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13/04/2017

I've had more coffee today than I've had the past week. Thanks to .

07/04/2017

As soon as I saw this book, it was love at first sight. Unlike any history book you've seen before, but hopefully the first of many! "Rejected Princesses" is full of women history has forgotten or only shared in fragmented pieces. A must for any history buff or feminist, but honestly everyone should read this book! https://www.amazon.com/Rejected-Princesses-Historys-Heroines-Hellions-ebook/dp/B01BBPVID0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491594144&sr=8-1&keywords=rejected+princesses

Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog. Well-behaved women seldom make history. G...

07/04/2017

Sharing one of my favorite memoirs of all time. Samantha Dunn's Not By Accident is a powerful and articulate read. https://www.amazon.com/Not-Accident-Samantha-Dunn/dp/1631528327/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1491526488&sr=8-2&keywords=not+by+accident

Samantha Dunn used to live for the feeling of wind blowing in her hair and the powerful intoxication of her horse's steady gallop. A tug of Harley's leathery reins could instantly eradicate mounting bills, unfinished work, and the reality of a troubled marriage from her mind. But one day, as she ...

06/04/2017

Wendy Ortiz's memoir Hollywood Notebook is beautiful and poetic. A perfect read for this month! :) https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Notebook-Wendy-C-Ortiz/dp/0981483674/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491519978&sr=8-1&keywords=hollywood+notebook

Hollywood Notebook is a prose poem-ish memoir of fragments. Ortiz takes us through the streets of Los Angeles and the internal maps she's charting as she moves from her twenties to her thirties in a studio apartment in Hollywood. A cartography of love, loss, and transformation, Hollywood Notebook...

03/04/2017

Happy National Poetry Month! :) Is anyone doing the poem-a-day challenge?

03/04/2017

I just discovered YouTube's Book Nerd Problems channel. The struggle is . How am I ever going to get any work done now? ;) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGTBqhN4e5IQ0r_4aGjjjETToUpqhpP9v

Team Epic Reads knows the struggle is real. New Book Nerd Problems episodes every Monday!

30/03/2017

Tara Ison's "Reeling Through Life" is a book that film buffs and memoir lovers need to read! https://www.amazon.com/Reeling-Through-Life-Learned-Movies/dp/1619024810/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490908115&sr=8-1&keywords=reeling+through+life

Winner of the 2015 PEN Southwest Award for Creative Nonfiction, Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies looks at how film shapes identity. Through ten cleverly constructed essays, Ison explores how a lifetime of movie-watching has, for better or worse, taught...

30/03/2017

I love Tami Hoag, and I'm thrilled to see Kovac and Liska are back in The Bitter Season. Check it out! ;) https://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Season-Kovac-Liska/dp/1101985356/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490841217&sr=8-1&keywords=the+bitter+season

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag explores the devastating consequences of the secrets families keep in this powerful thriller. As the dreary, bitter weather of late fall descends on Minneapolis, Detective Nikki Liska is restless, already bored with her new assignment to the col...

29/03/2017

Time for another book shoutout. Check out another wonderful thriller by the talented Chevy Stevens: Always Watching. https://www.amazon.com/Always-Watching-Novel-Chevy-Stevens/dp/1250049008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490826995&sr=8-1&keywords=always+watching

She helps people put their demons to rest. But she has a few of her own…In the lockdown ward of a psychiatric hospital, Dr. Nadine Lavoie is in her element. She has the tools to help people, and she has the desire―healing broken families is what she lives for. But Nadine doesn't wan...

29/03/2017

I keep seeing the National Book Week status going around. The one that asks you to post the fifth sentence from the 56th page as your status... well the three closest books all had the same thing: nothing. All three had a blank page between pages 55 and 57. Still, Happy National Book Week! Tell me what you're reading!

19/03/2017

Last week got away from me but it ended with a nice belated birthday surprise. Now I'm trying to get a jump on this week.

13/03/2017

The Girl on the Train was everything it was said to be and more. Wonderful thriller and a fun ride - believe all of the hype! https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Train-Paula-Hawkins/dp/1594634025/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489446785&sr=8-1&keywords=the+girl+on+the+train

The #1 New York Times Bestseller, USA Today Book of the Year, now a major motion picture starring Emily Blunt. Don't miss Paula Hawkins' new novel, Into the Water, coming May 2017. The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people'...

13/03/2017

I've been so busy, I never finished the book spotlights I planned for February. I'm going to post the rest this week. Get those reading lists ready! ;)

09/03/2017

I'm late, but yesterday was National Proofreading Day! So happy belated Proofreading Day! Thank your editors, writing buddies and test readers! :)

25/02/2017

Taking a departure from fiction, this book is a lot of fun, and great for friendly gatherings. https://www.amazon.com/Wittiest-Things-Anybody-Ever-Said/dp/1451648901/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488048816&sr=8-1&keywords=2548+wittiest+things

A follow-up to The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said—a fresh selection of sharp, witty zingers gathered from both famous and utterly unknown (but quotable) sources.A fresh selection of sharp, witty zingers gathered from both famous and utterly unknown (but very quotable) sources, by the e...

25/02/2017

I'm so ready for the weekend! What does everyone else have planned?

