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hollymbryan · 2 years

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Blog Tour + #Review: THE KILLING CODE by Ellie Marney!

Welcome to Book-Keeping and my stop on the TBR and Beyond Tours blog tour for The Killing Code by Ellie Marney! I loved this book, which you’ll see in my review, posted below along with all the details about the book.

About the Book

title: The Killing Code author: Ellie Marney publisher: Little, Brown BFYR release date: 20 September 2022

A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for fans of The Enigma Game and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.

Virginia, 1943: World War II is raging in Europe and on the Pacific front when Kit Sutherland is recruited to help the war effort as a codebreaker at Arlington Hall, a former girls’ college now serving as the site of a secret US Signals Intelligence facility in Virginia. But Kit is soon involved in another kind of fight: Government girls are being brutally murdered in Washington DC, and when Kit stumbles onto a bloody homicide scene, she is drawn into the hunt for the killer. To find the man responsible for the gruesome murders and bring him to justice, Kit joins forces with other female codebreakers at Arlington Hall—gossip queen Dottie Crockford, sharp-tongued intelligence maven Moya Kershaw, and cleverly resourceful Violet DuLac from the segregated codebreaking unit. But as the girls begin to work together and develop friendships—and romance—that they never expected, two things begin to come clear: the murderer they’re hunting is closing in on them…and Kit is hiding a dangerous secret.

Add to Goodreads: The Killing Code Purchase the Book: Amazon | B&N | TBD | Indigo | Indiebound

About the Author

Ellie Marney is a New York Times bestselling and multi-award-winning crime author who has gone behind the scenes at the Westminster Mortuary in London and interviewed forensic and technical specialists around the world in pursuit of just the right details for her brand of pulse-pounding thrillers.

Her titles include The Killing Code, None Shall Sleep, the Every trilogy, No Limits, White Night and the Circus Hearts series. She has lived in Indonesia, India and Singapore, and is now based in Australia with her partner and their four sons.

Ellie has been involved in the creation of the national campaign called #LoveOzYA to promote and advocate for Australian YA literature. She contributed to the critically-acclaimed Begin End Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology, and co-runs the popular #LoveOzYAbookclub online. She also co-coordinates an online info-sharing group for Australian women self-publishers. She teaches writing and publishing through Writers Victoria, advocates for Australian women’s writing as a Stella Ambassador in schools, and is a regular speaker at festivals and events.

Connect with Ellie: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Facebook

My 5-Star Review

The Killing Code is, incredibly, my first read by Ellie Marney. I know I have an older one of hers on my shelf, but haven’t read it yet (which I will be rectifying immediately!). I was thrilled to join this tour and see what all the buzz is about.

I love historical fiction books, and if you make it feminist *and* a murder mystery? I am so in! In this book we have “code girls,” the young women who worked night and day in the codebreaking brigade during the war, coupled with a series of gruesome murders of government girls that our intrepid group decide they must solve because the police are too blinded by their prejudices. The characters are all wonderfully drawn, and the romance is absolutely *chef’s kiss*. I had butterflies at the same time Kit and Moya did! There’s also loads of information on the actual codebreaking work the girls do, and it’s obvious a *ton* of research went into this book. Marney also addresses the racism, classism, and sexism of the era in America (which we all know isn’t just historical). I love the theme of found family, which is one of my favorite tropes, especially in YA. Top it off with some great mystery-solving techniques from Kit, Moya, Dottie, and Violet, and I can honestly say there is nothing I didn’t love about this book. I suspected I knew who the killer was, but I definitely wasn’t sure until right about when it was figured out, so that was a great ending for me!

I highly recommend The Killing Code to anyone who enjoys a great mystery and/or historical fiction. I really hope you’ll pick this up, and let me know what you think!

Rating: 5 stars!

**Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher for purposes of this blog tour. This review is voluntary on my part and reflects my honest rating and review of the book.

Make sure you check out the Bookstagram tour too! I’ll have a flash giveaway in my stories for a copy of the book!

