The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall

e-Audio, 10:42:27Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle ParkerRelease Date: August 1, 2023Published by: Books on TapeRead from: August 3-6, 2023Stand-aloneSource: PRH App (#PenguinPartner! I received an early e-Audio copy of this book from the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Homophobia, Death, Drowning, Murder, AssaultFor Readers Interested In: Horror, Ghosts, Possession, LGBTQ+ (Sapphic), Paranormal, Romance,…

WoW: Frenemy Fix-Up by Yahrah St. John

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! Free-spirited yoga guru Shay Davis has only ninety days to get her workaholic former classmate Colin Anderson from work all day to namaste… All they need is a little common…

True True by Don P. Hooper

e-Audio, 09:32:02Narrated by: Christopher Ian GrantRelease Date: August 1, 2023Published by: Books on TapeRead from: August 2-3, 2023Stand-aloneSource: PRH App (#PenguinPartner! I also received an ARC of this book from the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Violence, Fight, Racism, Racial SlurFor Readers Interested In: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Robotics, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, YA  …

Damned If You Do by Alex Brown

e-Audio, 11:38:02Narrated by: Amielynn AbelleraRelease Date: August 1, 2023Published by: Recorded Books, IncRead from: July 31- August 2, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this audiobook from Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Death, Violence, For Readers Interested In: Fantasy, Horror, Demons,…

The Dark Place by Britney S. Lewis

e-Audio, 07:09:08Narrated by: Shayna SmallRelease Date: August 8, 2023Published by: Disney AudiobooksRead from: July 30-31, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this audiobook from Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Death, MurderFor Readers Interested In: Romance, Time Travel, Magical Realism, Sparkly…

WoW: Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee

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! From the New York Times bestselling author of The Downstairs Girl comes a YA murder mystery noir set in 1930s Los Angeles’s Chinatown. Los Angeles, 1932: Lulu Wong, star of…

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