Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum

e-Audio, 08:18:05 Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Robbie Daymond, & Julie Buxbaum Release Date:  May 7, 2019 Published by:  Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: August 9-14 & 20-23, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW: anxiety/panic attacks, medical conditions (lung tumor), mentions of Sept. 11th For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, YA      Sometimes looking to the past helps…

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Audio CD,  8 CDs Narrated by: Kate Rudd Release Date:  January 22, 2019 Published by:  Katherine Tegen Books Read from: August 15-23, 2019 Truly Devious, #2 Source: Library  TW: anxiety/panic attacks, murder, death, abduction For fans of: Mysteries, Realistic Fiction, Boarding School, Contemporary, YA      All Stevie Bell wanted was to find the key to the Ellingham mystery,…

Color Me In by Natasha Diaz

ARC, 365 pages            Release Date: August 20, 2019 Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: August 16-21, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Traded with Emma at Miss Print TW: Police Brutality For fans of: Coming of Age, Contemporary, Romance, Person of Color MC, Realistic Fiction, YA      Debut YA author Natasha Diaz pulls from her personal experience…

TTT: Top 10 Favorite Tropes!

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish and is now run by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week she will post a new Top Ten list . Everyone is welcome to join.  This week’s topic is: Top 10 Favorite Tropes! This one was kind of difficult to put together because troupes…

Stacking the Shelves #334 & the Weekly Wrap-Up!

This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what all we borrowed, bought, and received for review. It’s hosted over at Tynga’s Reviews. From the library: For Review:  The Weekly Wrap-Up:  Sunday 08/11/2019: Stacking the Shelves #333 & the Weekly Wrap-Up! Monday 08/12/19: Maybe This Time by Kasie West Tuesday 08/13/19:  Top 10 Tuesday: Book Characters I’d Love to Be Besties With!  Wednesday 08/14/19: Waiting…

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