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kelseybooklovegolden-blog · 5 years

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ionlydrinkhotwater · 4 years

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hollymbryan · 2 years

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🧜🏻‍♀️ BOOK CLUB MINI REVIEW 🧜🏻‍♀️😩 BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN by @nataliasylv was the July read for the #chronicallyiconicbookclub and man, WHAT A READ! We had the absolute best discussion, and every single one of us (some who have chronic illness/pain or disabilities, and some who don't) saw something of ourselves and our experiences in it. Vero is a child of Peruvian immigrants who was born with hip dysplasia. This means she has lived with multiple surgeries and tons of pain in her life. Her parents sacrificed and struggled to bring her and her sister to America (Florida) for better healthcare and other opportunities. She loves to swim and has a dream to be in the show at Mermaid Cove near where she lives, a dream of which her parents do not approve (look closely at Vero's shadow on the cover and you'll see 🧜🏻‍♀️!). This book is all about growing up and out of the boxes into which our parents sometimes want to put us, finding our own way and speaking up with our authentic voices, exploring sexuality and first love, living as an immigrant but also an American and straddling the two worlds, AND dealing with chronic pain and disability and all that entails (the doctors visits Vero had were so very familiar to many of us in the group). I loved this book so much, and I flagged so many quotes and passages that spoke to me (you can swipe to see one of them). I cannot recommend this book highly enough -- it will absolutely make my top ten reads of the year, if not top five. I want *everyone* to pick this one up! If you do, definitely let me know your thoughts. RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🧜🏻‍♀️ 🧜🏻‍♀️ 🧜🏻‍♀️ #breatheandcountbackfromten #nataliasylvester #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliterature #yalit #yalovin #yalove #disabilityreads #disability #disabilityawareness #disabilityrepresentation #hipdysplasia #hipdysplasiaawareness #chronicpain #chronicallyiconic #bookclubread #bookclub #buddyreads #buddyread #bookstagrammers #bookstagramit #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreviewers #bookreview #bookreviewblogger #bookreviewersofinstagram #booktography #BookKeepingBlog https://www.instagram.com/p/ChS3byBPsXu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hollymbryan · 1 year

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Blog Tour + #Review: LIVE YOUR BEST LIE by Jessie Weaver (w/ #giveaway)!

Welcome to Book-Keeping and my stop on the Rockstar Book Tours blog tour for the YA mystery novel from debut author Jessie Weaver, Live Your Best Lie! I’ve got all the details, my review, and a giveaway below, so let’s get started!

About the Book

title: Live Your Best Lie (Volume I) (Like Me Block You) author: Jessie Weaver publisher: Melissa de la Cruz Studio release date: 24 January 2023

Sometimes the prettiest Instagram feeds mask the darkest, and bloodiest, secrets. Social media influencer Summer Cartwright leads a very charmed life: millions of followers, the hottest designer and vintage clothes at her fingertips, a newly minted book deal, the coolest friends, and, until recently, the hottest boyfriend at her über-elite prep school. Every moment of her life has been carefully planned and cultivated to complement her “imperfectly perfect” social media persona. She is truly #LivingHerBestLife. But when Summer goes missing during her annual Halloween party and then an unscheduled post appears on her feed stating that she’ll be dead within the next five minutes, those closest to Summer know something isn’t quite right―or on-brand. Grace, Summer’s camera-shy best friend; Adam, Summer’s gamer ex-boyfriend; Laney, Summer’s moody camp roommate; and Cora, an influencer wannabe, all decide to investigate. And when they come upon Summer’s lifeless body, they soon realize that no filter is strong enough to mask the lies we tell ourselves. Told in multiple POVs interspersed with social media posts and flashbacks, Live Your Best Lie has twists and turns that will keep readers turning the page and no one will be able to guess the ending.

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About the Author

Before writing about flawed, funny teens with big hearts, Jessie Weaver spent ten years teaching them English. She completed the Stanford University online novel writing program in 2019. Though she’s an East Coast girl at heart, originally from Baltimore, MD, she currently lives just outside Denver, Colorado with her husband and two daughters. Live Your Best Lie is her first novel.

Connect with Jessie: Website | Instagram | TikTok | Goodreads | Amazon

My 5-Star Review

Live Your Best Lie is the second book released by the newest Disney-Hyperion imprint, Melissa de la Cruz Studio, and is Jessie Weaver’s debut novel. This YA mystery explores the flip side to the pretty and perfect Instagram feeds of influencers -- the sometimes dark side that most of us never see. I really like how Jessie tells the story, using multiple POVs for our four main suspects, social media posts for our dead influencer victim, and flashbacks to slowly reveal to us exactly what happened. I am an avid reader of mysteries and thrillers, but I admit I did not see the ending coming! I had an idea, as I got towards the end of the book, of what I thought happened, but I was definitely not correct. That is a huge plus in my book, when an author can surprise me on who the murderer is!

