A Thousand Miles to Graceland by Kristen Mei Chase | Book Review

ARC Provided by the Publisher for Review; I Also Bought a Copy When I turned the last page of Kristen Mei Chase’s A Thousand Miles to Graceland, I thought, “Finally - a fresh narrative on Asian American mother/daughter relationships without a tiger mom in sight.” And we get a 40-ish mixed race MC, too?…

ByMichelleJanuary 24, 20230Comments

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15 Books on the Lighter Side of Spooky Season

With Pumpkin Spice season right around the corner, it's time to get your spooky season TBR tuned up. Publishers have been rolling out witchy and magical titles all year long, so I've got a mix of out now and coming soon books to fill up your TBR. Enjoy! AVAILABLE NOW: Stripped of her…

ByMichelleAugust 23, 20220Comments

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Book Review: The Tiger Mom’s Tale by Lyn Liao Butler

Review copy provided free by the publisher While Lyn Liao Butler's debut is called The Tiger Mom's Tale, for me, this is really a book about sisterhood. After more than 20 years estranged from her father and stepfamily in Taiwan, Lexa goes back to grapple with the stepmother who forced her out and separated her…

ByMichelleJuly 27, 20210Comments

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The Rehearsals by Annette Christie | Book Review & Excerpt

Review copy provided free by the author Feels and Reveals, For Reals Where do I even start? I think I was pre-disposed to love Annette Christie's adult debut, The Rehearsals, out today. I live in the Pacific Northwest, I've been to the San Juan Islands and I love a good time loop. (Did you read…

ByMichelleJuly 13, 20210Comments

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8 Books that Got Me Through 2020

Rollercoaster is the only word I can think of to describe my reading life in 2020. You'd think that in a year when you can't go to concerts, sporting events, the movies or really even restaurants, I should have been burning through books. But reading was hard! I had slumps, I read slower than…

ByMichelleDecember 10, 20200Comments

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Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis | Book Review

ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley Break out the tissue box! I ripped through Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis in a day. At turns charming and devastatingly sad, it follows Emmie Blue, a teenager who released a balloon with her email address on a card and found a friend an ocean away.…

ByMichelleJuly 7, 20200Comments

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Get a First Look Inside THE SUMMER SET by Aimee Agresti

Old Flames and Old Rivalries Transform into a Story About Second Chances and Getting Your Act Together The Summer Set by Aimee Agresti is available now. In THE SUMMER SET, Aimee Agresti takes you to the Berkshires where former Hollywood A-lister Charlie Savoy is spending the summer at the theater company that launched her career.…

ByMichelleMay 12, 20200Comments

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If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane| Book Review

Review Copy Provided by the Publisher If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane is part fauxmance, part office romance, but the first 100 pages will wreck you. Laurie finds out her long-term boyfriend is just done with the relationship and has already moved on despite the fact that they live together. To make matters…

ByMichelleMarch 23, 20200Comments

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Once Upon a Sunset by Tif Marcelo |Book Review

Review Copy Provided by the Publisher How often do you get a happily ever after in contemporary fiction? Not just romantically, but just in the sense that things work out....that it all goes better than you could have expected? Without spoiling anything, it’s all’s well that ends well in Tif Marcelo’s Once Upon a…

ByMichelleMarch 3, 20200Comments

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Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane

Review copy provided by the publisher Mhairi McFarlane’s DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME is hilarious, insightful, and a perfect example of next generation contemporary fiction (you might call it women’s fiction or chick-lit, I won't). And it evolves the genre with laugh-out-loud humor and a keen eye on women’s lives in 2019. If you loved…

ByMichelleSeptember 9, 20190Comments