Category: Advance Copy

  • Review: SUNBURN by Laura Lippman

    Review: SUNBURN by Laura Lippman

    Thank you so much to William Morrow for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “Sometimes, he used to wake up in the middle of the night and find her looking at him. The light from that streetlamp threw a stripe across her eyes, and it was as if she were wearing…

  • Book Mail: BRASS by Xhenet Aliu

    Book Mail: BRASS by Xhenet Aliu

    Thank you so much to Random House for this amazing surprise! I love the cover and this looks excellent! It’s been on my radar for months and cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS:  A waitress at the Betsy Ross Diner, Elsie hopes her nickel-and-dime tips will add up to a new life. Then she meets…

  • Fantastic Book Mail: WINTER KEPT US WARM by Anne Raeff

    Fantastic Book Mail: WINTER KEPT US WARM by Anne Raeff

    Thank you so much to Counterpoint Press for sending me a free copy of this gorgeous book! I have had my eye on this one for months so I am very excited to read it! SYNOPSIS:  Ulli is a young woman squatting in a dismal, empty Berlin apartment, one year after the war has ended.…

  • Book Mail: THE FAMILY GATHERING by Robyn Carr

    Book Mail: THE FAMILY GATHERING by Robyn Carr

    Thank you so much to Little Bird Publicity, MIRA and Harlequin Books for this lovely surprise book mail! The cover is so inviting! SYNOPSIS:  An exceptional storyteller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr beautifully captures the emotionally charged, complex dynamics that come with being part of any family. Readers will laugh and shed a few…

  • Review: THE ADULTERANTS by Joe Dunthorne

    Review: THE ADULTERANTS by Joe Dunthorne

    Thank you so much to Tin House for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Tiny review for a tiny book!  Book Description:  Ray Morris is a tech journalist with a forgettable face, a tiresome manner, a small but dedicated group of friends, and a wife, Garthene, who is pregnant. He is…

  • Review: THE QUEEN OF HEARTS by Kimmery Martin

    Review: THE QUEEN OF HEARTS by Kimmery Martin

    Thank you so much to Berkley Publishing for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own.   “At some point, the theoretical becomes the inevitable. You either cross the river or you don’t. I’d known what I was doing, even if I buried the knowledge under a toxic mountain of denial.”   This…

  • Review: SHE REGRETS NOTHING by Andrea Dunlop

    Review: SHE REGRETS NOTHING by Andrea Dunlop

    Thank you so much to Atria Books and Washing Square Press for providing my free advance copy – all opinions are my own. “Truthfully, Reece loved her friend’s sharp eye toward the real world; it kept her honest, and she treasured Liberty’s good heart, her sense of justice.” The story starts off at a funeral…

  • Book Mail: SINNER by Christopher Graves

    Book Mail: SINNER by Christopher Graves

    Thank you so much to Smith Publicity and OP Media for sending me a free advance copy! This sounds incredibly unique! Not to mention the author’s extensive background as actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter–I had no idea! Synopsis:  As a direct descendant of the 19th century vigilante gang, the Bald Knobbers, Ezekiel Woods, Jr. has been…

  • Gorgeous Book Mail: SOCIAL CREATURE by Tara Isabella Burton & FRUIT OF THE DRUNKEN TREE by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

    Gorgeous Book Mail: SOCIAL CREATURE by Tara Isabella Burton & FRUIT OF THE DRUNKEN TREE by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

    These covers are just amazing! They take my breath away! Thank you so much to Doubleday Books for sending me these free copies! I am equally excited to read them both. They sound fantastic! I’ll leave the synopses below.  SOCIAL CREATURE –  They go through both bottles of champagne right there on the High Line,…

  • Pretty Book Mail: THE BROKEN GIRLS by Simone St. James

    Pretty Book Mail: THE BROKEN GIRLS by Simone St. James

    Thank you so much to Berkley Publishing for sending me an advance copy! Not only is this book a Book of the Month pick for February, but also it is the Black Heart Reads for April! Click here to join the fun! Synopsis:  Vermont, 1950. There’s a place for the girls whom no one wants–the troublemakers,…