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~ Book Review: Something New at the Borrow a Bookshop (Borrow a Bookshop #3) (ARC) ~

Expected publication March 23, 2023 Author: Kiley Dunbar A fairytale ending isn’t just for fiction… The Borrow-a-Bookshop is recovering, seven months on from the winter flood that destroyed all its stock, and the latest temporary bookseller, Joy Foley, arrives in Clove Lore with her daughter, five-year-old Radia Pearl. As a tech expert, she’ll be working… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Something New at the Borrow a Bookshop (Borrow a Bookshop #3) (ARC) ~

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~ Book Review: A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes (Ladies Most Scandalous #3) (ARC) ~

Expected publication March 28, 2023 Author: Manda Collins It is a truth universally acknowledged that a lady in danger must be in need of rescue, but whether she wants to be rescued is up for debate—for fans of Evie Dunmore and Netflix's Bridgerton from the bestselling author of A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem! England, 1867: Miss… Continue reading ~ Book Review: A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes (Ladies Most Scandalous #3) (ARC) ~

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~ Book Review: Infamous (ARC) ~

Expected publication date: March 21, 2023 Author: Lex Croucher Twenty-two-year-old aspiring writer Edith (“Eddie”) Miller and her best friend Rose have always done everything together—from climbing trees and sneaking bottles of wine, to extensive kissing practice. But Rose has started talking about marriage, and Eddie is horrified. Why can’t they continue as they always have?… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Infamous (ARC) ~

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~ Audiobook Review: The Right Wrong Match(Love in Mirror Valley #2) (ARC)

Expected publication March 7, 2023 Author: Sara Jane Woodley Narrators: Justis Bolding & David Bendena Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes They say the best way to get over someone is to date somebody else. I didn’t ask to have a hopeless (and unrequited) crush on my best friend’s grumpy older brother. For years, I’ve… Continue reading ~ Audiobook Review: The Right Wrong Match(Love in Mirror Valley #2) (ARC)

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~ Book Review: Such a Fun Age ~

Published December 31, 2019 Author: Kiley Reid A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. Alix Chamberlain is a woman who… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Such a Fun Age ~

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~ Goodreads Monday: Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail (Bright Falls #2) ~

This is a weekly meme where any one can choose a random book from their Goodreads TBR and highlight it. Once you choose a book and create your post, make sure you link and reference the new host, @Budget Tales Book Blog. Eventually, I will try to find a rhyme or reason to my choices,… Continue reading ~ Goodreads Monday: Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail (Bright Falls #2) ~

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Audiobook Review: Never Ever Getting Back Together

Published November 29, 2022 Author: Sophie Gonzales Narrators: Barrie Kreinik & Natalie Naudus Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes When their now famous ex-boyfriend asks them to participate in a teen reality show, two eighteen year old girls—one bent on revenge, the other open to rekindling romance—get tangled up in an unexpected twist when they… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Never Ever Getting Back Together

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Audiobook Review: Not Your Ex’s Hexes (Supernatural Singles #2) (ARC)

Expected publication February 28, 2023 Author: April Asher Narrator: Zura Johnson Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes In April Asher’s next Supernatural Singles novel, Not Your Ex's Hexes, a one-night-stand between a willful witch and a broody half-demon conjures an adventure that wouldn’t be complete without several magical mishaps. For her entire life, Rose Maxwell trained… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Not Your Ex’s Hexes (Supernatural Singles #2) (ARC)

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Audiobook Review: A Half-Baked Murder (Cannabis Café #1) (ARC)

Expected publication February 28, 2023 Author: Emily George Narrator: Chelsea Stephens Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Emily George launches a groundbreaking, irresistible new series unlike anything else out there, as twenty-eight-year-old California pastry chef Chloe Barnes takes her career higher, opening a cannabis café where she can use her Michelin-star skills to transform dry,… Continue reading Audiobook Review: A Half-Baked Murder (Cannabis Café #1) (ARC)

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Book Review: Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner (ARC)

Expected publication February 27, 2023 Author: .Kathryn Freeman The perfect pick me up romcom for fans of Beth O’Leary, Sophie Kinsella and Sophie Ranald! Sally is a classic romantic and Harry is a classic cynic, but when a drunken bet leads the new flatmates to (badly) recreate ‘the lift’ from Dirty Dancing, and the video… Continue reading Book Review: Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner (ARC)

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Audiobook Review: The Girl with the Dragonfruit Tattoo (Trouble in Paradise! #3) (ARC)

Expected publication February 28, 2023 Author: Carrie Doyle Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Sometimes you have to rock the boat to catch a killer! On the tropical island of Paraiso, Plum Lockhart has a new zest for life. Her villa rental company is growing like a weed, she's solved a couple… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Girl with the Dragonfruit Tattoo (Trouble in Paradise! #3) (ARC)

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Audiobook Review: Not That Kind of Ever After (ARC)

Expected publication February 16, 2023 Author: Luci Adams Narrator: Josie Charles Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Fairytale meets feminism in Luci Adams's Not That Kind of Ever After, a frothy adventure of one woman’s journey to claim happily ever after in times of serial dating, swiping right, and the quest to find your soulmate… Bella… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Not That Kind of Ever After (ARC)

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~ Book Review: Take the Lead (Dance Off #1) (ARC) ~

Second publication: February 14, 2023 Author: Alexis Daria From Alexis Daria, author of the critically acclaimed, international bestseller You Had Me at Hola, comes a fun, sexy romance set against a reality dance show. Gina Morales wants to make it big. In her four seasons on The Dance Off, she’s never even made it to… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Take the Lead (Dance Off #1) (ARC) ~