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A Touching Book You Won’t Want To Overlook WHAT IT’S ABOUT Family secrets come to light as a young woman fights to save herself, and others, in a Nazi-run baby factory—a real-life Handmaid’s Tale—during World War II. In a sleepy German village, Allina Strauss’s life seems idyllic: she works at her uncle’s bookshop, makes strudel with her aunt, and spends weekends with her friends and fiancé. But it’s 1939, Adolf Hitler is Chancellor, and Allina’sRead More →

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Presented Alphabetically By The Elemental Dragons What It’s About In this unique alphabet book, members of the Elemental Dragon Clan, present 26 Magical Elements of the Periodic Table in alphabetical order. Each member of the clan has an element tipped tail. They also have magical powers based on the properties of their metals. There are no more perfect groups than unicorns and dragons to familiarize with elements from the Periodic Table. Their theme is “NoRead More →

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Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence by Steve Gleason and Jeff Duncan WHAT IT’S ABOUT In 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that takes away the ability to move, talk, and breathe. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-three years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date. His memoir is the chronicle of aRead More →

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Including An Interview With the Author WHAT IT’S ABOUT After his father dies suddenly and his family’s fortune takes a nosedive, Jonas Shore starts selling weed and pills to cool kids at his Philadelphia high school to support himself and his mother; that is, until his hustle catches up with him and he’s sent away to Lafayette Academy. In this testosterone-fueled boarding school for fatherless boys, Jonas learns how to survive. He and his roommatesRead More →

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In this fun, feisty romp, a celebrity life coach collides with her former mentor as both women struggle with the choices they’ve made, the lives they have now, and the legacy they’ll leave behind. WHAT IT’S ABOUT Caroline Beckett is living the dream. A self-help guru with a glamorous clientele and a marriage to a handsome photographer, she’s proof women really can have it all. But one night leaves Caroline reeling, forcing her to reconsider everything sheRead More →

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In: 2023, 5 Stars, Adult Books, Detective and Mystery, Suspense and Thrillers
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One of Baldacci’s Best What It’s About The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America’s dirtiest secrets—can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA operative Jenny Silkwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in theRead More →

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In: 2023, 5 Stars, Emotions, Friendship, Kindness, Picture Books, Relationships, Teamwork
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Giveaway and Author Interview Book Details: Book Title:  Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times®, Vol. 1 by Pam GittlemanCategory:  Children’s Fiction (ages 2 to 5), 46 pagesGenre:  Children’s Picture BookPublisher:  Mascot Kids, an imprint of Amplify Publishing GroupRelease date:   Oct 3, 2023Formats Available for Review: print-hardback (USA), e-book (EPUB)Tour dates: Nov 20 to Dec 8Content Rating:  G.  Suitable for everyone. Book Description: What happens when Three KIND Mice put their heads (and bodies!) together to get some cheese on top of theRead More →

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A Touching Story That You Won’t Want To Overlook WHAT IT’S ABOUT Masterfully blending elements of psychological suspense and true crime, Jessica Knoll—author of the bestselling novel Luckiest Girl Alive and the writer behind the Netflix adaption starring Mila Kunis—delivers a new and exhilarating thriller in Bright Young Women. The book opens on a Saturday night in 1978, hours before a soon-to-be-infamous murderer descends upon a Florida sorority house with deadly results. The lives of those who survive, includingRead More →

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A Story That Will Quickly Catch Your Attention WHAT IT’S ABOUT #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bestselling series featuring renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, who investigate a mystery so enigmatic it may have no solution. In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their final campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: somethingRead More →

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A Story You Won’t Want To Stop Reading Enter The Giveaway Below! 25 to Life by John Lansing August 21 – September 15, 2023 Virtual Book Tour Synopsis: 25 to Life is the fifth and latest installment in the Jack Bertolino series, written by John Lansing in the propulsive, cinematic, page-turning style he has become known for. Gloria Millhouse, a beautiful African American law student, is working with the Project for the Innocent. She hasRead More →

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Captivating Story and Fantastic Narrator WHAT IT’S ABOUT Vivvy Bouchet was only ten when she saved a boy’s life by making an impossible prediction. She doesn’t want to explain it. A wunderkind scientist, she just wants to be left in peace to scan the desert Texas sky with her telescopes in one of the darkest places on earth. But when the boy she saved, now a Fort Worth cop, begs for her help on aRead More →

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by Israel “DT” Del Toro, Jr. with T.L. Heyer ABOUT THE BOOK An inspiring memoir of promises kept, overcoming obstacles, and what it means to sacrifice for others, written by a Special Warfare Operator with the US Air Force.When Israel “DT” Del Toro, Jr.’s Humvee rolled over a roadside improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, he had one thought as he lost consciousness: I have to keep the promise I made to my dad. DT was orphanedRead More →

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A Magical Message That Kids Will Love WHAT IT’S ABOUT Poppy Woodlock believes in magic, but so far, she hasn’t found any. It’s been two weeks since her parents moved their family to Oregon to undertake their biggest project yet: revitalizing the once-grand Lark-Hayes Manor. Her older brother instantly found his place, but after being thrown into middle school midyear, Poppy is feeling…invisible. So she retreats to where she’s always felt most at home: booksRead More →

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In: 2023, 5 Stars, Comic Book / Graphic Novel, Middle Grade
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Hope and Resilience A Must Read ABOUT THE BOOK A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant middle grade journey to self-acceptance told through prose, verse, and illustration. Will is the only round kid in a school full of string beans. So he hides…in baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, in the back row during class, and anywhere but the cafeteria during lunch. But shame isn’t the only feeling that dominates Will’s life. He’sRead More →

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A World War II Novel of the Pacific by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee ABOUT THE BOOK Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire. Life in the Philippines seems like paradise–until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plungedRead More →

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An Easy Guide to Plant-Forward Eating, With 75+ Recipes ABOUT THE BOOK In this easy-to-use guide, Marisa Moore, R.D., shares a flexible approach—backed by the latest nutritional science—to a more plant-forward diet that can improve your health. With step-by-step tips to transform your plate, she offers 75 delicious recipes to help you reach your wellness goals. According to the latest scientific research, eating with a plant slant and focusing on whole foods—vegetables, fruits, whole grains,Read More →

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A Page-Turner ABOUT THE BOOK How far would you go to keep what’s yours? Someone is hunting Cass. Cass lives an enviable life: a successful career, two great kids, and a handsome husband. Then an email from her husband’s mistress, Emma, brings the façade of perfection crumbling around her, setting off a chain of events where buried secrets come back to haunt her. A taunting email turns into stalking and escalates into much worse. EthanRead More →

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The House Guest is another diabolical cat-and-mouse thriller from USA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan—but which character is the cat, and which character is the mouse? After every divorce, one spouse gets all the friends. What does the other one get? If they’re smart, they get the benefits. Alyssa Macallan is terrified when she’s dumped by her wealthy and powerful husband. With a devastating divorce looming, she begins to suspect her toxic and manipulative soon-to-be-ex is schemingRead More →