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Genre: Non-fiction, Essays, Memoir Published by: Harper Perennial Publish date: October 7, 2025 Number of pages: 240 pages Author’s website: https://zefyrlisowski.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! A sharply personal and expansive essay collection dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films, exploring the complications of gender, the insidiousness of class ascension, and the …
ALA Store Genre: Anthology, Essays, Non-Fiction, Biography/Memoir Published by: S&S/Saga Press Publish date: September 23, 2025 Number of pages: 272 pages Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! A captivating anthology and heartfelt tribute to the horror genre featuring essays from several of the most celebrated contemporary horror writers including, Grady Hendrix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham …
I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from Netgalley and Avid Reader Press. This has not impacted my rating and this review is voluntary. Genre: Nonfiction Published by: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Publish date: Nov. 29, 2023 Number of pages: 320 pages Author’s website: http://www.heatherradke.com/ Support local! Buy the book …
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I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from Netgalley and Celadon Books. This has not impacted my rating and this review is voluntary. Genre: True Crime, Memoir Published by: Celadon Books Publish date: April 26, 2022 Number of pages: 288 pages Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! In 2018, Paul Holes retired as a …
Photo by Small Circle Studio, Inc. I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from Netgalley and Mariner Books. This has not impacted my rating and this review is voluntary. Genre: Non-Fiction Published by: Mariner Books Publish date: Aug 2, 2022 Number of pages: 272 pages Author’s website: http://www.ebbartels.com/ Support local! Find this book …
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Photo by Joey Pulone August 25, 2010 Portrait of Makita Brottman, a professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. Date: 8/25/10 I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from Netgalley and Macmillan Audio. This has not impacted my rating and this review is voluntary. Genre: True Crime Published …
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I received and eARC of this cookbook from Netgalley and Appetite by Random House. This review is voluntary. Genre: CookbookPublished by: Appetite by Random HousePublish date: April 20th 2021Number of pages: 256 pagesAuthor’s website: http://www.aveceric.com/eric-ripertSupport local! Buy the book on BookShop! From one of the world's most renowned chefs, 110 essential recipes that bring out the beauty …
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I received an Advanced Reader's Copy from NetGalley and Tiller Press. This review is voluntary. Rating: 4/5 Genre: History, Women's History, Non-Fiction, True Crime Discover 50 fascinating tales of female pirates, fraudsters, gamblers, bootleggers, serial killers, madams, and outlaws in this illustrated book of lawbreaking and legendary women throughout the ages Many of us are …
Thank you NetGalley and Berrett-Koehler Publishers for an advanced reader copy of the second edition in exchange for an honest review. Rating: 4/5 Genre: Non-fiction, Self-help This pioneering bestseller has become a rallying cry for a movement of radical self-love--the second edition shows readers how to grow the movement from self to systems and includes …
Book Review: When She Was Bad: How and Why Women Get Away with Murder by Patricia Pearson
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