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Romance, second chances, fate, and football: The One That Got Away by Charlotte Rixon
Disclaimer: I was given a free ARC of this book by St. Martin’s Press in exchange for a review. The One That Got Away had me at hello. I am a sucker for a good second chance romance and that title promised just that. The One That Got Away covers 20 years, during which Benjamin…
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Queer Chosen Family, Robots, and Teen Angst: Unexpecting by Jen Bailey
Disclaimer: I was given a free ARC of this book by Wednesday Books in exchange for a review. I was so excited to get to read Unexpecting by Jen Bailey. I feel like there aren’t an awful lot of books about queer characters that aren’t either Traumatic or Romantic. Unexpecting centers around seventeen year-old Ben…
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“So…who are you?” An Intro to Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger
So who is this woman reviewing books to the vast abyss of the internet? Hi, I’m Camille! My pronouns are she and they; I live in Durham, NC with my partner, daughter, and dog; and I’ve been using books as a way to understand and escape the real world for nearly all of my 37…
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You are made of stars, so act like it: Glow in the F*cking Dark by Tara Schuster
Disclaimer: I was given a free ARC of this book by Dial Press in exchange for a review. I don’t pre-order a lot of books, and there are very few authors that I would jump up and down squealing over a new book from them. But Tara Schuster is one of those authors, and you…
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Happy New Year, and My Reading Resolutions for 2023
I’ve never liked New Year’s resolutions. I haven’t set them in years, in fact. But I do love a good fresh start to reevaluate my priorities! (it’s the Virgo rising in me) Reading was such a comfort to me in 2022, when my anxiety hit an all-time high, so it feels like in 2023, I…
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On Backyard Gardens, Community, and An Abundance of Blueberries
Growing up, my grandfather tended a plot of land filled with vegetables. He would finish his days in the fields growing tobacco or cotton or corn or soy, and take me out into his vegetable garden. I loved it. It seemed huge. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized that, well, it was…
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Burnouts, Burning It Down, and Fresh Starts
I had the first panic attack I’d had in years on Christmas Day, about half an hour after putting my daughter to bed. I thought that it was just the stress of the holiday season finally letting itself out, but when the panic kept dragging me under for weeks that bled into months, I knew…