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Predatory Natures | Amy Goldsmith
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Mehso-so

For Lara‘s gap year, she decides to get a job aboard a luxury train. The trip across Europe is supposed to give her a clean slate. Instead, there‘s a confrontation w/ an old friend & train cars full of mysterious plants.

Gotta love some plant horror! The creepy factor was really well done, the characters were interesting, & the ending made me gasp out loud. But the flashbacks really killed the momentum, & the romance felt unnecessary. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

BookmarkTavern Release Date: July 8th, 2025 #ARC #NetGalley CW 👇🏻 21h
BookmarkTavern The flashbacks detail a highly manipulative and emotionally abusive relationship 21h
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Kristy_K
Dear Teacher | Maddalena Vaglio Tanet
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Panpan

I‘m not the right person for this book that takes place in a small Italian town, but I can see others loving it. A teacher goes into the forest after a student commits suicide. I expected a quiet, introspective novel that drew on human connection, emotions, &relationships. While it‘s certainly quiet &a little introspective, there are so many characters (in under 300 pgs), that I feel we didn‘t get the depth, emotion or connection we could have.

GatheringBooks Ooh, it‘s the first time i am hearing of this book. Thank you for sharing! 😍 23h
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MonicaLoves2Read
Etiquette for Lovers and Killers | Anna Fitzgerald Healy
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Panpan

I love reading historical fiction, so I was excited to get to read Etiquette for Lovers and Killers by Anna Fitzgerald Healy. Alas, I was disappointed. I was so happy when I finally finished the book. It was very slow to me. It flipped between Billie McCadie's love life and her trying to solve a murder. It's set in 1964, and I found one thing that didn't match 1964 (could have possibly been more), Healy talked about a characters mustache ⬇️

MonicaLoves2Read being like Burt Reynolds. I'm pretty sure that he didn't have a mustache until the 1970s with Smokey and the Bandit (I could be wrong, though). I did enjoy her prose. That and the ending upped this to a 2⭐️, instead of 1⭐️.

#Bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks ##ReadYourKindle2025 (June) @CBee #ARC #Historical
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CBee Oof. On to better books!! 3d
TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 21h
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vlwelser
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No idea what I was expecting from this but it's quite fun. From the dude that wrote Holes.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Pub date is 8/5/25
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 21h
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Amor4Libros
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Time to start this one…Been putting it off for way too long and I‘m challenging myself to finish reading it by Tuesday (pub date!).

And isn‘t this a gorgeous cover?

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ChaoticMissAdventures Absolutely love the cover!! I am seeing more of this style lately and I am so glad. We need pretty covers! 4d
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Amor4Libros
Widow | John Grisham
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There was a time on my reading journey where I was obsessed with Grisham‘s books. He couldn‘t write them fast enough 😅

My taste has evolved and I haven‘t been keeping up with his books in a while. But receiving and ARC of his latest book just felt like a full circle moment to me ❤️

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MatchlessMarie
Trumpets of Death: A Graphic Novel | Simon Bournel-Bosson
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Pickpick

The ethereal look of this cover is what initially drew me in to want to try this book. A lot of the details are left intentionally ambiguous and the art does a lot of the storytelling, allowing for reader interpretation.
This is a book that will make you want to start again as soon as you finish to see what you might have missed the first time around. This would be a great book to prompt discussions and the artwork is chillingly beautiful. #ARC

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Bookish_Thoughts
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Pub date: Sept. 23, 2025.

Oh yay! I was approved for an ARC of this book. The series is based Frances Glessner Lee, the real-life mother of forensic science.

WWII widow Maple Bishop's dollhouse business is thriving. She's used her miniatures to help the sheriff solve an earlier murder. Now he's asking for her help again when a body is found in a burned cabin.

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kelli7990
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Pickpick

Here‘s my review for this book that I just finished reading. This book is not on Litsy. I‘m supposed to turn in my review on or by July 1 to The Smuthood PR and I just submitted my link to my review before the deadline. I really didn‘t want to ask for more time to finish this book and get it reviewed and now, I don‘t have to. Yay!

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AnnCrystal Well done 👏🏼📚💝. 1w
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BookmarkTavern
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*takes deep breath* AAAAAAHHHHHHH!

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AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳 Congratulations 📚💝💝💝. 1w
TheBookHippie 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 1w
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