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November 2, 2019 the reading chemist

Book Review: Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw (ARC)

October 24, 2019 the reading chemist

Book Blitz: Pirate’s Curse by Leigh Anderson & Rebecca Hamilton

October 6, 2019 the reading chemist

Book Review & Blog Tour: A Spell of Murder by Kennedy Kerr (eARC)

October 4, 2019 the reading chemist

Book Blitz: The Book Witch by Desy Smith

October 2, 2019 the reading chemist

Book Review & Blog Tour: The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith (ARC)

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 the reading chemist

Anticipated Releases Book Tag

April 21, 2019May 7, 2019 the reading chemist

Book Review: Under Her Cursed Scythe by J.M. Wong

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𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓣𝓸𝓾𝓻 & 𝓖𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂⁣ ⁣ 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢?⁣ ⁣ We are a Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Dallas Cowboys household 💙💙💙⁣ ⁣ A powerful novel about friendship, basketball, and one teen's mission to create a better life for his family in the tradition of Jason Reynolds, Matt de la Pena, and Walter Dean Myers. ⁣ ⁣ Told from alternating perspectives, After the Shot Drops is a heart-pounding story about the responsibilities of great talent and the importance of compassion.⁣ ⁣ If you would like to learn more about the book or purchase a copy click on the link in my bio. I have partnered with @hmhteen to giveaway one copy of the book! Check out the details below:⁣ ⁣ GIVEAWAY⁣ Enter to win a copy of After the Shot Drops⁣ TO ENTER⁣ - follow me, @randyribay, @hmhteen and @storygramtours⁣ - tag a friend you think will be interested⁣ For EXTRA entry⁣ - visit @darkfaerietales_’s account tomorow and repeat these steps⁣ RULES⁣ - Giveaway will ‪end Feb 3rd at midnight‬ EST⁣ - US ONLY⁣ - not affiliated with Instagram⁣ -must be 18 or have parents permission⁣ -must be a public account so I can verify entries⁣ ⁣ #AftertheShotDropstour #AftertheShotDrops #randyribay #HMHTeen #storygramtours #bookstagram #books

📖☕️ ℂ𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℂ𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 ☕️📖⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Happy Monday everyone! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ So this weekend I made plans to catch up on pictures as well as my four reviews that I need to post. Instead, I was sick Saturday night and all of Sunday, so none of that happened 😭🙈⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Oh well, today I’m joining @thelittlereadingmermaid for her weekly #coffeeandcurrentlyreading challenge. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I am SO excited to be starting 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡 by Adalyn Grace (thank you @macmillanusa & @imprintreads for my gifted copy)!! This is one of my most anticipated reads this year, which releases next Tuesday (synopsis in comments)!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Y’all, this book has mermaids and pirates!! Also, how gorgeous is this cover?! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I of course had to bust out my mermaid sleeve from @novelnuzzler for this beauty! Don’t forget, use my code TOYA10 to save in the shop! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #AlltheStarsandTeeth #AdalynGrace #novelnuzzler #macmillan #mermaids #pirates #amreading #currentread #reading #yabooks

𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓢𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓭𝓪𝔂⁣ ⁣ Happy Saturday everyone! I hope your weekend is treating you well!⁣ ⁣ This week has been a week for bookstagram. There’s been so many high and lows especially with all of the controversy surrounding American Dirt. ⁣ ⁣ One thing that has become glaring obvious is that we as bookstagrammers need to be giving #ownvoices a bigger platform. I already read own voices authors and diverse books as a WOC. However, I realized that not everyone is aware of what’s out there and that I need to read more own voices that are outside of my own heritage. ⁣ ⁣ From here on out, I will include a space on my profile for reviews and recommendations of own voices books. Additionally, I will be incorporating more of these stories into my every day reading. ⁣ ⁣ This stack contains the backlist books that I’m pledging to read this year. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦? 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵?⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #stacksaturday #bookstack #tbr #bookstoread #diversebooks #diverseauthors #anticipatedreads #bookstagram #books

