Title: Version ZeroAuthor: David Yoon Genre: Sci-Fi, ThrillerPublished On: May 25, 2021Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsSource: digital (Netgalley – Shelf Awareness Winner)Pages: 368 Synopsis: A lightning fast and scorchingly observant novel of the moment, Version Zero is a thrilling, humorous adult debut from the brilliant mind of New York Times bestselling author David Yoon. Reboot the present. Save the future. Max, …
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Book Review | People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Title: People We Meet on VacationAuthor: Emily HenryGenre: RomancePublished On: May 11, 2021Publisher: Berkley BooksSource: physicalPages: 384 Synopsis: Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love. Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers …
ARC Book Review | A Summer to Remember by Erika Montgomery
Title: A Summer to RememberAuthor: Erika Montgomery Genre: RomancePublished On: May 11, 2021Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: Erika Montgomery’s A Summer to Remember is “an unforgettable tale of love, loss and finding your place that glitters as brightly as the golden age of Hollywood.”–Kristy Woodson Harvey, USA Today Bestselling author of Feels Like Falling Best Debut Novels of …
Highlight Book Review | Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
Title: MoxieAuthor: Jennifer MathieuGenre: Young AdultPublished On: September 19, 2017Publisher: Roaring Brook PressSource: digitalPages: 335 Synopsis: MOXIE GIRLS FIGHT BACK! Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with an administration at her high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment, and gross comments from …
ARC Book Review | Sunshine Girl by Julianna Margulies
Title: Sunshine Girl: An Unexpected LifeAuthor: Julianna Margulies Genre: Memoir, NonfictionPublished On: May 4, 2021Publisher: Ballantine BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 256 Synopsis: Known for her outstanding performances on the groundbreaking television series The Good Wife and ER, Julianna Margulies deftly chronicles her life and her work in this deeply powerful memoir. “At once a tender coming-of-age story and a deeply …
ARC Review | Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Title: Project Hail MaryAuthor: Andy WeirGenre: Science FictionPublished On: May 4, 2021Publisher: Ballantine BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 496 Synopsis: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let …
ARC Book Review | Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield
Title: Hurricane SummerAuthor: Asha Bromfield Genre: Young AdultPublished On: May 4, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 400 Synopsis: CW: classism, racism, sexism, physical and verbal abuse, sexual assault, rape, abortion (mentioned), infidelity, grief, and deathTilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, he leaves their family and …
ARC Book Review | Anchored Hearts by Priscilla Oliveras
Title: Anchored HeartsAuthor: Priscilla Oliveras Genre: RomancePublished On: April 27, 2021Publisher: Kensington BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: Award-winning photographer Alejandro Miranda hasn’t been home to Key West in years–not since he left to explore broader horizons with his papi’s warning echoing in his ears. He wouldn’t be heading there now if it wasn’t for an injury …
Highlight Book Review | We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
Title: We Are Not FreeAuthor: Traci CheeGenre: YA, Historical FictionPublished On: September 1, 2020Publisher: HMH Books for Young ReadersSource: physical (Book HookUp Subscription Box)Pages: 400 Synopsis: “All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the guard towers, the city, the country that hates us. We are not …
ARC Review | Brat: An ’80s Story by Andrew McCarthy
Title: Brat: An ’80s StoryAuthor: Andrew McCarthyGenre: MemoirPublished On: May 11, 2021Publisher: Grand Central PublishingSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 240 Synopsis: Fans of Patti Smith’s Just Kids and Rob Lowe’s Stories I Only Tell My Friends will love this beautifully written, entertaining, and emotionally honest memoir by an actor, director, and author who found his start as an ’80s Brat …