I have to say, I think this would be an awesome book for a teen/YA book club to choose, as there is so much in here that would be great fodder for discussion. I don’t want to lay out exactly what those discussion points would be or else I’d give away too much, but suffice it to say that I want to talk to anyone and everyone who’s read it now to talk it all through! So if you pick this one up, please do let me know your thoughts, and let’s discuss everything that’s going on in this book.

Highly recommend Live Your Best Lie for any fan of YA mysteries, as well as anyone interested in explorations of influencer culture and/or social media’s impact on today’s teens.

Rating: 5 stars!

**Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher for purposes of this blog tour. This review is voluntary on my pat and reflects my honest rating and review of the book.

About the Giveaway

One (1) lucky winner will receive a finished copy of Live Your Best Lie by Jessie Weaver! This one is US only and ends 13 February 2023. Enter via the Rafflecopter below, and good luck!

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About the Tour

We’re in the final week of this four-week tour, and here’s the schedule so you can catch all of these final posts!

2/5/2023 - Review Thick And Thin - Review/IG Post 2/6/2023 - A Dream Within A Dream - Review/IG Post 2/7/2023 - Book-Keeping - Review/IG Post **you are here! 2/8/2023 - Brandi Danielle Davis - Review/IG Post 2/9/2023 - Eli to the nth - Review/IG Post 2/10/2023 - Momfluenster - IG Review/Facebook Post

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hollymbryan · 1 year

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🩸 BUDDY READ ANNOUNCEMENT! 🩸 It's hard to believe, but January is actually almost over...so it's time to announce next month's #getthrilledbuddyreads pick! @torriereadsalot and I are so excited to be doing THE WEIGHT OF BLOOD by @writeinbk 🎉 Torrie has read it and loved it, and I can't wait to dive in! If you'd like to join us, just comment below (or DM me) and we'll add you to the chat when we set it up. We can't wait to #getthrilled with y'all! SYNOPSIS: New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America’s history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first integrated prom. When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation . . . Maddy did it. An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington. After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on Springville High's racist roots, student leaders come up with a plan to change their image: host the school's first integrated prom as a show of unity. The popular white class president convinces her Black superstar quarterback boyfriend to ask Maddy to be his date, leaving Maddy wondering if it's possible to have a normal life. But some of her classmates aren't done with her just yet. And what they don't know is that Maddy still has another secret . . . one that will cost them all their lives. 🩸🩸🩸 #buddyreads #buddyreading #buddyread #theweightofblood #tiffanydjackson #tiffanydjacksonnovels #tiffanydjacksonauthor #tiffanydjacksonbooks #thrillerbooks #februarybuddyread #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliterature #yalovin #yalit #yalove #blackauthors #blackwomenoncover #blackwomenoncovers #blackwomenwriters #blackwomenwrite #amreading #bookstagrambuddyreads https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn4yFWcL7A0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hollymbryan · 1 year

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🕹️ BOOKSTAGRAM TOUR + MINI REVIEW 🕹️ I'm happy today to be taking part in the @jaimerockstarbooktours tour for RETRO by @sofiandjarrod, which releases next Tuesday, Jan 24, from @simonteen! There's a giveaway of a finished copy for the tour too! Is technology good, bad, or neutral? Our intrepid teens are about to find out! I really enjoyed this story about modern, connected teens taking a year-long retro challenge where they can't use any tech created prior to 2000. As a child of the 80s, it was really fun to watch the kids "discovering" all the fun stuff we had and the slower-paced, more disconnected life we lived. There's also a mystery at the heart of the story, which I enjoyed watching Luna and her friends figure out. This is a story you'll fly through and love the ride you're on! (Although I'm still insanely jealous over Axel's vintage Mustang 😅) RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I've included the synopsis in the comments, and you can enter the giveaway via the link in my bio! 🕹️🕹️🕹️ #retro #retrobook #jarrodschusterman #sofíalapuente #simonteen #simonteenbooks #riveted #rivetedbysimonteen #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliterature #yalit #youngadult #youngadultfiction #youngadultbooks #yafiction #yafictionlover #yalove #bookstagramtour #bookstagrammers #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #igreads #igbooks #bookreviewer #bookreviewersofinstagram #bookreview https://www.instagram.com/p/CnmurNArNwp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hollymbryan · 1 year

