Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Online Resources For Book Lovers

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 Online Resources for Book Lovers (what websites, podcasts, apps, etc. do you use that make your reading life better?). Hello Readers! October is flying by, but the …

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ARC Review Book Review

ARC Book Review | Always, In December by Emily Stone

Title: Always, In DecemberAuthor: Emily Stone Genre: RomancePublished On: October 12, 2021Publisher: Dell (Penguin Random House)Source: ebookPages: 398 Synopsis: It started with a letter. It ended with a love story. Every December, Josie posts a letter from her home in London to the parents she lost on Christmas night many years ago. Each year, she writes …

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ARC Book Review | The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox

Title: The Holiday SwapAuthor: Maggie Knox Genre: RomancePublished On: October 5, 2021Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsSource: ebookPages: 352 Synopsis: A feel-good, holiday-themed romantic comedy about identical twins who switch lives in the days leading up to Christmas–perfect for fans of Christina Lauren’s In a Holidaze and Josie Silver’s One Day in December.  All they want for Christmas is a different …

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Book Haul TBR

September 2021 Book Haul

Hello Readers! I had a great reading month in September, with a nice mix of ARCs, backlist books, and fall-themed books. If you’d like to see what I read, check out My September Wrap-Up! My September Haul is a little out of control, but when I wanted to order a book from Book Outlet, it …

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Monthly Wrap-Up

September 2021 Monthly Wrap-Up

Hello Readers! Who else feels like we were just talking about the end of 2020 (and how happy we were to see it) and here we are quickly approaching the end of 2021?! My September flew by, but I did manage to read eight books, totaling 3,295 pages! That’s a rather good month for me, …

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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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Book Haul TBR

August 2021 Book Haul

Hello Readers! I had a great reading month in August, reading mostly off my backlist. If you’d like to see what I finally got around to reading, check out My August Wrap-Up! I didn’t add too many physical books to my shelves this month, two from Paperbackswap and two I picked up at a used …

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Monthly Wrap-Up

August 2021 Monthly Wrap-Up

Hello Readers! I spent most of August continuing my summer plans to read backlist books while picking up a couple of ARCs at the end of the month. Looking back at My August TBR, I ended up reading five of the seven books I had planned (plus my two advanced copies and one mood read), …

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Book Haul TBR

July 2021 Book Haul

Hello Readers! I had a great reading month in July, reading mostly off my backlist. If you’d like to see what I finally got around to reading, check out My July Wrap-Up! Compared to June, my July haul was much more reasonable. Mostly because I didn’t visit any new or used bookstores. But I did …

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Monthly Wrap-Up

July 2021 Monthly Wrap-Up

Hello Readers! I hope you’re all staying well. It’s so frustrating to see the pandemic ramping up again here in the states. We had a bit of a scare when my father-in-law came down with Covid. Thankfully he was vaccinated and only has a mild case so far. We also avoided getting it. Yay for …

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