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ARC Book Review | The Christmas Wager by Holly Cassidy

Title: The Christmas WagerAuthor: Holly Cassidy Genre: Contemporary, RomancePublished On: September 26, 2023Publisher: VikingSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 350 Synopsis: From a bestselling Canadian author comes a delightful enemies-to-lovers holiday rom-com set in the quaint town of Maple Falls, about a city girl and a small-town boy who compete in the town’s annual holiday games in order to …

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ARC Book Review | Love, Holly by Emily Stone

Title: Love, HollyAuthor: Emily Stone Genre: Contemporary, RomancePublished On: September 26, 2023Publisher: Dell (Penguin Random House)Source: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 370 Synopsis: A young woman tries to heal a rift in her elderly pen pal’s family in time for Christmas, all while falling in loveβ€”and maybe even reuniting with her own familyβ€”in this dazzling romance from the author …

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Book Haul TBR Unboxing

My Fall 2023 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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TBR Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: My Fall 2023 TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Books on My Fall 2023 To-Read List! Hello Readers! Today, I’ll be sharing the books on my Fall TBR.πŸ‚ When I took a look back …

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ARC Book Review | The Traitor by Ava Glass

Title: The TraitorAuthor: Ava GlassGenre: Thriller, MysteryPublished On: September 19, 2023Publisher: BantamSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 336 Synopsis: British spy Emma Makepeace goes undercover on a Russian oligarch’s superyacht, where she’s one wrong move away from a watery grave, in this electrifying thriller from the author of Alias Emma. An MI6 operative is found dead, locked in …

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My September 2023 TBR

Hello Readers! I’m a little late with my TBR for this month, but I’m still catching up on blogging and non-blogging tasks from August. After my readathon reading last month, I’m looking forward to enjoying my “normal” amount of reading, when I’m able to really absorb books at the pace I like. I like the …

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Book Haul TBR

August 2023 Book Haul

Hello Readers! I had a great reading month in August (My Wrap-Up), but I also had a nice little haul, adding a few eARCs, physical books, and free ebooks. And while I love a good haul, my brain is focused on unhauling books at the moment. I’m hoping to spend some time this month clearing …

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Monthly Wrap-Up

August 2023 Monthly Wrap-Up

Hello Readers! Aaaand it’s another wrap-up for you today. August was blissfully long for me. I was happy that it took its sweet time. The last full month of the summer for us here in the states—even though with our 100+ temps here in Texas it will feel like summer for much longer—it’s the perfect …

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ARC Review | The Reunion by Kit Frick

Title: The ReunionAuthor: Kit FrickGenre: YA, Thriller, MysteryPublished On: August 29, 2023Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: From the author of I Killed Zoe Spanos comes a YA thriller in the vein of The White Lotus and Karen M. McManus’s The Cousins following a doomed family reunion at a posh Caribbean resort, where old grudges and …

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