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REVIEW: We Regret to Inform You by Ariel Kaplan

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Mischa Abramavicius is a walking, talking, top-scoring, perfectly well-rounded college application in human form. So when she’s rejected not only by the Ivies, but her loathsome safety school, she is shocked and devastated. All the sacrifices her mother made to send her to prep school, the late nights cramming for tests, the blatantly résumé-padding extracurriculars (read: Students for Sober Driving), the feelings of burnout … all that for nothing.

As Mischa grapples with the prospect of an...

REVIEW: The Art of Possession by Cari Z

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When a treasure-hunting black ops soldier and a disgraced, reckless archeologist team up in search of a priceless artifact, they might get more than they bargained for.

Ever since leaving the Green Berets to work in private security, Alex Tucker has longed for some excitement—and he’s about to get his wish.

Archeologist Malcolm Armstrong needs the chance to prove he isn’t a fraud. Along with Alex, he’s hired to track down and authenticate a valuable scepter, in a hunt that turns deadlier...

REVIEW: Mac on a Hot Tin Roof by Melinda Metz

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Inspired by the true story of a kleptomaniac cat who stole his way into America’s heart . . .

KITTENS CABOODLE
As a tabby cat with criminal tendencies, MacGyver is always a whisker away from trouble. But when he stumbles upon a litter of four motherless kittens, he really has his paws full. It’s clear Mac has to take care of the cuddly little furballs, at least until he finds them each a human. That’s not going to be easy though. Not when Mac’s the prime suspect in a series of thefts at...

NEW RELEASES: Week of November 26, 2019

Contemporary
Just Let Go by Alessandra Thomas : $ 3.99
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Contemporary
Complete Balls by Andie M. Long: $ 0.99
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Contemporary
Christmas in Little Penhaven by Angela Britnell : $ 3.99
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Contemporary
Scandal Queen by Anna Bloom: $ 2.99
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Restless Hearts by B.J. Daniels: $ 5.99
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REVIEW: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

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ableism, police stop, pregnancy loss.

Dear Sonali Dev,

As is evident from its title, your recent novel, the start of a series about the Raje family, is a retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I know what some readers of this review must be thinking: Does the world really need another take on P&P? Retellings of Austen’s satirical novel are thick on the ground, and have been since the classic novel was revived by the film adaptation...

Open Thread for Readers for December 2019

[image error]Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general?

REVIEW: The Art of Christmas by Jane Lovering

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What if the memories of Christmas past were getting in the way of Christmas future?
It’s been nearly two years since Harriet lost Jonno, but she’s finally decided that it’s time to celebrate Christmas again.

Then she finds a stash of graphic novels belonging to her comic book-loving husband in the attic, and suddenly her world is turned upside down once more.

With the help of eccentric comic book dealer Kell Foxton, she discovers that the comics collected by Jonno are not only extremely...

REVIEW: The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch

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Nazis / white supremacists

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grisly violence

Dear Tom Sweterlitsch,

Your science fiction thriller with horror elements, The Gone World, came highly recommended by Thea at The Book Smugglers. The Book Smugglers is a site that has rarely steered me wrong, so I decided to give the book a shot, despite the fact that it isn’t romantic. It has been described as “Inception meets True Detective” and that description is dead...

REVIEW: One Christmas Eve by Shannon Stacey

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One Christmas Eve is the second novella in your Cedar Street series and features Zoe Randall, the cousin of the female lead in the first book, One Summer Weekend. I haven’t read the first book and it’s not necessary to do so (thought I think I’d enjoy it) – this book stands alone well.

Zoe is a divorcee, having moved back to the fictional small town in New Hampshire where, as a child, she spent summers with her grandfather and cousin. It was always Zoe and Carly’s dream to open a bookshop toget...

REVIEW: Fortune’s Child by James Conroyd Martin

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Theodora: actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist. And Byzantine Empress of the civilized world.

Stephen: handsome Syrian boy, wizard’s apprentice, palace eunuch. And Secretary to the Empress.

How does this unlikely pair become such allies that one day Empress Theodora asks Stephen to write her biography?

From a very young age, Theodora, daughter of a circus bearkeeper in Constantinople, sets her sights well above her station in life. Her exquisite beauty sets her apart on stages and in the eyes of men.

Stephen, a Syr...