♥️🧡💛 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 ♥️🧡💛⁣ ⁣ Recently, @beritaudiokilledthebookmark shared an incredibly personal post about her battle with a degenerative eye disease. She has called for awareness to accessibility features, specifically alternative text features that Instagram has to make our pictures and captions more accessible to individuals inflicted with visual impairment.⁣ ⁣ Additionally, she has asked us to create a stack with red, orange, and yellow books and tag #accessibilityawarenessstack by January 31st. For every post with the hashtag, $1 will be donated to the American Foundation for the Blind. ⁣ ⁣ If you have the time, please join in to support Berit! ♥️🧡💛⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #accessibility #accessibilityforall #visualimpairment #booksharks #bionicbookbabes #bookwineandmetime #rainbowbooks #bookstagrammersunite #bookstack

𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 & 𝓣𝓸𝓾𝓻⁣ ⁣ Today I’m on tour with @katerockbooktours for 𝙇𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙞𝙣𝙙 by @ashleyhfarley, which is available now! ⁣ ⁣ Lies That Bind is told from three different POVs that follows the lives of three women: Maggie, Eva, and Reese, and each of them have their reasons for the intricately woven lies they hold onto. Maggie rushed into a marriage with her dream husband only to find out he’s actually an abusive monster. Eva’s past is full of tragedy (husband died in an accident and her daughter has been missing for a decade), and she has turned to alcohol to occupy the shell of herself that has been left behind. Reese made some questionable decisions that lead to life changing consequences that leave her hanging on by a thread.⁣ ⁣ Farley tackles so many tough real life scenarios (e.g. domestic violence, rape, unplanned pregnancy, alcoholism, addiction, etc.) without cheapening the plot or ticking off an artificial box. Each of the POVs were both engrossing and immersive, and I found myself tearing through the pages as I wanted to know more about each of the three women and how their stories would ultimately intertwine and end. Their characters were beautifully developed and the plot constantly propels forward.⁣ ⁣ Overall, if you love character driven plots that unravel lots of secrets and twists, definitely check this one out!⁣ ⁣ Rating: 4/5 ⭐️’s⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖 #𝚀𝙾𝚃𝙳: 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚠𝚕?⁣ ⁣ I wake up at 4:30 am for work every day, so definitely an early bird 🐦 ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #LiesThatBind #AshleyFarley #KateRockBookTours #womensfiction #chicklit

Today I’ve partnered with @simonandschuster @bibliofinder @bibliolifestyle to tell you about 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 by @librarylovefest! ⁣ ⁣ I can’t tell y’all how excited I am to read this #ownvoices novel, which comes out on March 3rd! I’ll be savoring this one next month in celebration of #blackhistorymonth. ⁣ ⁣ Synopsis:⁣ A transporting debut novel that reveals the ways in which a Jamaican family forms and fractures over generations, in the tradition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.⁣ ⁣ Stanford Solomon has a shocking, thirty-year-old secret. And it’s about to change the lives of everyone around him. Stanford Solomon is actually Abel Paisley, a man who faked his own death and stole the identity of his best friend.⁣ ⁣ And now, nearing the end of his life, Stanford is about to meet his firstborn daughter, Irene Paisley, a home health aide who has unwittingly shown up for her first day of work to tend to the father she thought was dead.⁣ ⁣ These Ghosts Are Family revolves around the consequences of Abel’s decision and tells the story of the Paisley family from colonial Jamaica to present day Harlem. There is Vera, whose widowhood forced her into the role of single mother. There are two daughters and a granddaughter who have never known they are related. And there are others, like the house boy who loved Vera, whose lives might have taken different courses if not for Abel Paisley’s actions.⁣ ⁣ These Ghosts Are Family explores the ways each character wrestles with their ghosts and struggles to forge independent identities outside of the family and their trauma. The result is an engrossing portrait of a family and individuals caught in the sweep of history, slavery, migration, and the more personal dramas of infidelity, lost love, and regret. This electric and luminous family saga announces the arrival of a new American talent.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 📖 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿? 📖⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #theseghostsarefamily #maisycard #bibliofinder #bibliolifestyle #simonandschuster

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