Tag: bookofthemonth
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Too Good to Be True is a Pretty Good Ride
“I know that I’m starting to sound like a con artist, Dr. K; I know if you could, you would tell me to press pause on all this.” Too Good to Be True – Carola Lovering My Rating Positives Negatives Plot twists are actually surprising! Wraps up too neatly at the end to be realistic…
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Consider This a Push to Read The Push
“These are thoughts I never let leave my lips. These are thoughts most mothers don’t have.” The Push – Ashley Audrain My Rating In Summary of The Push Blythe Connor discovers that motherhood isn’t exactly what she had hoped, and neither is her daughter. She is led by her husband to believe that it’s all…
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Infinite Country Deserves Infinite Praise
“Emigration was a peeling away of the skin. An undoing. You wake each morning and forget where you are, who you are, and when the world outside shows you your reflection, it’s ugly and distorted; you’ve become a scorned, unwanted creature.” Infinite Country – Patricia Engel My Rating In Summary of Infinite Country In Infinite…
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Book of the month: Book Subscription Review
What it is: A book subscription service (only serves the USA) that provides 5 options for hardback books each month to choose from, as well as other titles to add-on for a low price ($10). Depending on the plan you choose, your choice for each month will cost… Pros Cons Access to debut novels and…
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The Removed: Heartwrenching Message, but Lacking Execution
“An elder had once taught me not to be afraid of death because there is no death – there is only a change of worlds.” The Removed – Brandon Hobson My Rating In Summary of The Removed The Removed follows members of a modern Cherokee family through the week leading up to the fifteenth anniversary…
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Black History Month Reading Recs
Literature offers a path to understanding different worlds, places, people, and experiences; it has the ability to inform, connect, and spark empathy. As humans, we have the responsibility to seek understanding of other perspectives and do what we can to make the world better. We have to listen to the experiences of others, and I…
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The Glamourous and the Gory – Mexican Gothic is a Gem
“‘Noemí, just because there are no ghosts it doesn’t mean you can’t be haunted. Nor that you shouldn’t fear the haunting. You are too fearless.’” Mexican Gothic – Silvia Moreno-Garcia My Rating In Summary of Mexican Gothic In this spine-chilling Gothic novel, the reader is immediately immersed into Noemí’s glamorous, 1950’s life in urban Mexico.…
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People Like Her, but Unfortunately Not Everybody
“… that was when I knew. When I knew that I had been lying to myself… That I had not forgiven you, could never forgive you. That was when I knew what I was going to do. All I had to work out was how and where and when.” People Like Her – Ellery Lloyd…
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