Author: firewhiskeyreader

  • The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld: A Spoiler-Free Review

    The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld: A Spoiler-Free Review

    I apologize sincerely for the very delayed post. I meant to have this up yesterday, but I had a very busy weekend/Tuesday, which meant I finished the book late on Monday and spent yesterday traveling, which unfortunately meant I didn’t manage to get my review posted on release day. Anyway, enough disclaimers/excuses: TO THE REVIEW!

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  • A Discussion of the Portrayal of Domestic Violence in Bad Romance

    A Discussion of the Portrayal of Domestic Violence in Bad Romance

    Guess who has a lot of feelings about a book? Grab yourself a tea or hot chocolate because we’re about to have a deep dive into the world of intimate partner violence. This book is so important and everyone, especially teens, need to read it. Actually, also adults. Honestly, I’m still not over the man

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  • August Wrap Up, Pt. 2

    August Wrap Up, Pt. 2

    The month of August was a very big reading month for me, which you may have guessed based on the fact that you’ve already seen three wrap ups: August Wrap Up, Pt. 1; 7 in 7 Readathon Wrap Up, and the Graphic Novels Wrap Up. Because of all of the other wrap ups that I’ve

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  • September TBR

    September TBR

    Fingers crossed I do better with this TBR than my TBR in August… I’m going to list these in the order of the likelihood I will get to them so you’ll know which ones are my more aspirational ones. 1. Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas This book comes out September 5th, is already

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  • Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai Book Talk

    Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai Book Talk

    I thought I didn’t like second chance tropes, but turns out I just really don’t like them when they’re done poorly or the lead reminds me of my ex-boyfriend. What I’m say is that I went into Hate to Want You a little nervous and then I LOVED it so much. So if you’re putting

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  • Graphic Novel August Wrap Up

    Graphic Novel August Wrap Up

    Aside from reading The Watchmen in high school at the behest of my then boyfriend and flipping through Archie comics while waiting in line at grocery stores, I’ve never read a graphic novel. That all changed this month when I picked up Nimona, thanks to Chelsea. I had been watching several Booktubers discuss their favorite

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  • Spoiler Free Review of The Duchess Deal

    Spoiler Free Review of The Duchess Deal

    You may know how much I adore Tessa Dare and her romance novels by now, but you may still not understand why. So here’s a quick list for you: (1) She sent me the cutest postcard that I got in the mail on release day after work while my copy was sitting in the car;

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  • Historical Romance Novels for When You Need to Run From Your Problems

    Historical Romance Novels for When You Need to Run From Your Problems

    I told my sister I needed to post something on my blog today, but wasn’t sure what to do and she suggested, “Books that Have Helped You Survive Adulthood.” I laughed because my idea of surviving adulthood is running from my problems so I’m #TheWorst for this one. I told her that it would really

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  • Dress Codes for Small Towns Spoiler Free Review

    Dress Codes for Small Towns Spoiler Free Review

    Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens released today and I was lucky enough to receive an Advance Reader Copy (ARC) from Jamie on Twitter, so shout out to Jamie for being the best! I am so excited to write this review for you all because this book was incredible. There are so many

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  • 7 in 7 Readathon Wrap Up

    7 in 7 Readathon Wrap Up

    I succeeded, y’all! Not so much at reading everything on my TBR because the longer I reflected on what happened in Charlottesville, the more convinced I became that I needed to be reading people of color for this readathon, especially women of color. I mostly succeeded, with the exception of sneaking in a graphic novel

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