ARC Review | Just the Two of Us by Jo Wilde

Title: Just the Two of UsAuthor: Jo WildeGenre: Romance Published On: April 12 2022 (US Edition)Publisher: ForeverSource: digital (Books Forward)Pages: 320 Synopsis: A couple on the brink of divorce after 35 years of marriage gets a second chance to rediscover their love now that a pandemic lockdown has forced them to spend more time together. …

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ARC Review | This May End Badly by Samantha Markum

Title: This May End BadlyAuthor: Samantha MarkumGenre: YA Contemporary Published On: April 12 2022Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 336 Synopsis: Pranking mastermind Doe and her motley band of Weston girls are determined to win the century-long war against Winfield Academy before the clock ticks down on their senior year. But when their headmistress announces that …

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