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⏱️ STREET TEAM COVER REVEAL! ⏱️ Q: Do you enjoy retellings? Or, what's your favorite fairy tale? A: I LOVE retellings, and I am a sucker for a Peter Pan one, so I am thrilled to share this today! I'm so lucky to be part of the street team for @courtmillecam and her forthcoming debut YA novel, THE NEVER HEIR! You may have seen lots of posts yesterday with this cover reveal, but I'm late ("It's me. Hi. I'm the problem, it's me" 😅) -- but maybe I'll reach someone who hasn't seen this beauty yet! Swipe to see even more details on the book! SHORT BLURB: Charlie risked everything to escape the spell binding him to Neverland. Now seventeen and living in 1923 London, he's finally free to create his own future, but a chance meeting with Evie, one of London's Bright Young Things, changes everything. Evie's sister is missing and she's being blackmailed by a strange, ageless boy to locate Pan's missing relics of power in exchange for her sister's safe return. The Neverland demands a leader, and with Pan deposed, and the lost boys scattered, chaos from the land of Faerie spills into the mortal world. Charlie and Evie must work together to locate the missing relics and set things right in Neverland, but the price for rectitude might be too steep for either one of them to pay. *1920s Setting *dual POV *YA Downton Abbey vibes w/ magic *girls with daggers *Not the Neverland you remember *secret/hidden identities *quest for enchanted objects *fae *frenemies to lovers *tension and pining w/ swoony romance, but no spice I'll have a link to the ebook preorder (and Goodreads link) in my Linktree, and *signed physical copies* are available to order via the author’s Etsy shop. Also, All orders before the release date will be eligible for preorder swag (details coming soon) so save those receipts! ⏱️⏱️⏱️ #theneverheir #courtneymillecam #peterpanretelling #peterpanreimagining #historicalfantasy #coverreveal #yafantasycoverreveal #2023debuts #bookstagramtour #bookstagrammer #booknerd #booklove #streetteam #yaretelling #yaretellings #yaliteraturejunkie #yalove #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CnkVJeCvdsz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hollymbryan · 1 year

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Blog Tour + #Review: NUBIA: THE AWAKENING by Omar Epps and Clarence A. Haynes! #tbrbeyondtours

Welcome to Book-Keeping and my stop on the TBR and Beyond Tours blog tour for the YA novel from acclaimed actor Omar Epps and author Clarence A. Haynes, Nubia: The Awakening! I’ve got all the book and author details below, along with my review.

About the Book

title: Nubia: The Awakening authors: Omar Epps and Clarence A. Haynes publisher: Delacorte Press release date: 8 November 2022

From beloved actor and producer Omar Epps and writer Clarence A. Haynes comes the biggest epic fantasy of the year. A powerful saga of three teens, the children of refugees from a fallen African utopia, who must navigate their newfound powers in a climate-ravaged New York City. Perfect for fans of Black Panther and Children of Blood and Bone. For Zuberi, Uzochi, and Lencho, Nubia is a mystery. Before they were born, a massive storm destroyed their ancestral homeland, forcing their families to flee across the ocean to New York City. Nubia, a utopic island nation off the coast of West Africa, was no more, and their parents’ sorrow was too deep for them to share much of their history beyond the folklore. But New York, ravaged by climate change and class division, is far from a safe haven for refugees, and Nubians live as outcasts, struggling to survive in the constantly flooding lower half of Manhattan, while the rich thrive in the tech-driven sky city known as the Up High. To many, being Nubian means you’re fated for a life plagued by difficulties and disrespect. But Zuberi, Uzochi, and Lencho are beginning to feel there might be more. Something within them is changing, giving each of them extraordinary powers. Extraordinary and terrifying powers that seem to be tied to the secrets their parents have kept from them. And there are people Up High watching, eager to do anything they can to become even more powerful than they already are. Now Zuberi, Uzochi, and Lencho will be faced with the choice–do they use their inheritance to lift their people, or to leave them behind. The fate of their city, and their people, hangs in the balance.

