Author: firewhiskeyreader

  • The Write Escape and Royal Holiday ARC Reviews

    I was fortunate enough to receive advanced copies of The Write Escape by Charish Reid and Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory and instead of writing two separate reviews, I thought I would thank Dani for not only sending me her advanced copy of Royal Holiday, but also the idea to just do an ARC round…

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  • Contemporary-A-Thon TBR

    This is Round Five of the ContemporaryAThon, hosted by Chelsea from chelseadolling reads, Julie from pagesandpen, Natasha from myreadingisodd, and Melanie from meltotheany. I think I’ve participated in every round of this readathon and this year, since it falls within Latinx Heritage Month, I’m going to try to tailor this TBR to maximize reads from…

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  • Audiobooks: How to Get Into Them

    As I said in my first post about where to find audiobooks, I was not always an audiobook reader. I didn’t think I could absorb books in the same way if I was listening to them as opposed to reading them with my eyeballs. And yet, last year I listened to 70 books. So how…

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  • August Wrap Up: Part Two

    Well, y’all, with a little bit of bending the rules and also not following my TBR, I survived my NEWTS and can become an Auror! Woo! So, let’s get into the books that I finished in the second half of August.

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  • Well Met by Jen DeLuca: A Spoiler Free Review

    Well Met by Jen DeLuca is a Renaissance Faire set rom-com that hits all the right notes. Emily is in a small Maryland (I think) town (that is extraordinarily homogeneous, aka it’s all white people) because her sister, April, was in a bad car accident and needs help getting to appointments and taking care of…

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  • Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore: A Spoiler Free Review

    Wow, it feels like it’s been forever since I’ve sat down and written a full book review. The brain power just hasn’t been there. Hopefully it’s been less long for those of you reading this because I would like to get a review posted for The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai before it’s publication date.…

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  • Most Anticipated Fall Releases

    Fall is my favorite season for so many reasons, one of which is that I finally get to break out my favorite clothing items: sweaters and boots. Of course, in NC, Fall is still a long time coming, but you know, pumpkin spice lattes are back! (I don’t particularly like them, but it’s one step…

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  • Audiobooks: A Discussion of How to Find Them

    I never expected to love audiobooks as much as I do. Last year, they were such a huge part of my reading and it caught me off guard when I did my end of the year stats. So Dani asked me to give my opinion on the different services for audiobooks and that’s what I…

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  • August Wrap Up, Part One

    This wrap up is late, but honestly, I’m not even surprised by myself anymore as far as that goes. But, on the bright side, I’m getting it up before the end of the month so I DO have time to squeeze in a non-wrap up post before I’m done, I think.

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  • Pairing Songs from Lover with Romance Novels (The Second Nine)

    I’m back with the second half of the album and I’m going to try and be kind to myself so I don’t wind up recommending a million books per song, but that’s to be determined honestly. Anyway, let’s get into it! Death by a Thousand Cuts So this is definitely a break up song, but…

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