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Book Review: Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
The Details Media Type: Audio BookTitle: Stand Up, Yumi Chung!Author: Jessica KimNarrator: Greta JungPublisher: Listening LibraryPages/Length: 6 hours and 4 minutesRelease Date: March 17, 2020Source: Library Borrow Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | Indiebound One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-up comedian. On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her “Yu-MEAT” because she smells like her family’s Korean barbecue restaurant. On the inside, Yumi is ready for her Netflix stand-up special. Her notebook is filled with mortifying memories that she’s reworked into comedy gold. All she needs is a stage and…
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Book Blitz and Giveaway: A Spectacle of Souls by Jessica Julien
Happy Friday Eve my friends. We’re soooo close to the weekend I can almost taste it. What better way to celebrate the end of the week than a fabulous new read? Just look at that haunting cover, it’s sure to be a story for the ages. A Spectacle of SoulsJessica Julien(Circus of the Stolen #1)Published by: Bleeding Ink PublishingPublication date: July 7th 2020Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance Caitlyn always thought she was just your average small-town waitress, but she’s anything but average. Suffering from frequent headaches and vivid daydreams, her oddities mask a secret hidden deep within her mind—one that could…
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Graphic Novel Review: Primer
The Details Title: PrimerAuthors: Jennifer Muro, Thomas KrajewskiIllustrator: Gretel LuskyPublisher (Date): DC Comics (June 23, 2020)Media Type: Paperback; 160 pages Find it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | IndieBound Primer introduces a brand-new superhero with a colorful array of superpowers to explore. Ashley Rayburn is an upbeat girl with a decidedly downbeat past. Her father is a known criminal who once used Ashley to help him elude justice, and in his attempt to escape, a life was taken. He now sits in federal prison, but still casts a shadow over Ashley’s life. In the meantime, Ashley has bounced from foster…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Kaps by Christina Bauer
KapsChristina Bauer(Angelbound Offspring #5)Published by: Monster House BooksPublication date: June 30th 2020Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Sometimes, you just have to punch a shape-shifting vampire Nazi. Like tonight, for instance. Meet Princess Kaps: renegade, dragon shifter, and general pain in her royal parent’s backsides. Although Kaps pretends to love rock and roll, she’s actually obsessed with fighting the Audax, a group of shape-shifting vampire Nazis. And to slay herself some vampires, Kaps collects magical dragon relics. Enter the L’Griffe–AKA the shifter mafia–who also hunt down supernatural artifacts. Kaps gets in their way and ends up with a price on her head.…
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Book Spotlight: The Diary of a Late Bloomer by L.M.L. Gil
Good morning friends! Are you ready for a new book spotlight? I’ve got a great one for you today! Today’s spotlight is on a super cute, and quirky coming of age novel that will be sure to delight readers. Are you ready to see some more? Let’s go! The Diary of a Late Bloomer; A quirky coming of age novelby L.M.L GilPublication date: June 29th 2020 Every wallflower blooms at their own perfect time, but some like quirky Lo, take longer than others. Lo is a sheltered 20-year-old who loves baking, manga/anime, and octopi. When she spots her college swim…
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Reading in the Time of the Pandemic.
You probably saw this title and already figured out that this post was going to be about me lamenting my lack of reading lately. Hilariously, I’ve actually read more in the last few weeks than I have in a while but they’ve all been audio books. Oh, and pretty much all middle grade. I have a happy place I go to when I’m stressed out, and this is it. It’s odd to me that reading used to be my escape, but now I can’t sit still long enough to read a real book for longer than a few chapters. My…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Taste My Wrath by Debbie Cassidy
Taste My WrathDebbie Cassidy(The Iron Fae #1)Publication date: June 18th 2020Genres: Adult, Urban Fantasy A dead earth, a handful of survivors, and a game that could wipe out humanity. I was one of the few humans to be saved by the shining ones. Powerful beings who came from the stars just in time to stop the annihilation of mankind. But they’ve been here before. Earth was once their home and humanity has another name for them. Fae. Now we live in iron cities paying for haven as workers and conscripted warriors. We owe them after all. Until they ask too…
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Cover Reveal: Unwritten by Alicia J. Novo
What a dreary Thursday we have here in Minnesota. Overcast and stormy is very fitting of my mood today, but at least I don’t have to water the grass today. Ha! Today I have a stunning new cover to show you for a fantasy novel coming out this fall. The smokey mystery of book worlds unknown. I love the contrasting colors and subtle details. Let’s check it out. UnwrittenAlicia J. NovoPublication date: November 14th 2020Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Books whisper to Beatrix Alba. But they aren’t the reason she has never fit in. Bullied at home and school, she keeps…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Tribulation by Jaydeep Shah
It’s Tuesday friends! Shockingly today’s spotlight is not a romance novel. I know, I know, I read A LOT of romance, but I also really enjoy a good thriller. Tribulation promises to be a hauntingly good time and I can’t wait to check it out. TribulationJaydeep Shah(Cops Planet #1)Publication date: June 15th 2020Genres: Adult, Suspense, Thriller When a couple celebrates their eleventh marriage anniversary at their old mansion far from the city of Naples, Florida, they begin experiencing paranormal events. While trying to find out the truth of what’s happening, they encounter a girl wandering in the mansion. She is…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: False Start Fairy Tale by Kelly St. Laurent
Happy Thursday friends! I hope you’re all having a good week. I have a fascinating new book for you to indulge in today. Check out the juicy excerpt below and tell me you don’t want to read the rest of that story? I dare you. 🙂 False Start Fairy TaleKelly St-LaurentPublication date: June 9th 2020Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Adèle Villeneuve is attempting the impossible. At twenty-four she’s opened an events company in her small French village, which at last count has a population of 1501. Even her parents tried to stop her. But Adèle has a plan. Or, at least…
