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    Book Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

    by Joli January 22, 2021
    by Joli January 22, 2021

    The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is such a popular book right now! With over 110,000 ratings on Goodreads, the rating is 4.23. That’s pretty dang good! I had seen so many rave reviews for it on Instagram and beyond, …

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    Review: Altered Carbon

    by Ashley January 21, 2021
    by Ashley January 21, 2021

    I learned about this cyberpunk series a while ago, when Netflix announced season two of their adaptations. The noir plot and cyberpunk aesthetic intrigued me enough to start the books. The first book isn’t without its flaws, but the futuristic …

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    Review: The Road to Woop Woop

    by Caleigh December 10, 2020
    by Caleigh December 10, 2020

    LQ Readers, this one is a good one!! Before I get into my review, I have some amazing things to share with you about this book tour. Meerkat Press sent me a copy of The Road to Woop Woop and …

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    The Patriots: Book Tour and Review

    by Katie December 8, 2020
    by Katie December 8, 2020

    In my pre-grown up life, I was a history major who, among other things, loved taking classes in and reading about military history. For this reason, I was eager to accept when TLC Book Tours offered up review copies of …

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    Review: The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments

    by Ashley November 16, 2020
    by Ashley November 16, 2020

    I read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale for the first time as a college freshman. I didn’t have the words to adequately describe patriarchy or societal patterns of misogyny, yet. Atwood’s work, including much of her poetry, was integral to …

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    Review: The New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia

    by Katie November 9, 2020
    by Katie November 9, 2020

    Those looking for a gift for the wine lover in their lives, or who want more knowledge of what’s in their own glass, should pick up a copy of The New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia from Tom Stevenson and National Geographic. …

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    Hell and High Water: A Maeve Malloy Mystery Book Tour

    by Cathy November 4, 2020
    by Cathy November 4, 2020

    About Hell and High Water • Paperback: 282 pages• Publisher: Level Best Books (March 31, 2020) Alaskan attorney Maeve Malloy isn’t sure she’s cut out to be a lawyer. All she wants is to be treated like everyone else. Hiding her past, she …

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    Review: Midnight Sun and Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

    by Jessica October 30, 2020
    by Jessica October 30, 2020

    Welcome to my Nostalgic/New Review series! In this series of reviews, I revisit the books and authors that were influential in my teen and young adult years. 2020 has been a big year for publishing “blasts from the past!”  Previously, …

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    Cosmos: Possible Worlds Book Tour

    by Katie October 26, 2020
    by Katie October 26, 2020

    Ann Druyan’s Cosmos: Possible Worlds is a companion book to the National Geographic Cosmos series, and picks up on the work of the author’s late husband, Carl Sagan and the first Cosmos series. Starting with the 1939 World’s Fair, Druyan …

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    Review: Sugar Run

    by Ashley October 22, 2020
    by Ashley October 22, 2020

    I have been reading a lot of books that represent the LGBTQ community and my home state of West Virginia lately, but I never expected the two to intersect. When I scrolled through the synopsis for Sugar Run by Mesha …

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