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In: 2024, 5 Stars, Adult Books, Humor, Women's Fiction
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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, 4 Stars, Coming of Age, Emotional Issues, Families & Relationships, Young Adult
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Beautiful Imagery and Unique Story ABOUT THE BOOK Fourteen-year-old Reese’s dream of winning the Black Elk race is shattered when her beloved horse, Trusted Treasure, falls at the last jump and the vet suggests they put him down. While still reeling from that loss, her family suffers a second tragedy—one that results in the end of their family business, the sale of Trusted Treasure, and irreparable damage to Reese’s relationship with her father. Heartbroken andRead More →

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In: 2021, 4 Stars, Adult Books, Audio, Detective and Mystery, Humor, Women's Fiction
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ABOUT THE BOOK Grace, Meg and Daphne, all in their seventies, are minding their own business while enjoying a cup of tea in a café, when seventeen-year-old Nina stumbles in. She’s clearly distraught and running from someone, so the three women think nothing of hiding her when a suspicious-looking man starts asking if they’ve seen her. Once alone, Nina tells the women a little of what she’s running from. The need to protect her isRead More →

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Interview & Giveaway Join us for this tour from Aug 18 to Sep 14, 2022! Book Details: Book Title:  Call My Name: A Novel by Jenni OgdenCategory:  Adult Fiction (18 +),  384 pagesGenre:  Literary/Women’s/Bookclub FictionPublisher:  Sea Dragon PressRelease date:   April 2020Formats Available for Review: print (USA only), ebook (MOBI FILE(FOR KINDLE), EPUB, PDF, NetGalley download), audiobook (Findawaydownload, NetGalley download)Tour dates: Aug 18 to Sep 14, 2022Content Rating:  PG-13 + M: Has childbirth/abortion/adoption/surrogacy themes, the brief descriptionRead More →

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In: 2021, 4 Stars, Adult Books, Romance, Women's Fiction
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Description From the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners comes a feel-good story about becoming who you were meant to be all along. Phronsie Linnelle was conceived at Woodstock in a serendipitous liaison between a free-spirited hippie and a farmer’s son and was born with magical wonder flickering in her DNA and rationality knit into her bones. All her life she’s been torn between the two. But now that she’s been betrayed by both love and theRead More →

audiobook by Steven Carino

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In: 2 Stars, 2021, Adult Books, Audio, Biographies and Autobiographies, Memoir, Non-Fiction
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The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together Description He was searching for a lost dog. He found more than he’d ever hoped for. On Valentine’s Day 2019, someone stole Steven Carino’s dog, Oliver, from his car. Having lost his mother at 13 and grown up with an alcoholic father, he could always count on his dogs for comfort and company. But now, with his beloved Oliver missing, Steven feltRead More →

Book by Lisa Gerlits

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In: 2020, 5 Stars, Middle Grade, Social Themes
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Clara and Orion Will Take You On An Interesting Journey The Journey Begins When eleven-year-old Clara, whose full name is Clarity Kartoffel, and her friend Orion break their neighbor’s glass gazing ball, it is a bigger problem than you might imagine. Why? Because rumors have been flying for years about the scary old man who lives at the end of the street. Yes, the man who lives in the house that once was adorned withRead More →

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– The Conclusion To The Series Of Novels – Author: Kate DiCamillo Publisher: Candlewick Press (September 24, 2019) Sample Chapter Genre: Middle Grade Hardback: 256 pages My Thoughts This is New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo’s touching, funny, and fearless conclusion to her sequence of novels about the beloved Three Rancheros. Though it is a stand-alone book, it is a companion novel to Raymie Nightingale and Louisiana’s Way Home. Beverly Tapinski has no reasonRead More →

Picture book cover

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In: 2019, 4 Stars, Fantasy, Middle Grade
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– A Most Unusual Polar Bear – Author: Dan Bar-el Illustrator: Kelly Pousette Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Publication Date: September 3, 2019 Genre: Middle Grade Excerpt Hardcover: 272 pages Ages: 8 – 12 Grades: 3 – 7 My Thoughts The minute I started reading this book it became apparent that the writing style was quite unique. And enjoyable. Duane the polar bear is ready to take the reader on a wonderful adventure. HeRead More →

