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This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki (illustrated by Nicole Goux)

August 9, 2025August 9, 2025Reviews

ARC, 272 pagesRelease Date: August 19, 2025Published by: Abrams FanfareRead from: July 25-27, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a free e-ARC from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review.) Content Warning: Homophobia, Death, Lesbophobia, Drug Use, Bullying, Adult/Minor Relationship, Religious Bigotry, Suicide, AlcoholFor Readers Interested In: 2sLGBTQ+, Graphic Novel, Mystery, Realistic Fiction, YA…

Book Blogger Hop: National Books Lovers Day!

August 8, 2025August 9, 2025Friday Memes

How will you celebrate National Book Lovers Day on August 9th? Mom’s here so I’m going to leave the kiddos with her and go get a pedicure while I read. I’ll more than likely then do the laundry while drinking a margarita lol Still squeezing reading into everything that I’m doing. Same thing, different day….

A Mastery of Monsters by Liselle Sambury

August 7, 2025August 8, 2025Reviews

e-Audio, 16:57:32Narrated by: Angel PeanRelease Date: July 29, 2025Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: July 23-25, 2025A Mastery of Monsters, #1Source: Libro FM (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and Libro FM. This did nothing to influence my review. Thank you to the publishers for the free ALC copy.) Content Warning: Gore, Death,…

This is Where We Die by Cindy R.X. He

August 7, 2025August 31, 2025Reviews

e-Book, 336 pagesRelease Date: July 1, 2025Published by: Sourcebooks FireRead from: July 8-25, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a free e-ARC from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review.) Content Warning: Murder, Suicide, Blood, Cannibalism, Panic Attacks/Disorders, Death, Miscarriage, Vomit, Death by AnaphylaxisFor Readers Interested In: Realistic Fiction, Thrillers, Horror (Slasher wise), YA…

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

August 6, 2025August 6, 2025Reviews

e-Audio, 14:26:43Narrated by: Alex McKennaRelease Date: July 22, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Bantam)Read from: July 22-23, 2025Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review. Thank you to the publishers for the free ALC copy.) Content Warning: Murder, Death, Blood, Alcoholism, Child…

WoW: Sundown Girls by L.S. Stratton

August 6, 2025August 6, 2025WoW

This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine! A YA thriller about a Black teen whose family vacation to a town with a terrifying history becomes a desperate search for two missing girls and a fight for survival….

Two For Tuesday: Bookish Characters!

August 5, 2025August 5, 2025Two for Tuesday

These themes will vary! It could be based off of some book mail I just received, pop culture, something personal to me, a headline from the news, a trend I noticed when I was buying books for my library system, etc. I hope you stick around to see all the themes and book recs I…

TTT: Thrillers with Crazy Plot Twists And/Or Endings!

August 5, 2025August 5, 2025TTT

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: Thrillers with Crazy Plot Twists And/Or Endings! Tell me! Have you read any of these?…

Middle Grade Monday: What Fell From the Sky by Adrianna Cuevas

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025Reviews

e-Audio, 05:18:06Narrated by: Giordan Diaz, PJ Morgan, Matt Haynes, Beth Hicks, Stephanie WIlling, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Erin DeWard, Cary HiteRelease Date: February 11, 2025Published by: Dreamscape Media (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (BYR))Read from: July 18-22, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review. Thank…

Love is a War Song by Danica Nava

August 3, 2025August 4, 2025Reviews

e-Audio, 10:02:42Narrated by: Kyla Garcia Release Date: July 22, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Berkley)Read from: July 19-21, 2025Stand-aloneSource: (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review. Thank you to the publishers for the free ALC copy.) Content Warning: Cultural Appropriation, Emotional Abuse, Bullying, Sexual Content, Racism,…