In Fly With Me by Andie Burke, Olive is a nurse who is terrified of flying. Her first time on an airplane is awful, but when a fellow passenger has a medical emergency, she jumps into action and saves his life. However, people are filming her, and the video of what she did gets put …
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Book Review | Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh, Audrey is in a rut after her boyfriend unexpectedly breaks …
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Book Review | Family Lore
Well, this was a surprising read. In Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo, the Marte family has known that many of them have special abilities. One can tell when people are lying, one is great at herbalism — and Flor has dreams that tell her when someone is going to die. So when she decides to …
Book Review | My Roommate Is a Vampire (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In My Roommate Is a Vampire, Cassie Greenberg is a struggling artist in Chicago who has …
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Book Review | Whalefall (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Whalefall by Daniel Kraus. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Whalefall, Jay Gardiner hasn’t gone scuba diving in two years. He’s been grappling with his father's death by suicide, and …
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