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Happy Book Birthday to lovely debut historical fiction/mystery The Honeybee Emeralds (by Amy Tector) and non-fiction guidebook Fat Girls Hiking (by Summer Michaud-Skog)!

Just a quickie today to hype two fabulous book birthdays! The Honeybee Emeralds by Amy Tector(post may contain affiliate links) Amy Tector's debut historical fiction/mystery novel The Honeybee Emeralds is out today from Keylight Books in print and Dreamscape Media for audio. Alice Ahmadi is an Iranian British intern at a struggling magazine in Paris,… Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to lovely debut historical fiction/mystery The Honeybee Emeralds (by Amy Tector) and non-fiction guidebook Fat Girls Hiking (by Summer Michaud-Skog)!

Just a quickie today to hype one fabulous book birthday! The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller(post may contain affiliate links) Sara A. Mueller's debut novel The Bone Orchard is out today from Tor Books. We follow the mistress to an Emperor who has been poisoned. His final command to her is to solve his… Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to gothic sci-fantasy mystery The Bone Orchard (by Sara A. Mueller)!

The Honeybee Emeralds by Amy Tector(post may contain affiliate links) My rating: 4 of 5 starsThe Honeybee Emeralds is a debut historical fiction/mystery with some side romantic plots by Amy Tector. The eBook version is 391 pages. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at eleven and a half hours and is narrated with… Continue reading The Honeybee Emeralds is a lovely debut historical fiction/mystery with some side romantic plots by Amy Tector

Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to Getting Outdoors at Any Size or Ability by Summer Michaud-Skog(post may contain affiliate links) My rating: 5 of 5 starsFat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to Getting Outdoors at Any Size or Ability is a outdoors guide and reference book by Summer Michaud-Skog. The eBook version is 252… Continue reading Fat Girls Hiking by Summer Michaud-Skog is a phenomenal outdoors guide and reference book for hikers at any size or ability

Just a quickie today to hype two fabulous book birthdays! Being Mary Bennet by J.C. Peterson(post may contain affiliate links) J.C. Peterson's debut novel Being Mary Bennet is out today from HarperTeen. It's a super charming YA rom-com retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Watching our main character Marnie blossom out of her curmudgeonly shell and… Continue reading Happy book birthday to delightful YA rom-com Being Mary Bennet (by J.C. Peterson) and gothic locked-room mystery Under Lock & Skeleton Key (by Gigi Pandian)!

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid(post may contain affiliate links) My rating: 4 of 5 stars (4.25 rounded down to a 4)Such a Fun Age is Kiley Reid's debut novel. The book was published in 2019 and is 310 pages. I read this really quickly, even compulsively, in less than 24 hours. I don't… Continue reading Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid is a debut contemporary novel with deep character studies in a small package

Being Mary Bennet by J.C. Peterson(post may contain affiliate links) My rating: 5 of 5 stars (4.5 rounded up to a 5)I honestly wasn't aware that Being Mary Bennet by J.C. Peterson was a debut novel until I listened to the Acknowledgements section. I really enjoyed the YA rom-com--I flew through it--and the cover is… Continue reading Being Mary Bennet is a quite delightful YA contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice from Mary Bennet’s POV

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson My rating: 5 of 5 starsI heard very good things about this book, and I was not disappointed. I read the whole book in one day; it was such a compulsive read for me.A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is a YA mystery/thriller and Holly Jackson's… Continue reading A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson is a compulsive YA debut I couldn’t put down