Tag: Book Review
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Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Set in the near future, the story takes place in the Republic of Gilead—a theocratic regime built from the ruins of the United States. Reacting to social unrest and a falling birthrate, Gilead enforces extreme, literal interpretations of scripture, with devastating consequences for women and men alike. Told through the eyes of Offred, a Handmaid…
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Review: Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) by Rebecca Yarros
An honest review of Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros: dragons, romance, messy pacing, and a cliffhanger ending that still hooked me.
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ARC Review: The Book of Blood & Roses by Annie Summerlee
When Rebecca Charity first saw the coffin in her dorm room, she thought it must be a mistake. But then Aliz Astra stepped into the lamplight — beautiful, deadly, and impossibly alive. Rebecca’s heart didn’t know whether to race from hatred or something far more dangerous.
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Wrap Up: June 2025
June! Woo hoo! We are ending this month with a bang. Books I Completed My Current Reads Movies I Watched TV Shows I Watched 3 Things I Am Grateful For Recent Posts It’s a good day to have a good day!
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ARC Review: Haven’t Killed in Years by Amy K. Green
When body parts start arriving at Gwen Tanner’s door, it’s clear someone knows her real identity: Marin Haggerty, daughter of a notorious serial killer. Forced to confront the past she’s spent two decades hiding from, Gwen must navigate the dark world of true crime fandom to find the new killer—before her secrets destroy her for…
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ARC Review: How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley
A bold, inventive, and fiercely original debut novel that begins with an uncle dead and his tween niece’s private confession to the reader—she and her sister killed him, and they blame the British. Summer, 1986. The Creel sisters, Georgie Ayyar and Agatha Krishna, welcome their aunt, uncle and young cousin—newly arrived from India—into their house…
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Review: Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman
A summer in Greece for three best friends ends in the unthinkable when only two return home in this new novel by Ella Berman. Ten years after being cleared in their friend Evangeline’s death during a summer in Greece, Bess and Joni have taken very different paths—Joni chasing fame, Bess hiding from it. But when…
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Wrap Up: May 2025
Again, May slipped through my fingers and we are entering June! Ah! This past month has been full of spending time with my boys and (unsurprisingly) working! I hope you enjoy this post & find something useful from it! Books I Completed My Current Reads Movies I Watched Accountant 2, 2025: Just as good as…
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Review: My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner
‘My Next Breath’ by Jeremy Renner is a memoir that expands on his tragic accident in January of 2023. ˚ ✦ . . ˚ . . ✦ ˚ . ★ Book Summary & My Thoughts A barrier looks like an opportunity to push through something. Not a stop sign. When I first saw that Jeremy Renner was releasing a…
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Review: First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison
“A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle-inspired love story.” Aiden Valentine, jaded host of Baltimore’s romance hotline, finds himself in the spotlight after a young caller asks for dating advice for her mom. Lucie Stone, the mom in question, is suddenly Baltimore’s favorite love story in the making—but…
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