24/02/2017

I can't believe I haven't shared this book yet. "Drown" was the book that first introduced me to Junot Diaz. Powerful. Gritty. Beautiful. This is a collection of short stories that should be required reading for everyone! https://www.amazon.com/Drown-Junot-D%C3%ADaz/dp/1573226068/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487968612&sr=1-4&keywords=junot+diaz

From the beloved and award-winning author Junot Díaz, a spellbinding saga of a family’s journey through the New World. A coming-of-age story of unparalleled power, Drown introduced the world to Junot Díaz's exhilarating talents. It also introduced an unforgettable ...

24/02/2017

Andrew Smith's follow-up to his novel Winger, Stand-Off is the concluding chapter one must read if they fell in love with the hilarious Ryan Dean-West. https://www.amazon.com/Stand-Off-Andrew-Smith/dp/1481418297/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1487961406&sr=8-1

Ryan Dean West is back to his boarding school antics in this bitingly funny sequel to Winger, which Publishers Weekly called “alternately hilarious and painful, awkward and enlightening” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).It’s his last year at Pine Mountain, and Ryan Dean shoul...

23/02/2017

Andrew Smith's "Winger" is a hilarious and touching and it's narrator is so real, you'll swear you know him in real life. Warning: There is a heartbreaking twist at the end, but don't let that stop you from checking it out! https://www.amazon.com/Winger-Andrew-Smith/dp/1442444924/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1442444924&pd_rd_r=JKYEV8S3RHT8CPJRB234&pd_rd_w=HkSmW&pd_rd_wg=TNqJk&psc=1&refRID=JKYEV8S3RHT8CPJRB234

A teen at boarding school grapples with life, love, and rugby in a heartbreakingly funny novel.Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. ...

23/02/2017

Next book/author spotlight is on Ball, a disturbing collection of short stories by the immensely talented Tara Ison. It's thrilling, provocative and oh so good! https://www.amazon.com/Ball-Stories-Tara-Ison/dp/159376622X/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1487784230&sr=8-1&keywords=tara+ison+ball

22/02/2017

Another hot thriller from my favorite Queen of Screams, Tami Hoag: Cold, Cold Heart! This book is unlike anything else I've read from her and I love it! https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Heart-Tami-Hoag/dp/0451470060/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487725856&sr=8-1&keywords=tami+hoag+cold+cold+heart

A thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, “one of the most intense suspense writers around” (Chicago Tribune).Dana Nolan was a promising young TV reporter until a notorious serial killer tried to add her to his list of victims. Nearly a year has passed sin...

21/02/2017

From the author of Still Missing this sophomore effort is thrilling. Chevy Stevens cements her place in the literary scape in her second book: Never Knowing. Check it out! https://www.amazon.com/Never-Knowing-Chevy-Stevens/dp/0312595689/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1487713476&sr=8-1

From the acclaimed author of Still Missing comes a psychological thriller about one woman’s search into her past and the deadly truth she uncovers. All her life, Sara Gallagher has wondered about her birth parents. As an adopted child with two sisters who were born naturally to her pa...

21/02/2017

Catching up on books/authors that I love so I apologize but this week I'll be sharing a few each day. Get ready to add some fabulous books to your reading lists! ;)

20/02/2017

I seem to be in a constant state of catching up when it comes to social media. I need another me just for that! :P

14/02/2017

Another book shoutout to "On Living" by Kerry Egan. This wonderful book is surprising light, emphasizing the beauty and urgency in life and compassion. Don't miss it! https://www.amazon.com/Living-Kerry-Egan/dp/1594634815/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487102282&sr=8-1&keywords=kerry+egan

Named a Best Book of 2016 by Real Simple and Southern Living"Illuminating, unflinching and ultimately inspiring... A book to treasure.” –People Magazine"A poetic and philosophical and brave and uplifting meditation on how important it is to make peace and meaning of our lives whi...

14/02/2017

Wishing everyone a very Happy Valentine's Day! Make sure to celebrate properly - with lots of chocolate! ;)

07/02/2017

Wendy Ortiz successfully upends the memoir genre in her dreamoire, Bruja. Check it out! :) https://www.amazon.com/Bruja-Wendy-C-Ortiz/dp/193786569X/ref=cm_rdp_product

CCM is pleased to announce Bruja by Wendy C. Ortiz, the author of the critically acclaimed Excavation: A Memoir and Hollywood Notebook. With Bruja, Ortiz continues to upend and reinvent the memoir in inventive and deeply emotional ways to better fit the terms and trajectory of her exploration.

07/02/2017

A beautiful, stunning novel that you just have to read! Grace by Natashia Deon https://www.amazon.com/Grace-Novel-Natashia-Deon/dp/1619027208/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486488675&sr=8-1&keywords=natasha+deon+grace

For a runaway slave in the 1840s south, life on the run can be just as dangerous as life under a sadistic Massa. That’s what fifteen-year-old Naomi learns after she escapes the brutal confines of life on an Alabama plantation. Striking out on her own, she must leave behind her beloved Momma...

03/02/2017

First "Author/Book I LOVE" shoutout goes to Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist. Yes, I think everyone should read this book (and really anything else Gay puts out into the world). https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Feminist-Essays-Roxane-Gay/dp/0062282719/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486141365&sr=1-1&keywords=bad+feminist

03/02/2017

I'm going to spotlight books and authors I love all month long! So, hope you have those reading lists ready! ;)