Content Warning: Violence, death, domestic abuse, brief mention of sexual assault

Add to Goodreads: Nubia: The Awakening Purchase the Book: Amazon | B&N | TBD | Indigo | Indiebound

About the Authors

Actor and producer Omar Epps was first introduced to audiences as Q in Ernest Dickerson’s cult classic Juice, opposite Tupac Shakur. He has gone on to star in the beloved romance Love & Basketball, as Dr. Eric Foreman in the massively popular TV show House, as Jeff Cole in In Too Deep, as Isaac Johnson in Shooter, as Darnell in This Is Us, and in many many more television shows and major motion pictures. His self-published memoir is From Fatherless to Fatherhood. Nubia: The Awakening is his first novel.

Connect with Omar: Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | IMDB

Clarence A. Haynes has worked as an editor for a variety of publishers that include Penguin Random House and Amazon Publishing as well as Legacy Lit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. He has edited top-selling fiction titles like The Hundredth Queen, Scarlet Odyssey, Legacy of Lies, These Toxic Things, and The Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller The Vine Witch, along with its two sequels. He is also the author of the nonfiction work The Legacy of Jim Crow, published as part of Penguin Workshop’s True History series.

Connect with Clarence: Instagram | Goodreads | Facebook

My 3-Star Review

I’ve been so excited for Nubia: The Awakening since I first heard about it. I’m a huge fan of Omar Epps and was excited to see what he and Clarence Haynes had come up with in this afro-futurist YA novel. While I enjoyed it, it was definitely a case of wanting to love it more than I actually did.

This novel deals with some important societal topics: racism, classism, climate change, oligarchy, and over-policing. It was interesting to see these dealt with in a near-future society. In a lot of ways, on the surface this book reminded me of Ballad & Dagger by Daniel Jose Older: near-future or alternate timeline NYC, refugees from an African or Afro-Caribbean island that no longer exists, parents who refuse to talk about where they came from, and teens discovering they have magical powers connected to that disappeared home. Unfortunately, in this book the pacing was off in a way I find hard to describe, and it’s still unclear exactly what these magical powers are. I liked the MCs, though, and the way the novel alternated between the three POVs of Zuberi, Lencho, and Uzochi. I’m hoping the second book will explain and expound on what the teens can and/or should do with their newly-found powers.

Rating: 3 stars

**Disclosure: I received an eARC of this book for purposes of this blog tour. This review is voluntary on my part and reflects my honest rating and review of the book.

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hollymbryan · 2 years

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💡 NOVEMBER HOPEFUL 💡 I seem to have caught my husband's cold -yay! - so this'll be short and sweet. Just wanted to share a book I'm hoping to kick off November with: DARK ROOM ETIQUETTE by @robinroewriter! I've seen quite a few reviews for this one on here lately, and seriously - no hyperbole here - I don't think I've seen one that was less than 5 stars. I'm really looking forward to it! Also featuring: my newest sleeve from @bookbeau and my Sweater Weather candle from @darkembraceco (I didn't do the best job of capturing how pretty the glitter on top is! And it smells great too). I love to support small bookish shops and hope y'all do too! Q: What book are you closing out October with, or really looking forward to reading in November? A: I'm finishing Oct with THE HACIENDA and then hope to dive into this one! 💡 💡 💡 #darkroometiquette #robinroe #robinroebooks #robinroewriter #robinroenovel #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliterature #yalit #youngadult #youngadultfiction #youngadultbooks #yathriller #yathrillers #yathrillerbooks #hopetoreadsoon #novemberreads #tbr #tbrlist #tbrpile #bookstagrammers #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #booknerd #booknerds ##bookbeaulove #bookbeau #darkembraceco #candles #bookishmerch https://www.instagram.com/p/CkTuCmdL-vn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hollymbryan · 2 years

