Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku

e-Audio, 09:20:33Narrated by: Karen ChiltonRelease Date: July 29, 2025Published by: Macmillan Audio/ Minotaur BooksRead from: July 10-11, 2025Savvy Summers Series, #1Source: Libro FM (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and Libro FM. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Infidelity, Toxic Relationship, Death, Domestic Abuse, Murder, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Drug Abuse, Drug UseFor…

Very Dangerous Things by Lauren Muñoz

e-Audio, 11:12:16Narrated by: Elena ReyRelease Date: July 29, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)Read from: July 9-10, 2025Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Death, Violence, Fire/Arson, Gambling, PoisoningFor Readers Interested In: Audio, Cozy Mystery, Knitting, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Latinx), …

We Won’t All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall

e-Audio, 09:42:24Narrated by: Jess NahikianRelease Date: July 29, 2025Published by: Books on TapeRead from: July 7-9, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Publisher (I received a free e-ALC and a paperback ARC from the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Mass/School Shooting, Death, Emotional Abuse, Gun Violence, Injury/Injury Detail, Panic Attacks/DisordersFor Readers Interested In: Most Anticipated, Thrillers,…

WoW: Boom Town by Nic Stone

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 missing stripper in Atlanta sets off a suspenseful search by her friends, unraveling a web of secrets and power dynamics in the city’s most notorious Black strip club in…

TTT:  Books Set in a Sports Environment

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:  Books Set in a Sports Environment In a Bowling Lane: On the Track: On the…

Always Be My Bibi by Priyanka Taslim

e-ARC, 368 pagesRelease Date: June 10, 2025Published by: Salaam Reads (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) Read from: June 5-July 8,2025 Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a free e-ARC from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: For Readers Interested In: Contemp Romance, Contemporary, Enemies to Lovers, Sparkly Covers, Meet Cutes, Most Anticipated,…

Stacking the Shelves #643 & 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:  Bought:  From the Publisher:  Berkley has been FEEDINGGGGGGGGGGGG ME! I already read Matchmaking and I loved it. I was supposed to wait until closer to, but I just couldn’t. It’s beginning to look…

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