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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Coming-of-Age”

Review: SAVING RUBY KING by Catherine Adel West

Janelle July 4, 2020 BLOG TOUR, Book Reviews, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Finished Copy, From Publisher, Literary Fiction, Park Row Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Park Row Books for my free copy.  Description: When Ruby King’s mother is found murdered in their home in Chicago’s South Side, the police dismiss it as another act of violence in a black neighborhood. But …

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Review: OONA OUT OF ORDER by Margarita Montimore

Janelle March 16, 2020 Book Reviews, Book Sparks, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Finished Copy, Flatiron Books, Science Fiction, Suspense Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Book Sparks and Flatiron for my free copy. Description: It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn nineteen, and the year ahead …

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Review: ANNA K by Jenny Lee

Janelle March 16, 2020 Book Reviews, Book Sparks, Coming-of-Age, Cookbooks, Finished Copy, Flatiron Books, Young Adult Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Book Sparks and Flatiron for my free copy. Description: At seventeen, Anna K is at the top of Manhattan and Greenwich society (even if she prefers the company of her horses and dogs); she has the …

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Blog Tour: THE DEAD GIRLS CLUB by Damien Angelica Walters

Janelle November 3, 2019 Advance Copy, BLOG TOUR, Book Reviews, Coming-of-Age, Crooked Lane Books, From Publisher, Horror, Suspense, Thriller Leave a Comment

Thank you so much to Crooked Lane Books for my free copy.  Description:  Red Lady, Red Lady, show us your face… In 1991, Heather Cole and her friends were members of the Dead Girls Club. Obsessed with the macabre, the …

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Blog Tour & Review: WILDCHILDS by Eugenia Melian

Janelle October 11, 2018 BLOG TOUR, Book Reviews, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Finished Copy, Publicist, Smith Publicity Services Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Smith Publicity for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own.  Description:  Seventeen years ago, Iris was forced to abandon Gus, the love of her life, and her career as a top model in …

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Blog Tour & Review: THE ANCIENT NINE by Ian Smith

Janelle September 20, 2018 Advance Copy, BLOG TOUR, Book Reviews, Coming-of-Age, From Publisher, Mystery, St. Martin's Press, Suspense 2 Comments

Thank you so much St. Martin’s Press for inviting me to participate in the blog tour and my free review copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:  Spenser Collins is an unlikely Harvard prospect and Dalton Winthrop is a white-shoe legacy at Harvard. …

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Review: FRUIT OF THE DRUNKEN TREE by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Janelle August 26, 2018 Advance Copy, Book Reviews, Coming-of-Age, Doubleday, From Publisher, Literary Fiction Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Doubleday Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:  Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of …

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Review: THE MYTH OF PERPETUAL SUMMER by Susan Crandall

Janelle July 26, 2018 Book Reviews, Coming-of-Age, Finished Copy, From Publisher, Gallery Books, Historical Fiction 1 Comment

Thank you so much Gallery Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description:  Tallulah James’s parents’ volatile relationship, erratic behavior, and hands-off approach to child rearing set tongues to wagging in their staid Mississippi town, …

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Review: TIN MAN by Sarah Winman

Janelle July 18, 2018 Advance Copy, Book Reviews, Coming-of-Age, From Publisher, Goodreads Giveaway, Literary Fiction, Putnam Books Leave a Comment

Many thanks to Putnam Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description: This is almost a love story. But it’s not as simple as that. Ellis and Michael are twelve-year-old boys when they first become …

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Review: THE PISCES by Melissa Broder

Janelle July 18, 2018 Advance Copy, Book Reviews, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Crown Publishing Group, Fantasy, From Publisher, Hogarth Press, Magical Realism, Publisher Book Ambassador Leave a Comment

Thank you so much to Crown Publishing and Hogarth Press for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description:  Lucy has been writing her dissertation on Sappho for nine years when she and her boyfriend break up …

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