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Katie & Rel’s Novel Gift Guide

Welcome, reader friends! Christmas is fast approaching, and if you’re anything like me, you’re still searching for the perfect gift for some of your family and friends. 😬 Last year, my dear friend Rel (from Relz Reviewz) and I put our heads together to give you some great recommendations to make your Christmas shopping a little bit easier, and we had so much fun we decided to do it again! As a result, here is Katie & Rel’s Novel Gift Guide for 2019!

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14 December 2019

Brand of Light (Ronie Kendig) – Review

There’s a price on her head, and it has everything to do with the brand on her arm.

Tertian Space Coalition has blessed every planet in the quadrants with high technology, save one: Drosero. But in spite of their tenuous treaty with the ruling clans, TSC has plans for the backward planet. And they’re not alone.

After a catastrophic explosion, Kersei Dragoumis awakens in a derelict shuttle, alone, injured, and ignorant of the forbidden technology that has swept her into a nightmare.

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4 December 2019

First Line Friday – Brand of Light (Ronie Kendig)

Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. I am SO excited about sharing this week’s First Line Friday with you all! I’m not typically a fan of science fiction or space operas (I haven’t even watched Star Wars!), but I’ve had the privilege of reading Ronie Kendig’s Brand of Light, which releases on Tuesday, 3 December, and It. Is. The. Bomb! I can’t even begin to tell you all the emotions tearing through me at the end of this book. Can anyone say, “How long until the second book comes out?”

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29 November 2019

A Single Light (Tosca Lee) – Review

In this gripping sequel to The Line Between, which New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava calls “everything you want in a thriller,” cult escapee Wynter Roth and ex-soldier Chase Miller emerge from their bunker to find a country ravaged by disease, and Wynter is the only one who can save it.

Six months after vanishing into an underground silo with sixty others, Wynter and Chase emerge to find the area abandoned. There is no sign of Noah and the rest of the group that was supposed to greet them when they emerged—

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23 September 2019

First Line Friday – A Single Light (Tosca Lee)

Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. I’ve just finished reading A Single Light by Tosca Lee (the sequel to The Line Between) and couldn’t help but make it my first line Friday choice when I read the first line. Check it out and let me know what you think!

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20 September 2019

Mind of Mine (C.F.E. Black) – Review + Giveaway

She is a genius . . . who frequently forgets her own name.

Raised to put science over self, V must link her brain with fifteen other people, making her one of the world’s smartest humans. With this privilege comes a life dedicated to continual research inside a secluded facility, a life devoid of freedom. 

But V is losing her identity and unable to predict which face will peer back at her from the nearest mirror. Escaping this life will mean freedom to think for herself—and abandoning everything and everyone she’s known and loved. 

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28 August 2019

Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Want to Add to My Kids’ Bookshelf

Happy Tuesday, reader friends, and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s official topic is Books I’ve Read That I’d Like in My Personal Library. To be honest, I don’t remember the last time I read a book that wasn’t in my personal library—if you include my Kindle. One of the blessings of being a reviewer, I guess!

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27 August 2019

First Line Friday – Mind of Mine (C.F.E. Black)

Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. If you’re looking for a good read for the young adult in your life (or even just the young adult in you 😉 ), I think you should check out my first line pick for this week, Mind of Mine by C.F.E. Black. I’ll be reviewing it next week, so I’m just about to begin reading it, but as soon as I read the description, I knew it was something I wanted to read!

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23 August 2019