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Join us for our last review of 2024 How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn.
We will be back for season 2 on January 14th!
Book Description
Every Kringle in Kringletown celebrated Christmas a lot.
But Cole Black on Whistler Lane, unfortunately, did not.
As his fellow citizens decorate their quaint town, brimming with carols and glad tidings, Cole wants nothing more than to hibernate the winter away. But his dreary plans are thwarted when his Christmas nemesis, Storee Taylor, moves in next door to care for her Aunt Cindy. Immediately, the new neighbor turns his life into a real nightmare before Christmas, especially when she decides to enter the town Christmas Kringle contest in honor of Cindy. And better yet, Storee is determined to win.
Over Cole's dead body, she will. With help from his friend Max, Cole decides to enter the competition as well, to beat Storee at her own game by pretending that this hometown grump's heart has grown three sizes this season and he's fallen for the girl next door. And unfortunately for Storee, she has to follow his lead to have a chance at the Christmas Kringle title.
But the competition isn't the only thing that heats up. Cole and Storee's fake relationship becomes very real, and before they know it, they're attempting to hide it from Aunt Cindy. Things get complicated, the competition gets tough, and all it takes is one single night for someone to steal it allâŠ
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 12/7 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
Book description
When Ophelia and her sister discovers their mother brutally murdered, there is no time to grieve: Ophelia has inherited both her powerful death-driven magic and enormous debt on their home. Circumstances go from dire to deadly, however, when Opheliaâs sister decides to pay off the loan by entering Phantasmaâa competition where most contestants donât make it out alive and the winner is granted a single wish.
The only way to save her sister is to compete. But Phantasma is a cursed manor, with twisting corridors and lavish ballrooms, and filled with enticing demons and fatal temptations. Ophelia will need to face nine floors of challenges to win... if her fears donât overtake her first.
When a charming, arrogant stranger claims he can protect and guide Ophelia, she knows she shouldnât trust him. While Blackwell may not seem dangerous, appearances can be deceptive. But with her sisterâs life on the line, Ophelia canât afford to turn him away. She just needs to ignore the overwhelming, dark attraction drawing them closer and closer together.
Because in Phantasma, the only thing deadlier than losing the game is losing your heart.
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 11/23 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
Book description
You'd think being abducted by aliens would be the worst thing that could happen to me. And you'd be wrong. Because now, the aliens are having ship trouble, and they've left their cargo of human womenâincluding meâon an ice planet.And the only native inhabitant I've met? He's big, horned, blue, and really, really has a thing for me..
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 11/16 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole
Book description
When old secrets catch fire, everything will burn.
In a mortal world colonized by the gods and ruled over by the Descended, their cruel offspring, Diem Bellator yearns to escape the insular life of her poor village.Her motherâs sudden disappearanceâand the discovery of a dangerous secret about her pastâoffer Diem an unexpected opportunity to enter the dark world of Descended royalty and unlock the web of mysteries her mother left behind.With the dying Kingâs handsome, mysterious heir watching her every move, and a ruthless mortal alliance recruiting her to join the growing civil war, Diem will have to navigate the unwritten rules of love, power, and politics in order to save her familyâand all of mortalkind.
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 11/ 9 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Book description
I have a curse
I have a gift
I am a monster
I'm more than human
My touch is lethal
My touch is power
I am their weapon
I will fight back
Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering warâand The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 11/2 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon by Kimberly Lemming and Bonus Content
Book description
All I wanted to do was live my life in peace. Maybe get a cat, expand my spice farm. Really anything that doesn't involve going on a quest where an orc might rip my face off. But they say the Goddess has favourites. If so, I'm clearly not one of them.After saving the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, all he wanted to do was kill an evil witch enslaving his people.I mean, I get it, don't get me wrong. But he's dragging me along for the ride, and I'm kind of peeved about it. On the bright side, he keeps burning off his shirt.
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 10/26 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
Book description
Every serial killer needs a friend.Every game must have a winner.
When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusiveâthe friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country. But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love. Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Or have they finally met their match?
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 10/12 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of Fear The Flames by Olivia Rose Darling
Book description
Princess. Prisoner. Runaway. Queen.Elowen Atarah, Princess of Imirath, came into the world like a firestorm made flesh. A princess with a link to five dragons should have been a blessing to her kingdom, but her blessing became her curse. The little girl in shackles became a knife wielding woman with a thirst for retaliation.Now, Queen of Aestilian, a secret kingdom she forged through strength and survival, Elowen needs a way to feed her rising population. She never thought she would have the force to take on Imirath, but when the snarky Commander Cayden Veles of Vareveth, her fatherâs enemy kingdom, offers her a deal sheâs been dreaming of for years, how can she not take it? Even if he ignites her temper like no other, nothing unites two begrudging allies more than a common enemy.The pair of them, along with three accomplices, will navigate their partnership, politics, and attempt to pull off the greatest heist their world has ever known. Five people, all united through revenge, will have to transcend the odds stacked against them and infiltrate the impenetrable castle if they want to reap their rewards before someone reaps their souls. Putting aside their differences to accomplish a common goal because everyone knowsâŠvengeance is a promise signed in blood.
