Category: Belletrist
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Belletrist Book Mail: THE GHOST NOTEBOOKS by Ben Dolnick
It’s here! It’s here! My Belletrist March book selection has arrived! And it’s SO pretty and I cannot wait to read it! Is anyone else reading along? SYNOPSIS: A supernatural story of love, ghosts, and madness as a young couple, newly engaged, become caretakers of a historic museum. When Nick Beron and Hannah Rampe decide…
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Mini Book Review: HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES by Carmen Maria Machado
“I called her two days later, never having believed more firmly in love at first sight, in destiny. When she laughed on the other end of the line, something inside of me cracked open, and I let her step inside.” I could not stop thinking about this mysterious collection of short stories! This was Belletrist’s…
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Review: THE END WE START FROM by Megan Hunter
Thank you so much to Grove Atlantic for providing my free copy! I first heard of this book from @belletrist and knew I had to read it! “Our city is here, somewhere, but we are not. We are all untied, is the thing. Untethered, floating, drifting, all these things. And the end, the tether, the…
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MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017 (excluding thrillers)
I was lucky enough to read some INCREDIBLE books this year! All of these books resonated with me in a big way! I look forward to all of the AMAZING books I get to read in 2018! Did you read a book that you could not stop thinking about? Spot any favorites pictured here? I’ll…
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Book Club Favs
I’ve recently discovered how much I love book clubs. I don’t have many local friends that love to read or have the time, so it never occurred to me to be a part of one. Since I joined Instagram, I’ve joined six book clubs and two buddy reads – it’s SO MUCH FUN!! I’m the…
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Review: SEX AND RAGE by Eve Babitz
“The two girls grew up at the edge of the ocean and knew it was paradise, and better than Eden, which was only a garden.” Summary: We first meet Jacaranda in Los Angeles. She’s a beach bum, a part-time painter of surfboards, sun-kissed and beautiful. Jacaranda has an on-again, off-again relationship with a married man…
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Review: TOUCH by Courtney Maum
Summary: Sloane Jacobsen is one of the world’s most powerful trend forecasters (she was the foreseer of “the swipe”), and global fashion, lifestyle, and tech companies pay to hear her opinions about the future. Her recent forecasts on the family are unwavering: the world is over-populated, and with unemployment, college costs, and food prices all…