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AmandaV

AmandaV

Joined June 2016

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After We Fall | Melanie Harlow
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Joined the Romance Read-of-the-Month Club and the free read for January is by an author I enjoy, #MelanieHarlow

I'm getting cozy on the couch and diving in....📚

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Painted Faces | L. H. Cosway
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Taking advantage of my Audible Romance to catch up on some books I‘ve been wanting to read. #LHCosway #AudibleRomance

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27 hour audio book, longest one I've done so far 🤤! Had this one recommend to me by a co-worker so I'm giving it a shot.

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Secondborn | Amy A Bartol
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Finally getting to read this book! Excited to start this new series, love Amy's writing!

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Beard in Mind | Penny Reid
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Finally, release day!!! Penny is my absolute favorite and I've been missing those Winston boys! So hard to wait until I got home to start this book but it deserves my undivided attention. And sleep? Who needs it! Can't wait to read Beau and Shelly's story. #pennyreid #winstonbrothers #BeardinMind

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Queen and the Cure | Amy Harmon
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Finally getting to read this beauty! I loved the first book and so far this one is just as amazing!

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20 years ago the Boy Who Lived came into our lives #hp #harrypotter20 #always #teamhufflepuff #harrypotterforever⚡🖤💛🖤💛⚡

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A Little Life: A Novel | Hanya Yanagihara
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This book.....so beautiful and moving. I was brought to tears so many times. I can't adequately express how amazing this book is.

BarbaraBB Me too! I had to cry several times. Those boys, they are so sweet to one another! 8y
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A Little Life: A Novel | Hanya Yanagihara
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This book is amazing. I'm a little over half way done and I am in love with these characters.

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Making my way through the Harry Potter audio books. Jim Dale is such a fantastic narrator!!

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Dating-ish | Penny Reid
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LOVED this book! If you've never read a Penny Reid book, you're definitely missing out. Matt and Maries story is an unconventional romance that will give you all the feels!! ☆☆☆☆☆

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Dating-ish | Penny Reid
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Yay it's finally here!! I've been having Penny withdrawals for too long! The ARC reviews have been really good so I'm super excited to dive in. #pennyreid #dating-ish #reider #releaseday #knittinginthecity

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Check out what came in the mail yesterday! It's beautiful!! #ACOWAR #Prythian #sarajmaas #Bloomsbury

BooksTeasAndBookishThings Omg!!! Waiting on mine to come in ❤️ 8y
AmandaV I love the little Night Court symbols in the corners! 8y
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Wow! Finished this gem yesterday and I'm still processing it. SJM ties up this series while leaving some loose ends to work with for her future stories. #feysand fans will be happy, that's all I'm going to say. #ACOWAR #spoilerfree #sjm

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Amazon....why are you playing with my emotions. This book better be on my Kindle at 1201 AM!!! This wait is killing me!!! #ACOWAR #sarajmaas #FeysandForever

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This has been on my TBR list for a while. Imagine my surprise when I was notified that I won a copy from a Goodreads Giveaway!! Score!!!🏆🏆 #imawinner #goodreadsgiveaway #goodreads

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If you've never read Elizabeth Hunter or her Elemental Mysteries series go get it NOW!! They are sooo good and she rarely puts them on sale. Snap them up while you have the chance. #elizabethhunter #elementalmysteries #oneclickit

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Listening to this wonderful book narrated by Lin Manuel Miranda 😍❤

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Untitled | Unknown
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beat my goal of 100 books for the year! this year's goal is 150📚

RanaElizabeth Good work! Cheers to meeting this year's goal too! 🍻 8y
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Mehso-so

In this erotic thriller, motivational speaker Emily Vargas unknowingly becomes the object of desire for a man who kidnaps her with the desire to systematically break her. Pleasure and pain take on new meanings for Emily as she spends months as a slave. This story has some erotic and BDSM scenes but the core of the story is the psychological aspect and the Stockholm Syndrome like relationship that develops between them.

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Certain Dark Things: A Novel | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Loved this dark, gritty (think Sin City meets Blade Runner) story about vampires in Mexico. There's multiple species of vampires, Renfields, narcos, a detective turned vampire hunter and a blossoming love story (maybe? hopefully?). The only downfall is the ending. I didn't realize this was the start of a series so the ending definitely left me wanting more!

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Panpan

Picked this up as a freebie and glad I did not pay for it. This was just meh for me. Nothing outstanding and definitely won't read any of the others in the series.

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The Neverending Story | Michael Ende, Ralph Manheim
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This is the book of my childhood. I probably watched the movie a billion times as a kid and it's one of the few books I remember my mom reading to me as a child. I still have the tattered paperback that I will never give up. I came across the audiobook on Hoopla and since I haven't read it since I was in my teens I figured that it was time to revisit the book that gave me a love of fantasy.

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Certain Dark Things: A Novel | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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#libraryhaul got two books I've been wanting to read for a while. Starting Certain Dark Things first. Vampire gangs in Mexico City? Yes, please!!

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Confess: A Novel | Colleen Hoover
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I have a confession to make....this is the first Colleen Hoover book I've read. I thought it was ok. A little melodramatic for my taste but the writing was good and the fast pace made for a quick read.

