Honest, thoughtful, and passionate book reviews and recommendations.
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Mary Pauline Lowry’s The Roxy Letters is the hilarious, wonderfully weird story of an Austin, Texas-native 20-something with big plans to become an artist and take down the Lululemon that’s replaced her favorite local video store – if only she can find the motivation.
Thanks to Simon Books for the free book!
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Jessica Simpson’s Open Book is the searingly honest and tell-all memoir of one of the early 2000’s most popular and gossiped-about pop stars.
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Andy Greene’s The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History is an interesting oral history of the inception and filming of nine seasons of a beloved sitcom.
Thanks to Dutton for the free book!
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Chanel Miller’s raw, unflinching memoir, Know My Name, takes an in-depth look at Chanel’s high-profile sexual assault and subsequent years-long battle in court.
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Amanda Lovelace’s Break Your Glass Slippers is a collection of fiction poetry focusing on the idea of a woman making her own fairy tales in life.
Thanks to Booksparks for the free copy!
Continue reading “Break Your Glass Slippers: Amanda Lovelace”Ahhh, #tbt to a simpler time… early 2020. When hope was abundant and I could go to Target without wearing a face mask! The first quarter of the new decade was a good one for me, reading-wise. I got into a great groove with audio books and branched out a bit, genre-wise. Take a peek for all the deets on what I read in January, February, and March of 2020!
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Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel tells the non-linear stories of a long con gone wrong, a beautiful young woman’s disappearance, and these stories’ ground zero – the hotel on an isolated island in British Columbia.
Thanks to A.A. Knopf for the free book!
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