Heidi Perks Book

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In: 2019, 5 Stars, Adult Books, Detective and Mystery, Suspense and Thrillers
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– Be Ready For This To Grab Your Interest Immediately – Author: Heidi Perks Publisher: Gallery Books (January 8, 2019) Listen To Except Reading Group Guide Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher’s Synopsis What should have been a fun-filled, carefree day takes a tragic turn for the worse for one mother when her best friend’s child goes missing in this “seriously page-turning” (Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author), suspenseful, and darkly twisted psychological thriller.  Charlotte was supposed toRead More →

author Cary Fagan book cover

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In: 2019, 3 Stars, Middle Grade, Social Themes
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Can A Homemade Postcard Carry So Much Meaning? ABOUT THE BOOK Who is Gretchen Oyster? The discovery of a series of mysterious handmade postcards distracts Hartley from trouble at home. A poignant novel for fans of Rebecca Stead and Holly Goldberg Sloan. Hartley Staples, near-graduate of middle school, is grappling with the fact that his older brother has run away from home, when he finds a handmade postcard that fascinates him. And soon he spotsRead More →

Young Adult Book

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In: 2019, 3 Stars, Families & Relationships, Mystery, Young Adult
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Adventure and Excitement Details Author: Tim Wynne-Jones Publisher: Candlewick Press (September 10, 2019) Genre: Young Adult/Suspense Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher’s Synopsis Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families’ camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He’d been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend — his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father. But when his friend gets grounded, NateRead More →

Cover of David Barclay Moore's book, The Stars Beneath Our Feet

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A Middle-Grade Debut Novel You Won’t Want To Put Down Author: David Barclay Moore Hardcover: 304 Knopf Books for Young Readers (September 19, 2017) Paperback: 304 Yearling; Reprint edition (January 8, 2019) Ages: 10 – 13 This story is an amazing glimpse into the life of Wallace “Lolly” Rachpaul, an angry boy who is attempting to work through the death of his older brother. What makes this even more difficult is that he is livingRead More →

Fake ID Cover Art

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In: 2014, 4 Stars, Action Adventure, Audio, Mystery, Young Adult
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Sometimes It’s Not Easy Being A Teen Details Author:  Lamar GilesPublisher: Amistad (January 21, 2014) Hardback: 320 Paperback: 336 Kindle:  325 Audio: 7 hrs 57 min My name isn’t really Nick Pearson. I shouldn’t tell you where I’m from. I shouldn’t tell you why my family moved to Stepton, Virginia. I shouldn’t tell you who I really am, or my hair, eye, and skin color. And I definitely shouldn’t tell you about my friend Eli CruzRead More →

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In: 2018, 5 Stars, Middle Grade, Social Themes
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 Meet Characters Who Will Beg You To Keep Turning The Pages Author: Kate DiCamillo Publisher:  Candlewick (October 2018) Ages: 10+ Hardback: 240 pages Audio Book: 3 hours and 35 minutes Kindle:  240 print pages I am going to write it all down, so that what happened to me will be known, so that if someone were to stand at their window at night and look up at the stars and think, My goodness, whatever happenedRead More →

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A Story You Won’t Soon Forget ABOUT THE BOOK Author: Lynn PlourdePublisher:  Puffin Books; Reprint edition (August 2017) Pages: 272 hardcover Ages: 10+ When a BIG, lovable, does-it-her-way dog wiggles her way into the heart of a loudmouth pipsqueak of a boy, wonderful things happen that help him become a bigger, better person. With its diverse cast, authentic narrator, and perfect blend of spot-on middle-grade humor, drama, and wisdom, this powerful debut is relatable, funny, bittersweet,Read More →

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What Defines True Friendship? Description If it were up to Mattie Markham, there would be a law that said your family wasn’t allowed to move in the middle of the school year. After all, sixth grade is hard enough without wondering if you’ll be able to make new friends or worrying that the kids in Pennsylvania won’t like your North Carolina accent. But when Mattie meets her next-door neighbor and classmate, she begins to thinkRead More →