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Book Review | One Year at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks

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**Disclaimer: I received a free early access readers copy of One Year at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks from the publishers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for this opportunity.

One Year at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks is a Middle Grade contemporary graphic novel with some elements of magical realism.  It’s set at a fancy boarding school and focuses on a young girl named Juniper who transfers into the school in order to improve her education.  I gave the graphic novel 4 stars on Goodreads.  It publishes on July 14th, 2020.

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Ashley’s July TBR

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I’m so excited about my summer vacation even though I’m not necessarily doing all that much this summer.  I do, however, plan on getting a lot of reading done this summer though and try to keep myself entertained.  I’m looking forward to all my summer reads.  So what am I reading in July? You’ll find it below the cut.

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Book Review | The Summer I Drowned by Taylor Hale

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**Disclaimer: I received a complimentary eARC of The Summer I Drowned by Taylor Hale in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley.  Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

The Summer I Drowned by Taylor Hale is a young adult mystery thriller.  It is about a teenage girl named Olivia who is attempting to deal with her post-traumatic stress disorder from when she nearly drowned as a young teen.  Five years later she has returned to the place where it all happens.  I gave The Summer I Drowned three stars on GoodReads.  The Summer I Drowned releases on July 7th.

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Ashley’s June Wrap Up

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June has come and gone and so has this very strange end of the school year.  I’m looking forward to my summer vacation and some reading and relaxing.  Before I can jump into that, however, I have to look back on my reading month in June.  I read 23 books this month, which I feel pretty good about.  You’ll find everything I read below the cut.

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