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Vicki Delany’s Elementary, She Read: Great Start to a New Series

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Vicki Delany's Elementary, She Read is really wonderful start to a series I have come to love. Thank you, Netgalley! Synopsis: Gemma Doyle, an English transplant in Massachusetts, owns a Sherlock Holmes-themed bookstore, complete with an attached tea shop and fitting address. Gemma herself is similar to the famed detective, with an insatiable curiosity and slightly cold … Continue reading Vicki Delany’s Elementary, She Read: Great Start to a New Series

ARC Review: “The Address” by Fiona Davis

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Disclaimer: I received this ARC from Penguin's First to Read program in exchange for a fair and honest review. This book comes out August 1st, and I suggest you preorder your copy now! Disclaimer two: This is my first Fiona Davis novel, and I have to say, I really enjoyed it! The Address by Fiona … Continue reading ARC Review: “The Address” by Fiona Davis

Book Travelling Thursdays: TBR Book for 2017

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Hello and welcome to the first BTT I have done in way too long. Book Traveling Thursdays is a weekly event hosted by Danielle’s Book Blog and The Girl Who Read Too Much. Each participant chooses a book, then finds the original cover, the covers for your country of origin, and explains what their favorite/least favorite covers are. Each … Continue reading Book Travelling Thursdays: TBR Book for 2017

ARC Review: Impossible Views of the World, by Lucy Ives

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Thank you to Penguin's First to Read program for this compelling debut novel! In Impossible Views of the World by Lucy Ives, heroine (or antiheroine?) Stella Krakus, a curator at a renowned art museum in New York, is having a pretty rough week. Her coworker and sometimes friend Paul has disappeared, her coworker and sometimes lover Fred … Continue reading ARC Review: Impossible Views of the World, by Lucy Ives

WWW Wednesday: 5 July 2017

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Hi guys! It’s time for another WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking On A World Of Words where the goal of this meme is to answer the following questions: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Currently Reading: I am currently in the middle of … Continue reading WWW Wednesday: 5 July 2017

Out now: Katherine Arden’s debut novel “Bear and the Nightingale!”

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Thank you, Netgalley and Random House for this bewitching debut ARC by Katherine Arden! In Bear and the Nightingale, we open with the growing family of Pyotr Vladmirovich listening to the tale of Frost-Karachun, the death-god, now known as Morozko, the winter king. Marina, Pyotr's beautiful wife, is pregnant again, and this time will be … Continue reading Out now: Katherine Arden’s debut novel “Bear and the Nightingale!”

Anne Bishop’s new book for The Others series, “Etched in Bone,” out March 7!

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Thank you, Netgalley and Roc, for an ARC for one of my favorite series, The Others! I am so excited to review this, and have already pre-ordered my hard copy. "Just a game. Simon thought we'd had great fun. Bet the other wolves did too." "And you?" Monty said. "We look at the same things, … Continue reading Anne Bishop’s new book for The Others series, “Etched in Bone,” out March 7!

Review: Rin Chupeco’s “The Bone Witch”

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First of all, thank you Netgalley and Sourcebooks for this haunting and captivating ARC, Rin Chupeco's The Bone Witch.   Let me be clear: I never intended to raise my brother from his grave, though he may claim otherwise. If there's anything I've learned from him in the years since, it's that the dead hide … Continue reading Review: Rin Chupeco’s “The Bone Witch”

Review: “A Thousand Salt Kisses” by Josie Demuth

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To preface, I received A Thousand Salt Kisses by Josie Demuth as a Netgalley ARC in exchange for an honest review. I was torn between a two star or three star rating for this because the story did have good bones and an intriguing plot, but the characterization and writing were just not up to snuff. Mermen, island … Continue reading Review: “A Thousand Salt Kisses” by Josie Demuth

Book Traveling Thursdays- Non-Fiction Edition

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Hello all, and welcome to Book Traveling Thursdays! This fun weekly challenge is based on Goodreads as a group posting, hosted by Catia and Danielle. What I love about this challenge is that it’s quick, it’s fun, and it gets you looking thinking about other country’s values when you compare their covers to your own, which is fun … Continue reading Book Traveling Thursdays- Non-Fiction Edition