Tag: NetGalley
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Book Review: Southern by Design by Grace Helena Walz
The title of this ARC, graciously provided to me by NetGalley and HarperCollins, called to me on many levels, and I immediately requested this debut novel by Grace Helena Walz. As a dyed-in-the-wool, card-carrying Southerner (born and raised in southeast Louisiana), I just knew instinctively that I would enjoy this book, and I did. I…
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Book Review—Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones
Most writers are also avid readers. However, not everyone who reads a lot can write, or even wants to write at all. In fact, there are some people who are great writers who don’t read much at all. This book, Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones, is by an avid…
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Book Review: Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery #2) by Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson
In a previous post, I reviewed I Only Read Murder by the Canadian Ferguson brothers, and made a not so subtle request for the sequel to read and review – albeit on its very publication date. The Fates (as in NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing, lol) smiled upon me, and I’ve just finished Mystery in…
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Book Review: I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson
With a busy week where I was spending a lot of time at my former school directing an adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew (written by my daughter, allow me a moment to brag), I had very little time to read, and when I did settle down after wrangling middle schoolers, I was out…
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Book Review: Lost in Thought by Deborah Serra
First of all, I finished this book at 11:00 pm last night, and I lay awake far too long thinking about the ending. Today, I had some things I needed to take care of in preparation for a school play I am directing, and I found myself repeatedly day dreaming about this book. I think…
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Book Review: What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
First of all, thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for the ARC ebook of this new book by Sophie Kinsella, which is due to be published on October 8, 2024. Secondly, please please please take note that this new book is a work of fiction, but Kinsella herself stated that it is…
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Book Review: Sesame Street Let’s Cook Together by DK Publishers
If you loved (or love even still) Sesame Street growing up, this delightful children’s cookbook will find a welcome place in your home. I am an avid home cook, and I love food from nearly every cuisine I have tried in my travels. I would love to try some of the recipes in this book,…
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Book Review: Janie Writes a Play by Heidi E. Y. Stemple and illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight
For those of you who have been following my book reviews, this will be a bit different for you. Today I read a book to be published on February 11, 2025, a children’s picture book with only 40 pages, short paragraphs on each page, and bright, colorful illustrations on every page. This is a bit…
Michelle Blanchard Ardillo 