A Train to Moscow by Elena Gorokhova
his was one of my Amazon First Reads picks for February 2022. One of my constant gripes with fiction, especially fiction that is clearly meant to move the reader, is its lack of character and...
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Like Me by Hayley Phelan
This was one of my Amazon First Reads choices for February. Phelan does a great job of capturing influencer culture, from the obsession with brand names to the addiction to social media numbers. Yes, it...
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No Stopping Us Now by Lucy Bledsoe
I received an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review. This book is everything young adult fiction should be – characters and plot that feel real and don’t try to coddle the reader...
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Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
I feel like I need to say right off the bat that Mary Pope is a fantastic narrator for the audiobook version of this book. It was very clear which characters were which, and the...
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Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
I listened to the audiobook version, and I think therein lies the reason I feel so uncertain about this book. The narrator did a fine job, I’m not complaining, but I sometimes have a harder...
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Pasta Mike by Andrew Cotto
I received a digital copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. In Pasta Mike, Cotto does a fantastic job of showing grief, and how people (yes, men too) grieve differently. The fictional...
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The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
I went into reading this with some trepidation – I was excited about the queer historical fiction side of things, but I tend to steer clear from anything generally labeled as YA. I know, I...
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The Good House by Ann Leary
I don’t really know what I was expecting from this book, and I don’t know how I feel about what I ended up getting. I enjoyed having insight into so many different characters’ lives and...
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Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
I listened to this as an audiobook, so my review will reflect the particular version narrated by Robin Miles. I can see now why Miles seems to have a following in the audiobook world; Ijeoma...
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I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman
Knowing that this book wouldn’t be featuring Oseman’s Solitaire cast of characters, I was a little nervous going into it. Would I like these characters just as much? Would the story, one that felt almost...
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