Book reviews and other bookish things
Genre: Literary Fiction Published by: Marysue Rucci Books Publish date: September 23, 2025 Number of pages: 496 Author’s website: https://monaawadauthor.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! In the cult classic novel Bunny, Samantha Heather Mackey, a lonely outsider student at a highly selective MFA program in New England, was first ostracized and then seduced by a clique …
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Lula King Photo & Film Genre: Memoir Published by: Pegasus Books Publish date: April 1, 2025 Number of pages: pages Author’s website: https://www.rachelphan.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! A warm and poignant narrative about finding one’s self amidst the grind of restaurant life, the cross-generational immigrant experience, and a daughter’s attempts to connect with parents …
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The Reindeer Readathon is an annual book reading challenge created by Erik from Breakevenbooks and runs Dec 1st to the 31st. I have linked his announcement on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8JWveNxrhw&t=83s The readathon includes prompts titled by the names of Santa's Reindeers and includes some bonus festive prompts. I participated last year on Team Candy Cane and …
I'm back with more memoir recommendations. This time they are graphic novels! I love graphic novels -- they are like more in depth/longer comics that tickle that visual part of my brain while also diving into some tough topics. If I can convince you to read anything, I hope it's one of these but especially …
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This was intended to go out in late October/ early November but life had other plans -- similar to the stories that I'll be recommending below. For me, memoirs have been an easy way to step my toe into the non-fiction reading space. Hearing a first person account of someone's life, has opened by eyes …
Rating: 3/5 Genre: Memoir A natural wine-soaked memoir about finding your passion -- and falling in love -- by the publisher of Pipette Magazine. It was Rachel Signer's dream to be that girl: the one smoking hand-rolled cigarettes out the French windows of her 19th-century Parisian studio apartment, wearing second-hand Isabel Marant jeans and sipping a glass of …
AKA how being obsessed with books has become more than just buying and borrowing books, but buying book-related merchandise as well. It's a problem. It's an obsession. Part 3 of this series will highlight one of my favorite bookish shops! Lauren of Bookshelf Tees creates the perfect sticker and clothing designs for the book-obsessed girlie …
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https://www.katherinewoodauthor.com/ Genre: Psychological Thriller, Published by: Bantam, Random House Publishing Publish date: July 9, 2024 Number of pages: 368 pages Author’s website: https://www.katherinewoodauthor.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! Everyone has a story. But not everyone’s story is true. When a young woman vanishes from her remote Greek island estate, her best friend races to find …
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AKA how being obsessed with books has become more than just buying and borrowing books, but buying book-related merchandise as well. It's a problem. It's an obsession. I have begun to receive some things as presents and wanted to highlight them below! Check out Part 1 here! View this post on Instagram A cute clay …
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I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from Netgalley and Parson Press. This has not impacted my rating and this review is voluntary. Genre: Romance Published by: Parson Press Publish date: 24 Oct 2023 Number of pages: 356 pages Author’s website: https://www.authorkimifreeman.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! Told in a dual timeline …
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