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 10/5 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Book Description
She is the very thing heâs spent his whole life hunting.He is the very thing sheâs spent her whole life pretending to be.Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilyaâthe exceptional, the empowered, the Elites.The powers these Elites have possessed for decades were graciously gifted to them by the Plague, though not all were fortunate enough to both survive the sickness and reap the reward. Those born Ordinary are just thatâordinary. And when the king decreed that all Ordinaries be banished in order to preserve his Elite society, lacking an ability suddenly became a crimeâmaking Paedyn Gray a felon by fate and a thief by necessity.Surviving in the slums as an Ordinary is no simple task, and Paedyn knows this better than most. Having been trained by her father to be overly observant since she was a child, Paedyn poses as a Psychic in the crowded city, blending in with the Elites as best she can in order to stay alive and out of trouble. Easier said than done.When Paeydn unsuspectingly saves one of Ilyas princes, she finds herself thrown into the Purging Trials. The brutal competition exists to showcase the Elitesâ powersâthe very thing Paedyn lacks. If the Trials and the opponents within them donât kill her, the prince sheâs fighting feelings for certainly will if he discovers what she isâcompletely Ordinary.
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We are Dropping in to bring you some updates regarding next weeks episode.
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 9/21 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of Broken Bonds by J. Bree
Book Description
After the death of my mother and her Bonded, I was relieved to find my own Bonds.I was sure everything would be okay if I had â them.Itâ wasnât.The fate of our people is in my hands and I know weâre better off if Iâm alone.After five years on the run, Iâm caught and dragged back to face the men I ran away from.I thought I was doing the right â thing.Nowâ , Iâm not so sure.North, Nox, Gryphon, Atlas, and Gabe may never forgive me but one thing is for sure.I wonât ever forgive myself.
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 9/14 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of Wild Love by Elsie Silver.
Book Description
The kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend's little sister and knowing you can't have her.Forbes may have labeled Ford Grant the World's Hottest Billionaire, but all he cares about is escaping the press and opening a recording studio in gorgeous small town Rose Hill. Something that comes to a screeching halt when he ends up face-to-face with a young girl who claims he's her biological father. Now, he spends his days balancing business with parenting a sullen twelve-year-old, all while trying desperately to keep his hands the hell off his best friend's sister, Rosie Belmont.After living in the city, Rosie came blasting back into town like a storm. Beautiful, messy, and chaotic. And one wide-eyed, desperate plea for a job is all it takes for Ford to hire her. He vows to keep her at arm's length. Tries to stick to scowls and grumpy one-liners. But with her, verbal sparring is a type of foreplayâfriction that soon turns to blistering heat.Ford knows damn well he shouldn't cross this line. But shouldn't and can't are two very different things.And the only thing he truly can't do is resist her.
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 9/7 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of The Awakening Zodiac Academy byCaroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
Special Shout out to Dominos Pizza for their cameo!
You have been selected to attend Zodiac Academy, where your star sign defines your destiny. If you're one of the Fae, elemental magic is in your blood. And apparently it's in ours. As twins born in the month of Gemini, we're a rare breed even in this academy of supernatural a-holes. Changelings were outlawed hundreds of years ago but I guess our birth parents didn't get the memo. Which means we're totally unprepared for the ruthless world of Fae. Air. Fire. Water. Earth. No one has ever harnessed all four of them, until we arrived. And it hasn't made us any friends so far. As the rarest Elementals ever known, we're already a threat to the four celestial heirs; the popular, vindictive bullies who happen to be some of the hottest guys we've ever seen. It doesn't help that they're the most dangerous beasts in the Academy. And probably on earth too. Our fates are intertwined, but they want us gone. They've only got until the lunar eclipse to force us out and they'll stop at nothing to succeed. We never knew we had a birthright to live up to but now that we do, we intend to claim our throne. We can't expect any help from the faculty when it comes to defending ourselves. So if the dragon shifters want some target practice, the werewolves want someone to hunt or the vampires fancy a snack then we have to be ready. But we've been looking after each other for a long time and fighting back is in our blood.
Today's horoscope: totally screwed.
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 8/31 and our thoughts and spoiler and spoiler free review of A Court this Cruel and Lovely by Stacia Stark
Book description: Just hours after humans are born, the gods take what little power we have. In return, they protect our borders from the vicious, merciless fae. The humans who manage to keep their power are known as the corrupt. And they are burned to death. When my forbidden power is discovered, I'm forced to flee my tiny village and the life I adore. To survive, I make a desperate bargain with the mercenary, a dark yet handsome one. But the ruthless mercenary is hiding secrets of his own. Secrets that threaten the safety of everyone I love. Secrets that could tear this kingdom-and perhaps even this world-apart.
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 8/24 and our thought and spoiler and spoiler free review of Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross.
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Join us as we discuss the bookish events happening for the week ending in 8/17 and our thought and review of The Ritual by Shantel Tessier. Please note this episode contains heavy sexual themes and violence listener discretion is advised.
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Join us as we discuss the bookish news for the week ending in 8/10 and our thoughts and reviews of When The Moon Hatched by Sarah A Parker.
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Join us as we discuss this week's bookish news and our take on Quicksilver by Callie Hart!
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Our Discussion and review of Daughter of no worlds by Carissa Broadbent.
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Introduction to For the Shelf Podcast and a little bit about us before our first episode drops!