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🪡 BONE WEAVER 🪡 Well, I'm a week late in posting this, but I wanted to be sure and say a hearty "Happy Release! 🎉" to @adenpolydoros and BONE WEAVER! I have been a huge fan of Aden's from the moment I read his debut book five years ago (if you haven't read his Project Pandora series, do yourself a favor and pick it up!). I haven't had a chance to read BONE WEAVER yet, but it's definitely on my Fall TBR. (You can swipe to see a pic of THE CITY BEAUTIFUL I took last year but apparently never posted 🤦🏻‍♀️) I adore Aden and his books, and if you've not read anything of his yet, consider this your sign to go forth and do so! 🤩 Q: Are there any less-well-known authors that you love, and want to hype? Leave names below! I'm always looking for new great writers to follow! 🪡🪡🪡 #boneweaver #thecitybeautiful #adenpolydoros #adenpolydorosauthor #jewishliterature #jewishfiction #jewishfictionbooks #jewishauthors #yalit #yaliterature #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliteratureisthebest #youngadultbooks #youngadult #youngadultfiction #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqbookstagram #lgbtqauthors #lgbtqauthor #yabooks #yabookstagram #yabookstagrammer #yabook #ncbookstagrammer #ncbooklovers #bookkeepingblog #favoriteauthor #favoriteauthors #newrelease #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CjBE8Z8rtUM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hollymbryan · 2 years

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🏰 BLOG TOUR SPOTLIGHT 🏰 Happy today to be hosting a spot on the @jaimerockstarbooktours blog + bookstagram tour for THE GIRL IN THE CASTLE by @jamespattersonbooks and Emily Raymond! This thriller releases next Tuesday, Sept 19, from @littlebrownyoungreaders @thenovl. SYNOPSIS: Beloved #1 bestselling author James Patterson delivers a thrilling novel about a teen caught between two worlds and the truths that could set her free—or trap her forever. My name is Hannah Dory and I need you to believe me NOW: Hannah Doe is brought to Belman Psych, kicking and screaming, told she is suffering from hallucinations and delusions. 1347: Hannah Dory and her village are starving to death in a brutal winter. Hannah seeks out food and salvation in the baron's castle. If she is caught stealing, she will surely hang. NOW: Hannah knows the truth: she is Hannah Doe and Hannah Dory, and she must return to the past before it's too late to save her sister. Can Jordan, the Abnormal-Psych student who seems to truly care, be the one to finally help her? Jordan isn't sure what to believe, and Hannah has even bigger problems: if she doesn't make it back, her sister will die, but if she keeps going back, she might never escape. GIVEAWAY: There is a tour-wide giveaway of a finished copy, which you can enter at Book-Keeping blog (link in bio)! 🏰 🏰 🏰 #thegirlinthecastle #jamespatterson #emilyraymond #emilyraymondbooks #jamespattersonbooks #jimmypattersonbooks #littlebrownyr #littlebrownbfyr #histfic #historicalfiction #timetravel #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliterature #yalit #yalovin #yalove #yabooks #yabookstagrammer #blogtour #bookspotlight #upcomingrelease #upcomingreleases #yafantasybooks #YAfiction #bookstagrammers #Bookstagrammer #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #BookKeepingBlog https://www.instagram.com/p/CifoE32LY3U/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hollymbryan · 2 years

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👸 BLOG TOUR REVIEW + GIVEAWAY! 👸 Q: Do you enjoy retellings? If so, do you have a favorite to share? I'm thrilled today to be on the @jaimerockstarbooktours blog + bookstagram tour for THE MAN OR THE MONSTER by @aamna_qureshi, from @camcat_books! This is the follow-up to THE LADY OR THE LION, which I featured a few days ago in my feed. There's a our-wide giveaway you can enter at Book-Keeping blog (link in bio)! This review will be short and sweet so as not to spoil *anything* from this incredible series. I was able to binge these back-to-back, and I loved both THE LADY OR THE LION and THE MAN OR THE MONSTER! In the first book we met Durkhanai and her royal family and watched her fall in love -- only to be forced to send her lover through “the trial,” in which he must pick from one of two doors, behind which waits either a lady he will then marry (which means he’s innocent) or a lion (which means he’s guilty). This book is based on the short story “The Lady, or the Tiger?” and is set in a Pakistan-inspired world that was amazing to visit. At the end of the first book, Durkhanai has sent her lover off to be either married to another woman or killed by a lion, in either situation meaning she loses him forever. In THE MAN OR THE MONSTER, Durhkanai must come to terms with her decision and the impacts it has on her and those around her. It was amazing to watch Durkhanai come into her own, realize who she is as a person, and determine whether she will continue things as they have always been or if she can be and do better for her people than her grandparents and rulers before them. I absolutely love this duology (I believe it’s just a duology) and would recommend it to anyone who loves retellings and YA fantasy in general! RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 👸 👸 👸 #themanorthemonster #theladyorthelion #theladyorthetiger #aamnaqureshi #aamnaqureshibooks #aamnaqureshiauthor #pakistaninspired #retellings #retelling #yaretellings #yaretelling #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliterature #yalit #yafantasybooks #yafantasyseries #yafantasyromance #duology #bookreviewers #bookreview #bookreviewblogger #BookKeepingBlog #bookstagrammers #bookstagramit #Bookstagrammer #bookstagram #booktography #camc https://www.instagram.com/p/CiaZHHZLU0Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hollymbryan · 2 years