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The Descendants: A Novel | Kaui Hart Hemmings
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exploring the free Amazon Prime audiobooks on Audible. Think I'll try this one out. Jonathan Davis is the narrator and I loved him in The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao.

paradise_found92 @AmandaV I loved the movie! Enjoy. 8y
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Untitled | Unknown
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Just finished Wait for It by Mariana Zapata. As always she is the queen of the "slow burn". This book was a little different from her previous ones but still great. A sweet romance with a good guy and a happily ever after. #slowburn #marianazapata #waitforit

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Fate of Perfection | K. F. Breene
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Picked this one for my Kindle First book for December. Looks pretty interesting.

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Cress | Marissa Meyer
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loving this series!! the audio books are so fun!

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Labyrinth Lost | Zoraida Cordova
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I am so into this book right now!!

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A fun enemies to lovers story. Enjoyed the authors quirky writing style and unique characters.

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WOW!! This story had me on the edge of my seat at times and laughing out loud at others.
Abby and Gretchen become best friends in the fourth grade and their friendship continues until things take a dramatic turn their sophomore year. Abby will do anything to save her best friend even going through hell and back. The story is set in the 80s, and if you remember that time this story will definitely spark your nostalgia.

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I had plans to be productive tonight but then this came available on Overdrive ☻🙆

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The Paper Magician | Charlie N. Holmberg
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I got almost half way into this book and fizzled out. Anyone else finish this book? should I push myself to finish it or bail now?

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The Bollywood Bride | Sonali Dev
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Another wonderful read by Sonali Dev. This story is one of first loves reunited and uncovering the secrets that kept them apart. The narrator of the audiobook is fantastic and gives each character their own distinct voice, just as she did in A Bollywood Affair. Definitely check this book out.

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Mehso-so

Learned a lot about Issa and her life but was hoping for a little more of the awkward self-deprecating humor she displays on her show.

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This book is a lot more than just a retelling of Cinderella. Really inventive concept. The audiobook is great. I'm definitely hooked!

booksandcats13 I really liked this one! Glad you did too :) 8y
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love Thug Kitchen, always cracks me up 😂😂😂#thugkitchen

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Evelyn, After | Victoria Helen Stone
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From the first page I could not put it down! I liked that the author alternated the Before and After chapters. There were definitely some twists and turns that I did not expect. It was really interesting to watch Evelyn go from a woman scorned, obsessed with her husbands lover to a self confident, self possessed woman. Definitely check this book out!

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Untitled | Anonymous
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is that too much to ask?

booksandcats13 I have this thought on Good Reads all the time. 8y
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Watched Insecure last week on HBO and it was hilarious and delightfully awkward!! so of course I had to nab Issa Rae's book. 😊

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Next audiobook, Cinder. Cinderella reimagined as a cyborg. Sounds like an interesting concept and the narrator is pretty good so far. #audiobooks #lunarchronicles

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Lady Chatterly's Lover | D H Lawrence
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loving Serial Reader! such a great idea and especially since I picked Lady Chatterly's Lover it's like a little soap opera every day #serialreader

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A Bollywood Affair | Sonali Dev
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This story is a fun romance with a great characters. The narrator was perfect for this story and gave each character their own distinct voice. I didn't know a whole lot about Indian culture before listening to this audiobook, but it didn't affect how much i enjoyed this book. Will definitely read more from this author.

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Beard Science | Penny Reid
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About to get my Cletus on!! Been missing these Winston boys!!!😍😍🤓👐 #pennyreid #beardscience #cletus #winstonbrothers

booksandcats13 I'm excited to know how this one is! I've heard good things 😊 8y
AmandaV @bigdamnbookgeek I just finished it yesterday. It's soooo good. Possibly my favorite Penny book so far!! 😍 8y
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Eleanor & Park | Rainbow Rowell
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Rainbow Rowell delivers all the first love feels in this story! Park and Eleanor seem like opposites, but what they have in common makes them as necessary to each other as air.

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The Paper Magician | Charlie N. Holmberg
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Checking out the books on Amazon Prime Reading. Hopefully they will add more books but it's a good start. Unfortunately, none of my books on my wish list were on there but I did find a few goodies. A couple are rereads and one new one. #amazon #amazonprimereading

booksandcats13 @AmandaV I've read 2/3 of these. If you're into slow burn romances The Wall of Winnipeg is a must! 8y
AmandaV @bigdamnbookgeek Yes Winnipeg is a reread so is Under Different Stars. I love both of these authors so I hope they add more books like these. 8y
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Evelyn, After | Victoria Helen Stone
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Decided to go with Evelyn, After for my October Kindle First pick. Which one did you pick? #amazon #kindle #kindlefirst

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Land of Enchantment | Leigh Stein
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I started off feeling like I could really empathize with Leigh having been in a relationship similar to hers and Jason's. As the book goes on, I started to get a little annoyed at Leigh letting herself be a doormat and obsessing about Jason for years after their breakup.This was compounded by her struggle with depression. In the end Leigh does get control of her depression and self esteem issues and grows into a woman comfortable in her own skin.

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A Bollywood Affair | Sonali Dev
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After an extensive search of Hoopla audiobooks, I've found my next story! Can't wait to dive into this romance 😍 The beautiful cover art is a plus too #audiobooks #hoopla

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