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#BFRat Quote Challenge

November 26, 2021      4 Comments

Winner will receive a $10 Barnes & Noble and $10 Starbucks Gift Card!

You must be a registered participant with the Black Friday Readathon to enter

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The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

November 22, 2021      2 Comments

304 Pages | Thomas Dunne Books (Republished by Tor) | 10/24/2017

I’ve been wanting to read Silvia Moreno-Garcia since Mexican Gothic made a splash on the book internet last year. I jumped at the chance to review The Beautiful Ones–not realizing this is one of her backlist titles that has been republished.

Let me tell you

This book was so…odd. It takes the plot of a romantic historical drama and infuses it with magic and fantasy in an extremely subtle way that (while it didn’t make the book less enjoyable) left me wondering why it was there at all?

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Kat’s Black Friday Readathon TBR

November 21, 2021      2 Comments

I hope you’re joining us this Friday for a day of reading, bookish chatting and challenges. Sign-ups are still open here!

I tried to make a feasible TBR that I can hopefully get through in one day. After I took this picture I realized I didn’t have an audiobook on here so I’ll have to scope one out to add in.

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Jess’ Black Friday Readathon TBR

November 11, 2021      2 Comments

I can’t believe it’s that time of the year again! Who needs to go shopping the day after Thanksgiving when you can spend all day reading! The Black Friday Read-a-Thon #BFRaT was created by Amber at Dulivre and is being co-hosted by me, Kat and Alysia from Mocha Girls Reads. It’s always a good time, so if you are interested don’t forget to sign-up

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Black Friday Readathon Sign Ups !

October 14, 2021      Leave a Comment

It’s that time of the year again! Jess and I are so excited to host the Black Friday Readathon with Alysia from Mocha Girls Read and Amber from Du Livre. It’s a day for reading, prizes and making new bookish friends.

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Rise To The Sun by Leah Johnson

September 27, 2021      2 Comments

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

 7 hours 33 mins | Scholastic Audio | Contemporary | 7/06/2021

Content warnings: parental loss, panic attacks, gun violence and nonconsensual picture sharing

You Should See Me In A Crown was one of my favorite reads last year and I was excited to see what Johnson had in store for her sophomore novel. The one was a little more of an emotional heavy hitter with an ambitious plot structure that left me wanting more.

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