Category: Advance Copy
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Gorgeous Book Mail from Little Brown: CIRCE by Madeline Miller
This is the book we’ve all been waiting for! Thank you so much Little, Brown and Company for sending me this gorgeous copy! SYNOPSIS: In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child–not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring…
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Review: GIRLS BURN BRIGHTER by Shobha Rao
Thank you so much Flatiron Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “Poornima blinked, but it wasn’t tears she blinked back. What was it? She didn’t know, but she could see it—-floating in the air around her, suffocating, spinning like ash.” Book Description: Poornima and Savitha have three strikes against…
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Book Mail: THE OTHER MOTHER by Carol Goodman
Thank you so much to the wonderful William Morrow for sending this free copy my way! This looks crazy good and I cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS: “An atmospheric and harrowing tale, richly literary in complexity but ripe with all the crazed undertones, confusions, and forebodings inherent in the gothic genre. Recommend this riveting,…
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Review: A GUIDE FOR MURDERED CHILDREN by Sarah Sparrow
Thank you so much to Blue Rider Press and Penguin Random House for providing my copy – all opinions are my own. Immediately, I was drawn to the title and cover of this book. Then I read the description and I knew I had to read it. The souls of murdered children exact revenge on…
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Book Mail: THE MERRY SPINSTER by Mallory Ortberg
Thank you so much Henry Holt for sending this free copy my way! A collection of dark classic folk and fairytales sounds like a really fun read! SYNOPSIS: From Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from the beloved “Children’s Stories Made Horrific” series, “The Merry Spinster”…
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Review: TANGERINE by Christine Mangan
Thank you so much to Ecco Press for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “Tangier and Lucy were the same, I thought. Both unsolvable riddles that refused to leave me in peace. And I had tired of it – of the not knowing, of always feeling as though I were on…
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Review: TRENTON MAKES by Tadzio Koelb
Thank you so much Doubleday Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: 1946: At the apogee of the American Century, the confidence inspired by victory in World War II has spawned a culture of suffocating conformity in thrall to the cult of masculine privilege. In the hardscrabble industrial…
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Review: KEEP HER SAFE by K.A. Tucker
Many thanks to Atria Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “When was the last time I trusted anyone the way I seem to trust Noah almost instinctively, no matter how many times he’s given me reason not to? I never have. Because I’ve never met a guy like him.”…
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Review: THE GUNNERS by Rebecca Kauffman
Thank you so much to Counterpoint Press for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “What if ghosts think they’re the real ones, and we’re the dead ones?” Book Description: Mikey Callahan, a thirty-year-old who is suffering from the clouded vision of macular degeneration. He struggles to establish human connections―even his emotional…
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Book Mail: THE CURSE OF THE BOYFRIEND SWEATER by Alanna Okun
Thank you so much Flatiron Books for sending this nice surprise my way! This looks like a fun read! SYNOPSIS: The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater is a memoir about life truths learned through crafting. People who craft know things. They know how to transform piles of yarn into sweaters and scarves. They know that some…