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2023 New Releases on Our Radar (Part 1- First Half of the Year)

Jan 16, 2023

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My 2023 “To Be Read” list is already full with books, but I cannot resist looking at shiny new things, so here are 4 books coming out in the next few months that I’m personally looking forward to. TANYA PATRICE Because it’s been 5 years since the last book. Listen … The Passage series by…

Keyword Connect [Eye]

Sep 14, 2020

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Tanya Patrice

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Pick any of the keywords for this month from the Monthly Keyword Challenge and make connections. This month choices are Star, Cry, She, Window, Forever, Eye. My choice – EYE. 1 – EYE. For the September Key Word Challenge, I decided to read Little Eyes, Samanta Schweblin – Translated (from Spanish) by Megan McDowell which…

The Best 14 Books I Read This Year #AMonthofFaves

Dec 30, 2019

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Tanya Patrice

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This is my favorite post to write each year, as I get to re-live my love for each book that I mention below – my favorite reads from 2019. First 5 Star Book of the Year My first 5 star read of the year came just 10 days into the new year, when I finished…

Murder, Monsters and Madness [A #WickedGoodReads Reading List]

Oct 3, 2019

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Tanya Patrice

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October is when I officially shift gears to reading all the dark, atmospheric and creepy books I can get my hands on. It’s also #WickedGoodReads Month here at GXO and we’re starting things off with 3 recommendations for #WickedGoodReads that involve Murder, Monsters and Madness. … MURDER … When it comes to books with a…

5 Types of Book Series Break-Ups

Jan 18, 2019

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Tanya Patrice

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Recently, after reading 3 books in a 9 book series, I really didn’t feel that I wanted to continue with the series … but did I really want to break up with it? It seemed so final, but my interest had waned to the point where it might be the end. It got me to…

Our Big Book Summer Reading (W)rap Up [The 2018 Edition]

Sep 14, 2018

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Tanya Patrice

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Every summer, we participate in the Big Book (S)ummer Reading Challenge hosted by Book By Book where the goal is to read at least one 400+ page book between Memorial Day through Labor Day (May 25-Sep. 3, 2018). Here’s how we did this summer.

The Hogarth Shakespeare Series

May 27, 2018

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Tanya Patrice

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The Hogarth Shakespeare project sees Shakespeare’s works retold by acclaimed and bestselling novelists of today. The series launched in October 2015 and will have 8 books total – with the last being published in 2021. Have you read any of the books in the series?

5 #Audiobook Mysteries That Are Better Than The Book

May 16, 2018

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Kim and Tanya

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A good mystery book can sometimes be better experienced as audiobook! The suspense, tense situations, and wide variety of characters will keep you interested and involved. And if the narrator is good, he’ll make it so that it’s as if you’re actually there, picturing everything that’s happening. Here are 5 of our fave mysteries that…

These Are a Few of Our Favorite Spring Reads

Apr 18, 2018

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Kim

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Choosing what to read this spring has reminded us of some great books we read last spring! Here are our top four books from this time last year that we loved and highly recommend that you pick up – if you haven’t yet.