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February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 the reading chemist

Book Review: You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (ALC)

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Book Review: The Claires by C. L. Gaber (ARC)

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๐Ÿšจ ๐•Œ๐•Ÿ๐•ก๐• ๐•ก๐•ฆ๐•๐•’๐•ฃ ๐•†๐•ก๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐”ธ๐•๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐Ÿšจ โฃ โฃ Happy Tuesday everyone! So, I recently finished You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (thank you @macmillan.audio & @librofm for my gifted ALC). โฃ โฃ Now, Iโ€™m a big fan of this writing duo. I think that they seamlessly execute words on a page as if they were a single author versus a team. That being said,ย of their books so far, this one was just okay. โฃ โฃ Right from the beginning, you are catapulted into a scene where Shay Miller witnesses a woman commit suicide by jumping in front of a train. Shayโ€™s life quickly changes when she seeks more information about the dead women and ends up crossing paths with the Moore sisters.โฃ โฃ I struggled with Shay as a character. I found her to be weak-willed, overly trusting, and ultimately gullible. Her desperation to please the Moore sisters was exhausting at times. What I did like about her was her obsession with statistics (yay STEM!).โฃ โฃ In terms of the plot, a lot of belief had to be suspended with this one, and there were so many moments where I found myself asking โ€œIs this really happening?โ€. The plot pacing felt off to me since it started off fast-paced but lagged in the middle when we got bogged down on Shayโ€™s relationship with the sisters. The plot does pick back up in the last 75 pages or so, which is when I found the story more engrossing.โฃ โฃ Rating: 3/5 โญ๏ธโ€™s โฃ โฃ โฃ ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ด? ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ?โฃ
โ€œIn order to rise from its own ashes, a phoenix first must burnโ€ - Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents. โฃ โฃ Happy Monday everyone! Today marks the 14th anniversary of Octavia Butlerโ€™s death. In her honor, ๐€ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฑ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง (thank you @PenguinTeen for my gifted copy!), which is edited by Patrice Caldwell, was created to continue her legacy. โฃ โฃ This book is an anthology of sixteen short stories focused on black girl magic by an all-star line up that includes @whimsicalaquarian, @brownbookworm, @ibizoboi, @acevedowrites, & @cndwrites just to name a few. โฃ โฃ This amazing book also serves as my #coffeeandcurrentlyreading which is a challenge hosted by the lovely @thelittlereadingmermaid!โฃ โฃ So far, I have read five of the stories, and I am already so in love! These are the stories that I wish I had growing up, but you better believe I am savoring now. Also, Queen @acevedowrites never ceases to amaze me with her storytelling abilities! โฃ โฃ ๐€ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฑ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง hit shelves on March 10th! โฃ โฃ โฃ Book sleeve: @novelnuzzler (use my code TOYA10 to save!) โฃ โฃ โฃ ๐š†๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐šŒ๐šž๐š›๐š›๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐š•๐šข ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š?โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ #APhoenixFirstMustBurn #PenguinTeenPartner #PenguinTeen #blackgirlmagic
๐ŸŽ‰ 10k Follower Giveaway ๐ŸŽ‰โฃ โฃ Iโ€™m honestly at a loss for words after hitting this milestone. Thank you to all of you for being incredible friends and support. Thank you for the wonderful conversations and recommendations. โฃ โฃ As a thank you too all of you, I want to give back with a giveaway! โฃ โฃ Prizes:โฃ ๐Ÿ“– (1) US or CAN winner will win a $25 gift card to the book retailer of their choosing and a book sleeve from @novelnuzzler โฃ ๐Ÿ“– (1) International (non US or CAN) winner will win $25 worth of books from Book Depository (if @novelnuzzler ships to your country, you will receive a book sleeve as well) โฃ โฃ To Enter:โฃ โญ๏ธ Must be following me โฃ โญ๏ธ Like AND save this postโฃ โญ๏ธ In the SAME comment, specify which country youโ€™re from and tag a book loving friend โฃ โฃ Extra Entries:โฃ โญ๏ธ Tag more friends (unlimited as long as one new tag per comment)โฃ โญ๏ธ Share this to your stories & tag me (once per 24 hours!) โฃ โญ๏ธ Show love on my previous posts and comment ๐Ÿ˜ after (+5 entries) โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ This giveaway is not affiliated with Instagram or anyone else. Giveaway ends Sunday March 1st at 11:59 pm CST. Winners will be randomly selected and notified shortly after giveaway closing.
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope youโ€™re all having a wonderful day! โฃ โฃ I recently finished The Claires by @clgaber (HUGE thank you to @wunderkindpr for my gifted copy #partner)! โฃ โฃ This story follows the lives of four fraternal quadruplet girls. Each of them is named Claire, and they each possess a magical ability. The kicker? They always die on their seventeenth birthday...a cycle that has been happening since the early 1900s. โฃ โฃ The Claires is a fast-paced novel that gives insight into the lives of four teenage girls by alternating between each of their POVs in both past and present. Each of the girls' character is well defined and complex. I always love morally grey characters, which is exactly what you get here, but once we get their brother Cass's POV, the girls definitely become even darker. I don't want to give away any more because you definitely want to go into this one blind and absorb every page!โฃ โฃ Be sure to head over to my blog (#linkinbio) to check out an excerpt as well as to take the Claires quiz to see what your ability would be. โฃ โฃ Rating: 4/5 โญ๏ธโ€™s (available now!) โฃ โฃ #QOTD: ๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก โ€œ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ซโ€ ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž?โฃ โฃ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ โ€“ clear visions of the futureโฃ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ โ€“ clear feeling (think empath)โฃ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜โ€“ clear hearing (can hear spirits from past, present, & future)โฃ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜โ€“ clear knowing (think Yoda) โฃ โฃ I would want to be clairvoyant. I think it would be awesome to see into the future. โฃ
๐ต๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“€ ๐น๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐“Š๐“‡๐‘’ & ๐’ข๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’๐’ถ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Žโฃ โฃ Happy Saturday! I have been taking full of advantage of relaxing today (including a glorious two hour nap), so my post is a bit later than anticipated. โฃ โฃ Today Iโ€™m on tour with @justreadtours to for the takeover tour of both ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ and ๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ by @patriciasimoesbeal. โฃ โฃ Both of these incredible books are on sale now! Purchase links are in my bio โฌ†๏ธโฃ โฃ Giveaway (1) winner will receive a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card. (see JustRead website for details)โฃ โฃ Enter giveaway via @justreadtours profile link. โฃ โฃ #QOTD: ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐’…๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’”?โฃ โฃ When I was in college, I did latin ballroom dancing which was a ton of fun! I definitely want to take up salsa or bachata dancing at some point ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฝโฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ #justreadtours #ASeasonToDance #DesertWillow #PatriciaBeal #giveaway #amreadingromance
๐Ÿฅ‚ Cheers! Itโ€™s the freakinโ€™ weekend ๐Ÿฅ‚โฃ โฃ Happy Friday everyone!โฃ โฃ Hello #bookmail my old friend! Thank you to the tagged publishers for my gifted copies! โฃ โฃ Since the life of a reader usually means we all have ridiculous tbrs, letโ€™s talk about picking up your next read. โฃ โฃ Do you pick your next read based off of mood? Publication date? Genre? Randomly select a name from a tbr jar? โฃ โฃ For me personally, Iโ€™m a mood reader. I do read obligations by publication date, but I very much pick books based off of what Iโ€™m feeling. Itโ€™s the best way for me to avoid slumps.

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