This is how thrillers should be. Everyone, take note. Look, by far the genre I’m the most pickiest with is thrillers. So rare do I genuinely[…]
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Author: Nina-Tala @JustAddaWord
Hi guys! I’m Nina: an architect, painter, and a book-devourer from Houston, Texas. I like to think I’m a good piano-player. I adore anything and everything high fantasy. I want to be a cross between Lila Bard and Kestrel Trajan when I grow up. Kaz Brekker and Kell Maresh are my everything. And yes, I do have a face.
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
What impresses me most is this book’s capability to tackle important, big issues, such as poverty and sexism, in such a simple, comprehensible way. AMAL UNBOUND, as[…]
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Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne : spaceships and survival and jane eyre
I like this book more than I care to admit. Look, I’ll be honest: you could set anything in space, and I’ll all but guarantee I’ll like it. Once[…]
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Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian : ice cream and friendship and summer
This, unfortunately, is a solid no from me. Look, I have nothing against fluffy contemporaries. Nothing at all. In fact, I like to seek them out, because they’re refreshing.[…]
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I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Foreman : friendship in NYC in a day
Hi, all! I know I’ve been scarce lately (because I’m working on my WIP that is slowly killing me #funtimes) but I’m back for better of for worse. Today[…]
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In Her Skin by Kim Savage BLOG TOUR+Giveaway!
Hi all! Today I’ll be spotlighting one of my most anticipated 2018 releases. I mean, thrillers with missing people and smart con artists all wrapped up in a pretty[…]
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More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer : emotions and gaming and jujitsu
I AM A MESS OF EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW. I love this one so, so much. The concept. The plot. The heartrending scenes, the emotional scenes, the pure adrenaline scenes.[…]
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In Search of Us by Ava Dellaira : mothers and daughters and road trips
This was emotional and heavy and so, so good. IN SEARCH OF US follows Marilyn and Angie, mother and daughter, at seventeen years of age. And let me just say,[…]
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This Heart of Mine by CC Hunter : transplants and mysteries in Houston
The first thing you should know is that this book is perfect. Yes, I’m totally serious. What I absolutely loved about THIS HEART OF MINE is[…]
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Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough (Blog Tour!)
This is beautiful and powerful and absolutely necessary. It’s historical fiction novel written in alternating verse and prose, exploring the life of seventeenth century painter Artemisia[…]
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Active Memory by Dan Wells (Blog Tour + GIVEAWAY!) : sci-fi and action
This is thrilling, and this is just plain fun. As a third installment in the series, and as the third Dan Wells book I’ve read, I think[…]
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I Stop Somewhere by TE Carter (Blog Tour+GIVEAWAY!) : ghosts in ghostly towns
This is heartrending and haunting. There’s just no other way to describe it. No, it wasn’t a fun or enjoyable book to read, by any means,[…]
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