Simone and Her Books
books, reviews, and recommendations
Category: Books
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Happy Tuesday, but most importantly, happy new releases Tuesday! This Tuesday feels like May because the publishing train keeps on chugging and putting out some amazing reads for us this summer. We’ve got a famous Queer Eye personality publishing his novel. We have a few very interesting diverse reads coming out as well. There’s so…
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I’m so happy to start off Pride month with a Pride book and truly blessed I got to read Casey McQuiston’s Red, White, and Royal Blue! The story starts with young Alex heading off to England with his sister to attend a royal wedding. He finds out that Prince Henry of Wales will be there,…
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Happy End of May! What a weird month it’s been. I don’t know about you, but it’s definitely been a weird one for me. I thought we would get a lot of reading done, but that’s a bust. I thought we would get a lot of writing done, but that feels busted too. It’s not…
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Hey everyone! I’m here to announce the June 2019 book for The Backlist Book Club. This book has been on my list for quite some time and because June is Pride, I wanted to put together a list of books that LGBTQIA friends and allies can read together. On Patreon, I put together a quick…
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Happy Friday, everyone! The Jam of the Week has got to be It’s All Coming Back to Me Now by Celine Dion. I remember listening to this song as a kid in car rides with my mom and sister. We would just sit there and belt out the tune with Celine. Of course, we didn’t…
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Ok I liked the book. Was I absolutely in love with it the way the Bookstagram community was? Not really, but it was still a good book and definitely worth the read. The story starts off with a bang when a hyperbaric oxygen chamber explodes in Miracle Creek, Virginia. The reason for the explosion? A…
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Hey everyone! I just wanted to announce something I’ve been really hesitant to do, but now I feel like I’m at a place where I can do this and hopefully be successful at it. Remember that book club I started a few months back, announced and discussed a few books, and then got sidetracked by…
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Happy Friday, everyone! I know I posted this song last week, but now there’s a video and it’s seriously cute. I suggest you take a gander as Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber have some fun in front of a green screen. I feel like there’s a trend of dudes creating music in honor of their…
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Alright, I’m going to do my best reviewing this book because thing 1) I’m not Afro-Puerto Rican so I don’t know that life and thing 2) I don’t have any children. Not to say you need either to read this book. I’m just saying this perspective won’t be as nuanced as someone who may #ownvoices…
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I started reading The Poppy War because a ton of my friends online were saying this was the best fantasy novel they’ve read. You know me, I have to investigate the hype of any book when it sounds like that. I’ve never read a military fantasy before. I thought I might have, but according to…
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