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🍵 THE BOOK OF TEA SERIES 🍵 I'm sick today, so instead of a long caption...just enjoy this gorgeous pin that was a pre-order incentive for the second in The Book of Tea series by @judyilinauthor! Isn't it gorgeous? 😍 (Swipe to see a close-up) So, yeah, my kiddo and I have been sick since Friday, fighting some kind of rhinovirus (we've both tested negative for C-19 twice, so there's that at least). So I've been down for the count! I actually feel my worst today, and he's stayed home from school again for the second day. But hopefully today will be the worst, and then we'll be on the upswing! Q: Since that means we did absolutely nothing this weekend, tell me how *your* weekend was! Or, if you've read this series, what did you think? 🍵 🍵 🍵 #thebookoftea #thebookofteaduology #judyilin #judyilinauthor #amagicsteepedinpoison #avenomdarkandsweet #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliterature #yalit #yalovin #yalove #yabookstagrammer #yabooks #yabookseries #yabookstagram #youngadult #youngadultfiction #youngadultbooks #readdiversebooks #readdiversely #readdiverse #bookstagrammers #Bookstagrammer #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #booknerd #booknerds #booklovers #booklover https://www.instagram.com/p/CispFE2Lwh3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hollymbryan · 2 years

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🎉 I won this awesome giveaway prize from @ericawatersbooks and it arrived while we were on vacation. I'm so excited to read both THE GATHERING DARK and THE RESTLESS DARK! TGD is a collection of folk horror short stories 😱 and TRD is the story of three girls attending an event sponsored by a true crime podcast where they're competing to find the bones of the Cloudkiss Killer! How amazing do they both sound?! You can swipe to see the lovely inscription Erica did for me in TRD (she also signed her short story in TGD!). Thank you SO much, Erica!! Q: Do you enter authors' giveaways? Have you ever won anything? . . . . #therestlessdark #thegatheringdark #ericawaters #ericawatersbooks #shortstories #shortstory #anthology #folkhorror #folkhorrorbooks #folkhorrorbook #folkhorrorfiction #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliterature #yalit #yalove #youngadult #youngadultfiction #youngadultbooks #booklovers #booklove #booklover #fictionfriday #fictionfridays #bookstagrammers #bookstagramit #Bookstagrammer #bookstagram #booknerd #booknerds #BookKeepingBlog https://www.instagram.com/p/CiSyaUJLzBF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hollymbryan · 2 years

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💗 SPREADING THE LOVE 💗 I don't know how many of y'all know this, but @summerscourtney is my FAVORITE author. Of all time. And I'm old, so I've read a LOT of authors! Anyway, I asked (okay, perhaps desperately pleaded 😅) in one of my chat groups if anyone had an ARC of I'M THE GIRL they'd be willing to trade, and darling Yara @traveling_through_the_pages came through!! And she sent me the latest from @goldywrites too, whose books I've also loved (if you haven't read THE MARY SHELLEY CLUB, do yourself a favor!). I literally squealed when I opened the package, y'all, I am not ashamed to admit! Anyway, here's to spreading the love on bookstagram, sending treasures to folks you know will love them, sharing your love for books with other fellow book nerds. BOOK PEOPLE ARE THE BEST PEOPLE, hands down. 💗 💗 💗 #courtneysummers #courtneysummersauthor #imthegirl #goldymoldavsky #lordoftheflyfest #wednesdaybooks #henryholtbfyr #yamystery #YAfiction #yalove #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliterature #yalit #yalovin #bookstagrammers #bookstagram #bookstagramcommunity #bookstagrammersunite #bookpeoplearethebestpeople #bookpeople #booknerd #booknerds #booklovers #amreading #amreadingya https://www.instagram.com/p/CgmhJvsLNo_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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