k2reader February 10, 2023

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Hawthorne Legacy in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: September 7, 2021   Summary: Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the New York Times best-selling The Inheritance Games. The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of…

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k2reader January 26, 2023

Sam by Allegra Goodman #bookreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Dial Press Published: January 3, 2023   Summary: What happens to a girl’s exuberance and wonder as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age offers a powerful reflection on class, addiction, parenthood, longing, and ambition. There is a girl, and her name is Sam. She adores her father, though he isn’t around much. Her mother, Courtney, struggles to…

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k2reader October 25, 2022

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Inheritance Games in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: September 1, 2020   Summary: Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea…

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k2reader July 6, 2022

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden #bookreview #audiobook #seriesreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Del Rey Books / Random House Audio Published: Paperback – June 27, 2017 / Audio – January 10, 2017   Summary: At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind–she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers…

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k2reader May 27, 2022

Review: The Sky Above Us by Natalie Lund

Publisher: Philomel Books Published: April 13, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: From the author of We Speak in Storms comes a twisty, psychological thriller about three friends searching for the truth in the aftermath of a plane crash. The morning after their senior year beach party, Izzy, Cass, and Janie are woken by a thundering overhead. Then they and their classmates watch in shock as a plane crashes…

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k2reader April 24, 2022

Review: Little Creeping Things by Chelsea Ichaso

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire: Published: June 2, 2020 Source: Hardcover via Publisher   Summary: When she was a child, Cassidy Pratt accidentally started a fire that killed her neighbor. At least, that’s what she’s been told. She can’t remember anything from that day, and her town’s bullies, particularly the cruel and beautiful Melody Davenport, have never let her live it down. But then Melody goes missing, and Cassidy thinks she may…

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k2reader February 27, 2022

Review: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (print/audio)

Publisher: Philomel Books / Penguin Random House Audio Published: February 1, 2022 Source: Print – Hardcopy via Publisher / Audio via library   Summary: A gut-wrenching, startling window into communist Romania and the citizen spy network that devastated a nation, from the number one New York Times best-selling, award-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray. Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer,…

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k2reader January 12, 2022

Review: The Last to Die by Kelly Garrett (audio)

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire / Tantor Audio Published: Print – December 5, 2019 / Audio – March 17, 2020 Source: Print via Publisher / Audio via Library   Summary: It all started out as a game. Just a way to have fun. We figured as long as we had rules, it wouldn’t be a problem. RULE #1: Only break into one another’s houses. RULE #2: Only take stuff that can be…

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k2reader January 8, 2022

Review: A Million Things by Emily Spurr

Publisher: Berkley Published: August 24, 2021 Source: Personal copy   Summary: A bursting, heartfelt, debut following fifty-five days in the life of ten-year-old Rae, who must look after herself and her dog when her mother disappears. For as long as Rae can remember, it’s been her and Mum, and their dog, Splinter; a small, deliberately unremarkable, family. They have their walks, their cooking routines, their home. Sometimes Mum disappears for…

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k2reader December 9, 2021

Review: Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (audio)

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co / Macmillan Audio Published: March 16, 2021 Source: Print – Personal Copy / Audio – ALC via Macmillan Audio   Summary: For fans of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange, Angeline Boulley’s debut novel, Firekeeper’s Daughter, is a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community. Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and…

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k2reader November 14, 2021

Series Review: The Rainer Series by Jamie McGillen

  This month, the online bookclub I co-host, #mommaleighellenbookclub, selected In the Heart of Paradise as one of our selections. Because it is the third book in Jamie McGillen’s series and I had not read the previous two, and me being me, I knew I had to read them first and I’m so glad I did. That being said, I decided to do all three reviews in one post, rather…

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