Reading
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Special Feature and Excerpt: The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim
Right from the start, I really liked the sound of this novel. An unconventional mother daughter story just sounds refreshing and interesting to me. I couldn’t fit this one in on my review schedule which made me so sad but I was able to do the next best thing and bring you guys a little sneak peak with an excerpt today. After reading that excerpt I am even more excited for this one to release! It is out on Sept 1st so only a couple more days to go! I can’t wait to read this one and I hope you guys are as excited about this one as I am!
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Independent Bookstore Day
I love indie bookstores and as many of you know, Independent Bookstore Day was postponed to August 29th which is today! I decided to do a little post about some of my favorite indie bookstores to share with you guys. Most of my bookstores are local to me but I did include a couple of others that I have found through Instagram/Bookstagram while others I have found from visiting other cities. Be sure to comment with some of your favorite indie bookstores today do we can celebrate them! Here is my list, in no particular order.
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Review: The Whisper Man by Alex North (Audible Edition)
My book club pick for August was The Whisper Man and I was so excited for it because I have had the book from my Book of the Month box for over a year. I often find myself looking at it on my shelves and think, ‘this is the month I am going to read it’ and then something else catches my eye and I forget until the next time my eye wanders that way. This month though I was determined to read it and was thrilled that my book club selected it for August!
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Cover Reveal: The Social Graces by Renee Rosen
How is it that I have never read one of Renee Rosen’s books?! Well we simply must remedy that, especially after seeing this gorgeous cover! I am swooning over the beauty of this cover and I don’t know if I can wait for its release! I have certainly seen Rosen’s books popping up on my social media and in bookstores but for some reason they just haven’t found their way on to my book shelves but they definitely will now! This book hits shelves in the spring of 2021 but you can be sure to snag yourself a copy now on pre order! If this cover doesn’t entice you to…
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Review: The London Restoration by Rachel McMillan
This is one of those books that when I saw the cover, I simply said yes without even pausing to read the summary. As many of you know I am a huge sucker for historical fiction and this cover hit all the historical fiction eye catchers it possibly could! I love the colors and the red hat just drew me right in and I couldn’t wait to check it out and see if the story lived up to the hype of the cover. Basically I went into this one blind since I said yes without even reading the summary and sometimes that works out for me. I didn’t know what…
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Review: A Class Forsaken (A Matter of Class #3) by Susie Murphy
Over the last few years I have gotten to know Susie Murphy and her characters in the “Matter of Class” series and not only is she a wonderful person and author, but her saga has only gotten better. More about that in a minute but first I wanted to take a couple of minutes and gush over the beauty of this cover. It is absolutely stunning. Each cover design has been eye catching, memorable, and interesting but this one is my favorite cover design. I think it’s elegant and captures the essence of the saga. Now that I have raved about the cover a bit, let’s talk about how great…
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Review: Killer Kung Pao (A Noodle Shop Mystery #6) by Vivien Chien
How is it that we are already on the 6th book in this series? It feels like I just started reading it a few months ago….but I haven’t. I read the very first book before it came out and fell in love with this series. I adore Lana Lee and all the murdery goodness of the Asia Village not to mention every book I read leaves me craving Chinese food and I don’t even like Chinese food but I would kill for some noodles about three chapters in to every single book! Every time I see that Vivien Chien has a new Lana book coming out, I just automatically add…
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Special Feature: Love Sold Separately by Ellen Meister
When I first saw this cover, the first things that came to mind were definitely NOT murder mystery. The cover says rom-com or chick lit and the title implies romance so when I saw that it contained a murder mystery, I was like—-say what?! It sounds like the story itself is more of a rom-com—but there is a murder mystery tied in and I think that sounds like such a fun read! I love when genres cross over and I am really excited to see if that works in this one. Sometimes it does, while others it doesn’t but I think either way this one sounds fun. I couldn’t get…
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Special Feature: How to Catch a Sinful Marquess (The Disreputable Debutantes #3) by Amy Rose Bennett
My head was turned when I saw this cover. I absolutely love the pinks and purples in the cover and immediately wanted to know more. The title definitely sounded like a typical romance title so I obviously knew that this was going to be a romance novel, but I just really loved the cover and how the woman was placed and that there was no man on the cover, I wondered if this would be a bit of a different romance than I was expecting. Not to mention the male love interests name wasn’t something saucy like ‘Fabian’…..his name is Hamish. Talk about the least sexiest name out there. So…
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Special Feature: The Guilty Die Twice by Don Hartshorn
If there is one show I can binge watch for days it’s Law and Order. Sure the crime parts and police work are always exciting but for me it’s the order side of things that always get me. Court room dramas are captivating for me. I was a pre law major when I started college and growing up it was my dream to become a lawyer and I would have had I not found something else that I loved just as much. But I still get that courtroom itch from time to time and when I do I try to do the next best thing and read a courtroom drama…