January 2021 Reads
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📚A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Creative writing throughout the entire book! Absolutely loved this. Genre: Historical Fiction
📚Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. Hilarious. I highly recommend this, especially on audio. Genre: Autobiography
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📚Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan. Pub Day March 9 2021. Add this to your TBR! Genre: Historical fiction, women’s fiction
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📚Sisters by Daisy Johnson mindblowing and bizarre Genre: literary fiction, contemporary, gothic
📚Caste by Isabel Wilkerson well researched (however a little too simplistic). Genre: nonfiction
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📚The Cul De Sac War by Melissa Ferguson. Everything a romance needs: good-looking guy that is very smart but hides his intelligence behind his muscles and money, tension between two neighbors, cute old lady neighbor, eccentric roommate. Genre: romance, contemporary romance
📚 The Duke and I by Julia Quinn. Romance between Duke and Dutchess. 🌶🌶 Genre: Romance, historical romance, historical fiction
📚The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa cute, predictable but entertaining read. 🌶🌶 Genre: contemporary romance, fiction
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📚In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren witty and sassy writing, however plot and character development was a little lacking for me. Genre: romance, humorous fiction, holiday fiction, Christmas story
📚Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier. A very slow burn that ended right when it was getting good. It was listed as a Romance at the library so I think that is what let me down. Real Genre: crime, mystery, gothic fiction
📚Maggie Finds Her Muse by Dee Ernst. Slow burn. I liked most of the characters. The second half of the book was better than the first for me. Pub Date: April 20, 2021 Genre: romance, women’s fiction🌶
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I had a lot of fun this month joining @bookgoalbusters for their #bgbreadathon -they challenged me to read genres I normally wouldn’t (for me that’s gothic), and to read blacklist books this month.
**flash giveaway in my stories today!***
QOTD: Have you read any of these books?