Simone and Her Books
books, reviews, and recommendations
Category: Book Reviews
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Well, the hype is wild for this one and it has every right to be. I’ve seen it all over Instagram and for Pride, it’s the perfect F/F romance to make you fall in love with love. It was an incredible story with so much heartwarming feelings and a little bit of sci-fi. Here’s More…
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I may be 20 years too late to be reading this series, but I’m also the type of person who believes books can be read by anyone. I’m so glad I picked up Percy Jackson for the first time ever. It’s slowly becoming my new favorite series and I hope to read more from them…
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I first fell in love with this book because the cover was gorgeous. I think I could spend a lifetime just staring at the cover and how beautifully it came out. But then I read the book and it blew me away in so many different ways. Here’s More about The Ones We’re Meant to…
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Or How to Make Simone Super Anxious About Space. But seriously, this was such an engaging and emotional story for me. It will take you on a wild ride across the stars, meet new friends, and hopefully feel like a hero at the end. However, I can’t not discuss how much anxiety it gave me.…
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Is there anything more fun than a contemporary YA romance with a bit of identity, forging your own path, and really coming-of-age? Probably! But if you’re looking for something upbeat with a bit of conflict and whole bunch of K-beauty products, then this is the book for you. Here’s More about Made in Korea There’s…
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Emiko Jean is a new-to-me author, but I think after finishing up Tokyo Ever After, I might follow her and the rest of the work she’ll eventually put out. It was such a breath of fresh air especially after such a heavy read, but it also discusses some important topics. The best part is probably…
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This was such a heartwarming and life affirming novel. Filled with tons of heart, lots of inclusion and representation, and of course, love. Here’s more about It Had to be You For the past twenty years, Liv and Eliot Goldenhorn have run In Love in New York, Brooklyn’s beloved wedding-planning business. When Eliot dies unexpectedly,…
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After reading The Haunting of Tram Car 015 last year, I was hooked to the alternate Cairo P Djeli Clark created. And when I heard he was going to be 1) releasing his first full-length novel 2) it was set in his alternate Cairo, I knew I had to read it. And thankfully this book…
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I’m going to start off by saying that I don’t normally read historical fiction. However, when it’s a historical fiction that 1) takes place on the Titanic 2) brings in an under-represented group that wouldn’t normally be on the Titanic, then I need to investigate. And much like Valora Luck, I got lucky with this…
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Tomorrow, Realm Breaker will be out in the world for everyone to read! Gah, it’s always so exciting to be writing a review for a book months in advance. I feel like it’s been forever since I read an up-and-coming novel that has a lot of highly-anticipated readers with a huge dedicated following from her…
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