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Before We Disappear – 5 Star Book Review

Posted on September 21, 2021 By Jenna No Comments on Before We Disappear – 5 Star Book Review

The Prestige meets What If It’s Us in Before We Disappear, a queer ahistorical fantasy set during the 1909 Seattle Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, where the two assistants of two ambitious magicians find themselves falling in love amidst a bitter rivalry designed to tear them apart. I was granted eARC access to Before We Disappear via NetGalley in exchange for an…

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Last Chance Books – 4 Star Book Review

Posted on July 25, 2021 By Jenna No Comments on Last Chance Books – 4 Star Book Review

Don’t you just love the smell of old books in the morning? Thank you to HarperCollins Canada for the eARC copy! I am so grateful to be able to request galleys and this was one of the titles on the HCC Frenzy preview list for the summer catalogue that really caught my attention. My thoughts…

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The Darkness Outside Us – 5 Star Book Review

Posted on May 29, 2021 By Jenna No Comments on The Darkness Outside Us – 5 Star Book Review

Although I requested and was approved for an eARC copy of The Darkness Outside Us via NetGalley, I was delighted to discover a physical ARC waiting on my doorstep one day in May. Thank you HarperCollins Canada Influencer team! This was the summer catalogue HCC Frenzy title I was most looking forward to! My thoughts…

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Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry – 4 Star Book Review

Posted on May 21, 2021 By Jenna No Comments on Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry – 4 Star Book Review

I was granted complimentary access to Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to whoever approved me! My thoughts are my own and my review is honest. Note: I was approved slightly after publication day and I was approved for the robo-voice audio ARC. I acknowledge…

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Love in English – 4 Star Book Review

Posted on April 17, 2021 By Jenna No Comments on Love in English – 4 Star Book Review

I was granted eARC access to Love in English a little after publication day via NetGalley as a perk of being a HarperCollins Canada Influencer. Thank you to my contacts at HCC for this opportunity! My thoughts are my own and my review is honest. Please note that this post contains affiliate links, which means…

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This Golden Flame – 5 Star Book Review

Posted on February 3, 2021 By Jenna No Comments on This Golden Flame – 5 Star Book Review

First of all, I have a lot of people at HarperCollins to thank for ARC access to this title. I am on the HarperCollins Canada influencer list and attended an online YA preview event in December 2020, which is when I heard about this book. Everything about it excited me! From the title and cover…

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On My TBR Shelf [YouTube Companion Post]

Posted on January 11, 2021 By Jenna No Comments on On My TBR Shelf [YouTube Companion Post]

This is a companion post to my YouTube video for Monday January 11, 2021, because I vow to always have a companion post to accompany my videos for those who would prefer to read them, and this week is neither a review, a previously written article, or a tag. Let’s talk about some of the…

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Among the Beasts & Briars – 4 Star Book Review

Posted on January 10, 2021 By Jenna No Comments on Among the Beasts & Briars – 4 Star Book Review

I joined the HarperCollins Canada influencer program just in the nick of time to be sent the Fall 2020 YA catalogue links for Edelweiss and this was the only title I really wanted, but as I was brand new to Edelweiss and had no stats to back myself up, and whoever was doing approvals clearly…

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One of the Good Ones – 4 Star Book Review

Posted on January 9, 2021 By Jenna No Comments on One of the Good Ones – 4 Star Book Review

Thank you to Marisol Folks and the HarperCollins Canada Influencer program for NetGalley access to the eARC of One of the Good Ones by Maika & Maritza Moulite. This was the first time I received a widget outside of blog tour commitments, which is quite exciting. That said, this has not influenced my opinion. My…

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WWW Wednesdays 2020-12-23

Posted on December 23, 2020 By Jenna No Comments on WWW Wednesdays 2020-12-23

It’s been a while! Let’s do a WWW Wednesday post. This book blogger meme is hosted by Taking On a World of Words. Please note that this post contains affiliate links, which means there is no additional cost to you if you shop using my links, but I will earn a small percentage in commission. A…

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With the Fire on High – 5 Star Book Review

Posted on December 12, 2020 By Jenna No Comments on With the Fire on High – 5 Star Book Review

I finally got around to writing my review for With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo on Goodreads earlier this week so that I could include it in the second half of my Top 20 of 2020 (part 1 here, part 2 goes live on With a Book in Our Hands tomorrow and eventually…

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How to Pack for the End of the World – 4 Star Book Review

Posted on November 17, 2020 By Jenna No Comments on How to Pack for the End of the World – 4 Star Book Review

If you knew the world was going to end tomorrow, what would you do? This is the question that haunts Amina as she watches new and horrible stories of discord and crisis flash across the news every day. But when she starts at prestigious Gardner Academy, Amina finds a group of like-minded peers to join forces with—fast friends who dedicate their year to learning survival skills from each other, before it’s too late. Still, as their prepper knowledge multiplies, so do their regular high school problems, from relationship drama to family issues to friend blow-ups. Juggling the two parts of their lives forces Amina to ask another vital question: Is it worth living in the hypothetical future if it’s at the expense of your actual present?

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