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November 8, 2019 the reading chemist

Book Review: When the Stars Lead to You by Ronni Davis (ARC)

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Book Review: War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi (ARC)

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Book Review: Obviously: Stories From My Timeline by Akilah Hughes (ARC)

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Blog Tour: Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron (eARC)

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โ„๏ธ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’Š๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’‘๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ? โ„๏ธโฃ โฃ Haha. Nope! โฃ โฃ Happy Thursday! Today Iโ€™ve partnered with @JustReadTours & @RevellBooks to tell you about The Girl Behind the Red Rope by @teddekker & @rachelle_dekker. โฃ โฃ You can purchase a copy from the link in my bio! โฌ†๏ธ โฃ โฃ Be sure to head over to @JustReadTours profile to enter the this awesome giveaway!โฃ โฃ Giveaway (1) winner will receive a copy of The Girl Behind the Red Rope, a Red Rope Bracelet, and a $20 Barnes and Noble gift card!โฃ โฃ Synopsis:โฃ Ten years ago, Grace saw something that would forever change the course of history.โฃ โฃ When a terrible scourge is unleashed on the world, she and others from their religious community are already hidden deep in the hills of Tennessee, abiding by every rule that will keep them safe, pureโ€“and alive. As long as they stay there, behind the red rope.โฃ โฃ Her older brotherโ€™s questions and the arrival of the first outsiders sheโ€™s seen in a decade set in motion events that will cause Grace to question everything she has built her life on. Enemies rise on all sidesโ€“but who is the real enemy? And what will it cost her to uncover the truth?โฃ For the first time, bestselling authors Ted Dekker and Rachelle Dekker team up and deliver an intense, tightly focused ride through the most treacherous world of all.โฃ In a world where the boundaries are clear and punishments severe, a young woman risks everything to break free from the system of fear and control to find freedom and love.โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ #justreadtours #RevellBooks #TedDekker #RachelleDekker #TheGirlBehindTheRedRope #giveaway #suspense #christianfiction #bookwineandmetime #bionicbookbabes ย #bookstoread #booklover #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #igreads #bookworm #toread #ilovebooks #booknerdigans #amreading #currentlyreading #coverlove
I was recently selected as a #PiqueAmbassador for Blood Countess by @lanalyte (thank you @piquebeyond), which is one of my most anticipated reads for 2020!โฃ โฃ Iโ€™ve been obsessed with the story of Count Dracula for as long as I can remember, and the true stories of Countess Elizabeth Bรกthory that gave rise to Count Dracula are absolutely legendary. โฃ โฃ Synopsis:โฃ A historical YA horror novel based on the infamous real-life inspiration for Countess Dracula.โฃ โฃ In 17th century Hungary, Anna Darvulia has just begun working as a scullery maid for the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Bรกthory. When Elizabeth takes a liking to Anna, sheโ€™s vaulted to the dream role of chambermaid, a far cry from the filthy servantsโ€™ quarters below. She receives wages generous enough to provide for her family, and the Countess begins to groom Anna as her friend and confidante. Itโ€™s not long before Anna falls completely under the Countessโ€™s spellโ€”and the Countess takes full advantage. Isolated from her former friends, family, and fiancรฉ, Anna realizes sheโ€™s not a friend but a prisoner of the increasingly cruel Elizabeth. Then come the murders, and Anna knows itโ€™s only a matter of time before the Blood Countess turns on her, too.โฃ โฃ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ!โฃ โฃ โ„๏ธ ๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ? โ„๏ธโฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ #BloodCountess #LadySlayersSeries #ABRAMSkids #PiqueBeyond #YAHorror #horror #dracula #youngadult #yalit #bookwineandmetime #bionicbookbabes #bookmail #comingsoon #anticipatedbooks #mustread #historicalfiction #qotd #needtoread #tbr #bookbloggers #bookbloggerlife
๐“–๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐”€๐“ช๐”‚โฃโฃ โฃโฃ Happy Wednesday! I finally did a spelling stack challenge and spelled graduate! Yesterday, I successfully defended my PhD thesis, so Iโ€™m officially a doctor! Just donโ€™t ask me for medical advice ๐Ÿ˜‚โฃโฃ โฃโฃ To celebrate, Iโ€™m giving away a $25 gift card to your choice of Amazon, Book Outlet, or Book Depository!โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐’ฏ๐‘œ ๐ธ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡:โฃโฃ ๐Ÿงช Like this postโฃโฃ ๐Ÿงช Must be following me (stick around forever...I promise Iโ€™m fun!) โฃโฃ ๐Ÿงช In the SAME comment, tell me a book youโ€™d pick AND tag a friend โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐ธ๐“๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ ๐ธ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ˆ:โฃโฃ ๐Ÿงช Post this to your stories or feed and tag me (once per 24 hours) โฃโฃ ๐Ÿงช Tag more friends (one friend per comment - unlimited as long as different people are tagged)โฃโฃ ๐Ÿงช Show love on previous postsโฃโฃ โฃโฃ This giveaway is international as long as the retailers ship to you (you must check!). Giveaway ends Monday December 16th at 5 pm EST. Winner will be randomly selected.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ This giveaway is not affiliated with anyone but me โ™ฅ๏ธโฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ #giveaway #bookgiveaway #bookstack #stackchallenge #bionicbookbabes #bookwineandmetime #booksharks #books #pileofbooks #booklover #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #bookstagram #booksofig #booksofinsta #bookworm #booknerd
