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BOOK REVIEW: The Unbroken by C.L. Clark | Action-Packed Adult Fantasy Full of Political Intrigues

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Hello there, reading buddies. Today, I'm very excited to share with you my thoughts on The Unbroken by C.L. Clark. I received an ARC from the publisher, through Caffeine Book Tours , in exchange of an honest review, but this does not, in any way, affect my thoughts on the book. If you wanna know my thoughts on this book, then keep on reading--

COVER REVEAL: Interlude: Peripeteia by W.H. Rose

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BOOK SPOTLIGHT + EXCERPT: Healers (Secrets of the Academy) by L.L. Smith

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Today, I'm very much excited to be a part of the book blog tour for Healers: Secrets of the Academy by L.L. Smith , hosted by Breakeven Books . Keep on reading to know more about this book and to read an excerpt!

RELEASE DAY TOUR + GIVEAWAY: List of Ten by Halli Gomez

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Today, I'm excited to participate in the release day tour of LIST OF TEN by HALLI GOMEZ! List of Ten is a harrowing yet hopeful account of a teen living with Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder . . . and contemplating his own mortality. In stores today from Sterling Teen!

BOOK REVIEW: Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi | The Book I Wanna Re-read As Soon As I Finished It

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  Publication Date: March 27, 2018 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance Page Count: 394 pages Synopsis: For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn’t actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it’s seventy-nine miles and a zillion light years away from everything she can’t wait to leave behind. Sam’s stuck. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, financially. He works at a cafĂ© and sleeps there too, on a mattress on the floor of an empty storage room upstairs. He knows that this is the god-awful chapter of his life that will serve as inspiration for when he’s a famous movie director but right this second the seventeen bucks in his checking account and his dying laptop are really testing him. When Sam and Penny cross paths it’s less meet-cute and more a c

BOOKS WRITTEN BY WOMEN TO READ THIS MONTH | aka women's history month/march tbr

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With March being Women's History Month, I figured this is the perfect month for me to heavily focus on women-authored books. A 2018 study found that from 2002-2012, indie publishing largely replicates traditional publishing's gender discrimination patterns, showing allocative, valuative, and within-job discrimination. We may have come so far when it comes to women empowerment, but I think we should also admit that there's still a load of work to do to even further this empowerment. As a woman reader and bookish content creator, I thought that I can amplify more women authors by reading more of their works and by talking about them. Thus, here's a list of books written by women that I am really excited to read this month!

LIFE IN A MONTH | february 2021 reading wrap-up, current music obsession, movies/series watched, & life lately

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The shortest month of the year had come and gone and I absolutely have no idea if it was a good month for me, or just a meh one. If I'm going to rate February from 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest, I think it's a 3; and here's why--