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🕯 Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev — 07/

🕯 Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev — 07/06/21🕯
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Hey y’all 💃🏽 Can you believe the month is almost over?? Like not to be that person but it feels like the year is almost over too. Where is the time going 🥲
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BookSparks sent over this lovely book for #SRC2021 ☀️ I’ve been on a little romance kick since I read the first 3 Bridgerton books this past week, so I’m always excited for more romance books on my shelf.
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I haven’t read the other books in this series, but I love the whole Austen theme, so I can’t wait to dive in 🏊🏽‍♀️
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👻 The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglas

👻 The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass — 07/13/21 👻 @penguinteen #PenguinTeenPartner
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“It’s amazing how many people don’t want to look racist and how few care about not actually being it.”
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Whew. This book y’all. I have an affinity for books set in GA and this one is such a wild read cause *cue Lil Wayne voice* What’s a goon to a goblin? 👻
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The last half of the book was my fave as I got to see how all the connections started making sense and I was 🤯 (we’re not gonna talk about how long it took me to figure out who Sawyer was even though it was clearly stated in the beginning) (cue the Clue boards cause I felt like a detective putting pieces together). Fiona and Allister were my faves, and I loved seeing their relationship to Jake and how his ghost sightings affected how he connected to them. And the ending was so 🥺.
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Jake’s voice was so strong from the beginning, and I loved his thoughts about intersectionality especially as it related to sexuality. There were some plot twists that definitely shook me, and this book was definitely unpredictable for me which I enjoyed. I even got a little scared at times 🌚
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I’m very interested in seeing more from Ryan 👀 This book is out today, so if you want to check it out, you can click the link in my bio.
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*Thank you to Penguin Teen for this gifted copy. All opinions are my own*
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🌬Her Last Breath by Hilary Davidson — 07/01/2

🌬Her Last Breath by Hilary Davidson — 07/01/2021🌬
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Coming to you with another #SRC2021 pick from BookSparks. The description for this one has me so excited and look at that pretty hardcover 👀 I just looked at my StoryGraph and saw I haven’t read a thriller in exactly a month so it sounds like I’m overdue for one.
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Do y’all ever realize you haven’t read a genre in a hot minute and get the urge to read it? That’s usually me if I go too long without reading romance 😂 it’s why I always have a novella on deck now.
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Also my ambitious July TBR is going okay. I’ve read 5/17 so far and am gonna finish the 6th soon. I’ve been very distracted by Netflix though. I binged all of Young Royals yesterday (🥺🥰) and am in the middle of S4 of Atypical. I’m rarely in a tv watching mood so I’m capitalizing on it while I can 📺 Are y’all watching anything good?
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BookSparks also sent this cute wellness planner. As someone who is notoriously bad with self-care, I’m excited to start using it and getting my life together (hopefully 🤞🏼)
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🌙 Up All Night Anthology edited by Laura Silver

🌙 Up All Night Anthology edited by Laura Silverman — 07/13/21☀️
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I love anthologies because it’s a way for me to get a small bite of an author’s writing to see if I want to read more of their work or just to bask in my faves’ writing. Eight of these authors I’d never read a book by and now I’m like 🏃🏽‍♀️ Gotta read more. One thing I loved about this anthology besides the whole sunset/sunrise setting was the recurring theme in a lot of the stories about it being okay to make mistakes and that they don’t define who you are. I just loved that so much.
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The stories that took place in GA had my heart, and Old Rifts and Snowdrifts by Kayla Whaley was one of my favorites. It had my favorite trope and also brought back the traumatizing memory of being on a bus in HS for 8 hours as we tried to get home in the 2014 Snowpocalypse. Under Our Masks by Julian Winters was my other favorite. The whole mask metaphor was life, and I just 🥺 so cute.
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Some other notable mentions are Con Nights, Parallel Hearts by Marieke Nijkamp (the structure was so cool) and When you Bring a Dog to Prom by Anna Meriano (I love prom books and the trope in this one). Also Tiffany D. Jackson plays entirely too much 😭 I really need to stop playing and read the rest of her books. There wasn't a story I disliked though which makes this book a gem for me as anthologies can be hit or misses usually.
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Overall, I really enjoyed this anthology and would definitely recommend! There's something for everyone in this book as it's a mixture of contemporary, mystery/thriller, romance, and horror.
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*I won this book in Laura’s giveaway. All opinions are my own*
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