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My October TBR

Hello Readers! My October TBR is packed! I have four ARCs (advance reader copies) due this month and one due early November. Most of those are holiday-reads, which I’m excited for but I had dreams of fall-themed reading in my mind for October. Maybe I can make that happen in November… I’m also planning on …

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ARC Review | Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang

Title: Beautiful Country: A MemoirAuthor: Qian Julie WangGenre: MemoirPublished On: September 7, 2021Publisher: Doubleday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: An incandescent memoir from an astonishing new talent, Beautiful Country puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world. In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates …

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ARC Review | Never Saw You Coming by Erin Hahn

Title: Never Saw You ComingAuthor: Erin HahnGenre: Young AdultPublished On: September 7, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: CW: religious trauma, brief mention of suicide, body shaming, emotional abuse, homophobia Raised by conservative parents, 18-year-old Meg Hennessey just found out her entire childhood was a lie. Instead of taking a gap year before college …

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My September TBR

Hello Readers! I had so much fun spending the summer mostly reading off my backlist, but it’s time to get back to my ARCs and crossing off those final prompts on my yearly reading challenge. You can check out what I read in my July and August wrap-ups! I only managed to read 6 out …

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Should I Give Up on Audiobooks?

(Photo credit: Findaway Voices on Unsplash) I was so hopeful. When I had a free Audible trial last year, I chose Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid as one of my free picks. I’d heard it is THE book for people who struggle with audiobooks. I’d heard the full cast brings the …

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