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Review #170
Title- How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House Author- Cherie Jones Series- standalone Rating- 4.1/5 Genre- women’s fiction, literary fiction POV- see below Cover- a bit inconspicuous for the genre Plot/Blurb- In Baxter’s Beach, Barbados, Lala’s grandmother Wilma...
Review #169
Title- With the Fire on High Author- Elizabeth Acevedo Series- standalone Rating- 4.0/5.0 Genre- YA contemporary POV- first person, present tense Trope- teen pregnancy, coming of age Cover- I’m in love with the cover and the hardcover without the jacket is gorgeous. I...
Review #168
Title- A Song Below Water Author- Bethany C. Morrow Series- "A Chorus Rises" is #2 Rating- 3.8/5 Genre- young adult fantasy yet contemporary POV- two points of view, alternating first person present tense Trope- shunned/racism/coming of age Cover- representative of...
Review #167
Title- If I Never Met You Author- Mhairi McFarlane Series- standalone Rating- 3.7/5 Genre- contemporary romance POV- third person, past tense Trope- fake dating, office relationship Cover- representative of the genre Comps- It felt like a mix between “The Dating Plan”...
Review #166
Title- Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry Author- Joya Goffney Series- standalone Rating- 3.9/5 Genre- YA contemporary POV- first person, present tense Trope- coming of age Cover- representative of the genre Plot/Blurb- Quinn keeps lists of everything—from the days she’s ugly...
Review #165
Title- Nightborn Author- Jessica Thorne Series- sequel of Mageborn Rating- 3.7/5 Genre- Epic fantasy POV- 4 POV switching, third person, past tense Trope- the chosen one, magic, royalty, god/goddess Steam level- 2/5 Cover- I wasn’t a huge fan Plot/Blurb- Grace...
Top 10 reasons to gift yourself a book
10. Because you survived a Monday meeting … or ANY meeting. 9. Because you finished your last TBR book. But let's be honest, that'll never happen, so just go ahead and order one anyways. 8. Because you did NOT dream about a book boyfriend for a night, thus deserve a...
Review #164
Title- Mageborn Author- Jessica Thorne Series- The Hollow King Rating- 4.2/5 Genre- fantasy romance POV- Third person, past tense, dual/alternating POV Sometimes there were POV errors like the character seeing her own tears. Trope- enemies to lovers Steam...
Review #163
Title- The Best of Me Author- Nicholas Sparks Rating- 4.5/5 Comments- this is a short review for my own sake to track which novels I read years ago, and not very helpful for those readers who read my blog for full reviews. This was always one of my favorites....
Review #162
Title- The Rescue Author- Nicholas Sparks Rating- 4.6/5 Comments- this is a short review for my own sake to track which novels I read years ago, and not very helpful for those readers who read my blog for full reviews. This was always one of my favorites....
Review #161
Title- The Lucky One Author- Nicholas Sparks Rating- 5/5 Comments- this is a short review for my own sake to track which novels I read years ago, and not very helpful for those readers who read my blog for full reviews. This was always one of my favorites. Plot/Blurb-...
Review #160
Title- A Walk to Remember Author- Nicholas Sparks Rating- 5/5 Trope- tragedy Comments- this is a (nonsense) short review for my own sake to track which novels I read years ago, and not very helpful for those readers who read my blog for full reviews. This was always...
Review #159
Title- The Last Song Author- Nicholas Sparks Rating- 4/5 Comments- this is a short review for my own sake to track which novels I read years ago, and not very helpful for those readers who read my blog for full reviews. This was always one of my favorites. Plot/Blurb-...
Review #158
Title- The Notebook Author- Nicholas Sparks Series- standalone Rating- 5/5 Trope- forgotten memory, love triangle Cover- there’s a few, but I love them all Comps- any other Nicholas Sparks book Comments- this is a short review for my own sake to track which novels I...
Review #157
Title- Nights in Rodanthe Author- Nicholas Sparks Rating- 4.5/5 Comments- this is a short review for my own sake to track which novels I read years ago, and not very helpful for those readers who read my blog for full reviews. This was always one of my favorites....