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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan, Xingyin has grown up in seclusion on the moon with…
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I’m trying to listen to at least one audiobook a month in 2022, and… well, I blew through this one in just a few days, which I way faster than I usually read these. So I’d say I’m off to a good start this year! In Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner, Helen is expecting a baby after…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of One True Loves by Elise Bryant. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In One True Loves, the companion novel to Happily Ever Afters, Lenore hasn’t been very lucky in love so far. And…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. The Swimmers follows the various people who exercise at their community pool. Their lives are shattered, however, when a mysterious crack…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Book Lovers by Emily Henry. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Who knew a book that features more than one mention of Bigfoot erotica could be so good? (I promise this…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Maid by Nita Prose. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Maid, Molly has been a maid at the Regency Grand for several years, as a model employee. But one day, she…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Beast and the Bethany: Revenge of the Beast by Jack Meggitt-Phillips. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. (There will be minor spoilers for the ending of book one.) In Revenge of…
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In A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan, Sara is nervous to start middle school. She’s used to going to the Muslim school, but this is public school where she will be the minority. Not to mention her mother’s catering business is struggling, and she still hasn’t gotten her citizenship. Meanwhile,…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Ice House by Monica Sherwood. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. So while I’ve been avoiding fiction books about pandemics like… well, like the plague (sorry), I thought I’d give…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Keeper of Night, Ren Scarborough has been trying to prove herself as a Reaper in 1890s…