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Category: Fiction

Posted on May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

The Roxy Letters: Mary Pauline Lowry

★★★★★

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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Posted on May 6, 2020

Break Your Glass Slippers: Amanda Lovelace

★★

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!

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Posted on April 28, 2020

The Glass Hotel: Emily St. John Mandel

★★★★

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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Posted on April 24, 2020April 29, 2020

Lakewood: Megan Giddings

★★★★

Megan Giddings’ Lakewood is the fascinating, unsettling story of a young woman who – in desperate need of money to support her family after her grandmother dies – opts into a mysterious medical experimentation program.

Thanks to Bibliofinder and Amistad Books for the free review copy!

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Posted on April 20, 2020April 20, 2020

American Royals: Katharine McGee

★★★★

Katharine McGee’s American Royals is the juicy and dramatic Young Adult story of the modern-day American royal family, if George Washington had opted to rule as king rather that president.

Thank you to author Katherine McGee and Penguin Kids for the gifted copy of this book!

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Posted on April 16, 2020April 20, 2020

The Tattooist of Auschwitz: Heather Morris

★★★

Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a fictionalization of the true story of survival, resilience, and love within the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp.

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Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020

In Five Years: Rebecca Serle

★★★★★

Rebecca Serle’s In Five Years is the wonderfully surprising and heartbreaking story of a very Type A corporate lawyer in New York City who has stringently planned her future, but who may have to learn that life doesn’t always go exactly as planned.

Thank you to Atria Books for the free book!

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Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

Amnesty: Aravind Adiga

★★★

Aravind Adiga’s Amnesty is the deeply pensive story of an illegal immigrant to Australia who has important information about a murder but fears deportation if he contacts the authorities.

Thanks to Scribner for the free book!

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Posted on April 2, 2020

Twice in a Blue Moon: Christina Lauren

★★★★

Christina Lauren’s Twice in a Blue Moon is the absorbing, lovely story about two young people who fall in and out of love in London on a vacation and find themselves working together years later, with a second chance at love.

Thanks to Booksparks for the free copy!

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Posted on March 27, 2020

Things in Jars: Jess Kidd

★★★

Jess Kidd’s Things in Jars is a curious, fiercely unique story of a female detective in Victorian London who, with the help of a ghostly sidekick, is on a mission to uncover the whereabouts of a potentially supernatural young girl.

Thanks to Atria for sending me a free advanced copy!

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