๐“Ÿ๐“พ๐“ซ ๐““๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€โฃ โฃ Happy pub day to ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ by @ninapolitan (thank you @gallerybooks & @netgalley for my copy!) โฃ โฃ Ten year olds best friends Charlotte and Henry try to run away together after they learn that Charlotteโ€™s mom is trying to take her away from Hope Lake. Unfortunately, they are eventually found. Charlotte is forced to move to NYC with her mother leaving behind her father, grandmother (Gigi), and Henry in her wake. The trauma of leaving combined with her motherโ€™s lies forces Charlotte to repress her memories of Hope Lake.โฃ โฃ 21 years later, Charlotte finds herself fired and blacklisted thanks to a misunderstanding. She canโ€™t afford NYC, so she reluctantly decides to temporarily move back to Hope Lake just until she can find her feet again.โฃ โฃ Due to the nature of Charlotteโ€™s repressed memories, this is a slow-burn romance that really doesnโ€™t reveal itself until later in the book. The story mainly focuses on Charlotte immersing herself into the town of Hope Lake and reacquainting herself with the area as well as her Gigi and father. There were definitely times that I felt incredibly sorry for Charlotte because it was evident the effect that her momโ€™s lies had on her even into adulthood. There were also times that I was frustrated with her situation as well. I did love how the community came together to accept her and support her and not judge her for the past.โฃ โฃ Overall, this is a truly heartwarming story that is more than a second chance romance. ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ is a reminder that we can always return home even in the darkest of times.โฃ โฃ Rating: 4/5 โญ๏ธโ€™sโฃ โฃ Christmas booksleeve: @novelnuzzler! Use my code TOYA10 to save โ™ฅ๏ธโฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ #MeetMeonLoveLane #GalleryBooks #NinaBocci #romancebooks #romance #bookish #booksleeve #bookwineandmetime #bionicbookbabes #newreleasetuesday #newrelease #bookstagram #netgalley #bookreview #readingchemistreviews
๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€โฃ โฃ I recently finished ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ by @aliceblanchard.author and absolutely savored every minute of this book! โฃ โฃ Burning Lake is a small tourist town nestled in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York that has a haunting past. In 1712, three women were executed under the suspicion of witchcraft. Burning Lake became known for witchcraft attracting hoards of tourists as well as becoming a rite of passage for teen girls.โฃ โฃ Natalie Lockhart has returned to Burning Lake and is now a detective in the Burning Lake Police Department; the same unit that her father faithfully served for decades. When Natalie was younger, her oldest sister Willow was brutally murdered (stabbed 27 times) when she was eighteen years old. On the 20th anniversary of Willowโ€™s death, Natalie discovers the slain body of Daisy Buckner, the best friend of her sister Grace. As a rookie on the detective squad, she was already tasked with the investigation of nine cold cases. Now Natalie has to determine if Daisyโ€™s case is connected to the cold cases or if another murderer is at large.โฃ โฃ From start to finish, ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ is a gripping page-turner that is wrought with chilling suspense. I loved how the witchcraft theme was interwoven throughout the plot but it never overpowered the story or felt cheap. All of the characters were compelling and well-defined with Natalie being my favorite (none of that broken alcoholic female detective trope here). While this police procedural does not have the fast-paced speed that some readers expect with thrillers, the plot maintains a steady course with twists and turns up to the very last pages. I canโ€™t wait to see whatโ€™s in store in Natalieโ€™s next chapter.โฃ โฃ Rating: 4.5/5 โญ๏ธโ€™sโฃ โฃ โฃ ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™ (๐™จ) ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™™?โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ #TraceofEvil #AliceBlanchard #MinotaurBooks #murdermystery #thriller #policeprocedural #bookwineandmetime #bionicbookbabes #booksharks #lovetoread #reader #witchcraft #suspense #mustread #goodreads #bookblogger #mystery #bookreviewer #readingchemistreviews
โ„๏ธ ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™– ๐™ ๐™ž๐™™? โ„๏ธโฃ โฃ On Christmas Eve, we always drove around looking at the Christmas lights. When weโ€™d get home, Santa would have come and we opened presents ๐ŸŽ ๐ŸŽ„โฃ โฃ Today Iโ€™ve partnered with @HarlequinPublicityTeam & @HarlequinBooks to tell you about some amazing holiday books for this holiday season! ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ. ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽโฃ โฃ * RANCHERโ€™S WILD SECRET by Maisey Yates: @MaiseyYates โฃ * SOLDIERโ€™S CHRISTMAS SECRETS by Laura Scottโฃ * A WYOMING CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER by Melissa Senateโฃ * HOLIDAY BY CANDLELIGHT by Laurel Greer: @LaurelGreerAuthorโฃ * DUTY OR DESIRE by Brenda Jackson: @BrendaJacksonFanPage โฃ * RED CARPET REDEMPTION by Yahrah St. John: @YahrahStJohn โฃ * SAFETY BREACH by Delores Fossen: @DeloresFossen โฃ * THE SECRET CHRISTMAS CHILD by Lee Tobin McClain: @LeeTobinMcClainAuthorโฃ * A TALE OF TWO CHRISTMAS LETTERS by Cathy Gillen Thackerโฃ โฃ โฃ #HarlequinChristmas #ChristmasBooks #Christmas #DeckTheFall #Harlequin #HarlequinBooks #romance #amreadingromance #ReadLoveBeMerry #harlequinseries #bookwineandmetime #bionicbookbabes #holidayreads #booklove #bookstack #festive #holiday #books

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