Book reviews and other bookish things
Rating: 4-4.5/5 Genre: poetry [book 1], “shaded injustice” challenges you to find your identify places, people, and things in your life where injustice was covert or supervised. next, create your own vision for what equality, diversity, and justice look like for you. lastly, identify ways you can work to make this vision an everyday reality. …
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Rating: 5/5 Genre: Fiction, Short Stories, (I listened to the audiobook) Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each story in Milk Blood Heat delves into the ordinary worlds of young girls, women, and men who find themselves confronted by extraordinary moments of violent personal reckoning. These intimate portraits of people and relationships scour …
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Book 1 of Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery Series Genre: Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Amateur SleuthPublished by: BerkleyPublish date: May 4, 2021Number of pages: 304 pagesAuthor’s website: https://www.miapmanansala.com/Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves …
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I received an ARC from NetGalley and Tin House Publishing. I am giving this review voluntarily. Rating: 4/5 Genre: Poetry Morgan Parker's Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night is being reprinted! This is the first collection of the author's. Her other notable works are There are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé and Magical …
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I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and Hachette Books in exchange for an honest review. I am giving this review voluntarily and all thoughts are my own. Rating: 5/5 Genre: Poetry During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, poet Nikita Gill captures, the heartache, loss, hope, and other hosts of …
Thank you to Netgalley and Berkley for the advanced reader copy. This review is voluntary and thoughts are my own. Rating: 4/5 Genre: Thriller, Suspense In a small town outside of Dallas is a group of women who call themselves, The Hunting Wives. The newest member is Sophie. Right of the bat, this novel gives …
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I received an Advanced Reader's Copy from NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group. This review is voluntary and thoughts are my own. Rating: 3.5/5 (rounded up to 4/5 on Goodreads) Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction If you suspected your best friend, the person you were closest to in the whole world, was a murderer, what would you …
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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 …
I received an advance review copy for free from Book Sirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Rating: 4/5 Genre: Fiction, Thriller, Cozy-ish Mystery Bar None, set in the heart of New York City, is an edge-of-your-seat mystery that features Jude Dillane, owner of The Corner Lounge on 10th Street and Avenue B. When …
Rating: 2/5 Genre: Poetry I have been a fan of Diego Perez aka Yung Pueblo's on Instagram for a couple of years now and was very excited to read this. Unfortunately, my expectations were not met. Although there are many great lessons in these pages on relationships and on one's self, the poems are redundant …
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