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Home Read. Review. Repeat. Genres Non-Fiction Memoir

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

Review: PURE by Linda Kay Klein

Janelle October 24, 2018 Book Reviews, Finished Copy, From Publisher, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Touchstone Books Leave a Comment

Many thanks to Touchstone Books for my free copy – all opinions are my own.  Description:  In the 1990s, a “purity industry” emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a …

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Review: OKAY FINE WHATEVER by Courtenay Hameister

Janelle August 26, 2018 Advance Copy, Book Reviews, From Publisher, Little Brown Ambassador, Little, Brown and Company, Memoir, Non-Fiction Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Little, Brown and Company for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:  For most of her life (and even during her years as the host of a popular radio show), Courtenay …

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Review: JELL-O GIRLS by Allie Rowbottom

Janelle August 22, 2018 Advance Copy, Book Reviews, From Publisher, Little, Brown and Company, Memoir, Non-Fiction Leave a Comment

Many thanks to Little, Brown and Company for my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:  In 1899, Allie Rowbottom’s great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor for $450. The sale would turn out to …

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Review: FROM THE CORNER OF THE OVAL by Beck Dorey-Stein

Janelle July 18, 2018 Advance Copy, Book Reviews, Finished Copy, From Publisher, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Political, Random House, Random House Ambassador Leave a Comment

Thank you so very much to Random House for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own.  Description:  In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein is working five part-time jobs and just scraping by when a posting on Craigslist lands her, …

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Review: MANY LOVE by Sophie Lucido Johnson

Janelle June 29, 2018 Book Reviews, Finished Copy, From Publisher, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Touchstone Books Leave a Comment

Many thanks to Touchstone Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:  After trying for years to emulate her boomer parents’ forty-year and still-going-strong marriage, Sophie realized that maybe the love she was looking …

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Review: END OF THE ROPE by Jan Redford

Janelle June 15, 2018 Advance Copy, Book Reviews, Counterpoint Press, From Publisher, Memoir, Nature, Non-Fiction, Travel Leave a Comment

Thank you so much Counterpoint Press for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:  As a teenager, in a fit of rage toward her father, Jan pits herself against a steep rock face near their …

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Blog Tour & Review: AMSTERDAM EXPOSED by David Wienir

Janelle May 13, 2018 Advance Copy, BLOG TOUR, Book Reviews, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Publicist, Smith Publicity Services, Travel Leave a Comment

Book Description: Amsterdam Exposed tells the true one-of-a-kind story of an innocent exchange student who moves to Amsterdam hoping to write a book about the red light district and everything that follows. It’s an American abroad story, and also a …

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Review: HEART BERRIES by Terese Marie Mailhot

Janelle April 6, 2018 Book Reviews, Counterpoint Press, Memoir, Non-Fiction Leave a Comment

Book Description:  Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman’s coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual …

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Book Mail: SISTER OF DARKNESS by R. H. Stavis

Janelle April 6, 2018 Book Mail, Finished Copy, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Publicist, Wunderkind PR Leave a Comment

Thank you so much to Wunderkind PR, Dey Street Books for this free copy! This sounds incredibly interesting and I cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS:  The world’s only non-denominational exorcist tells her astonishing true story: a riveting chronicle of …

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Amazon Purchase: HEART BERRIES by Terese Marie Mailhot

Janelle February 20, 2018 Counterpoint Press, Memoir, Non-Fiction Leave a Comment

I have been waiting to read this one! I’ve seen this on a bunch of “must read” lists and the cover is gorgeous! It’s surprisingly short too! SYNOPSIS:  Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman’s coming of age …

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