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Book Review | We Won’t All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall

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**Disclaimer: Thank you to publishers and NetGalley for the free eARC of  We Won’t All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall.

We Won’t All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall is a young adult mystery thriller book.  It revolves around a girl named Mercy who survived a shooting at a mall.  In order to try and make back the money spent on her hospital fees, she decides to enrol in a survival reality television show, but, unfortunately, things go horribly wrong.  It is set to be published on July 29th, 2025.  I rated it 5 stars on Goodreads.

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Book Review | Writing Mr. Wrong by Kelley Armstrong

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**I received an eARC of Writing Mr. Wrong by Kelley Armstrong through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

Writing Mr. Wrong by Kelley Armstrong is an adult romance novel set in Canada.  It is about a debut romance writer, who based the asshole male main character on a guy she knew in high school, who is now an NHL player.  It is set to be published on June 24th, 2025.  I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads.

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Ashley’s August 2024 Book Haul and Reading Wrap Up

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August felt like it went so quickly.  I read a ton and had some lovely times with friends and family, and then all of a sudden the month was over.  It was a really good month, but it’s end also marks the return to school time so that’s a little too bad.  However, you can find out all about what I read and hauled below the cut.

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Ashley’s August 2023 Book Haul and Review

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August was such a strange but lovely month.  I took time to enjoy being a newlywed, and then I started getting ready to go back to work, despite there being a heck of a lot procrastination involved in that as well.  I’m very good at procrastinating.  I did, however, end up doing a fair bit of reading, and some particularly good reading.  It was an excellent month all told.

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Book Review | The Summer We Forgot by Caroline George

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**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced readers copy of The Summer We Forgot by Caroline George through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

The Summer We Forgot by Caroline George is a young adult mystery thriller.  It features a group of teens who worked at a summer camp a couple of years before the events of the book, but mysteriously they can remember no details about the summer.  They reunite after the discovery of their science teacher’s body to try and figure out what happened that summer.  The book was published on March 8th, 2022.  I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads.

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Ashley’s February 2023 Book Haul and Wrap Up

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I had a pretty good February.  There were some moments were I was really struggling, but I would say that on the whole I had a good reading month.  I loved most of what I read, and I picked up some books that I was pretty excited about.  I ended up reading 25 books, which is pretty good all things considered.

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Miscellaneous Monday | 23 Books to Read in 2023

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In previous years I have been creating a list of books to read based on my age, but I have not always been good about actually reading those books.  However, this year I have decided to not do that and instead I’m going to try to read 23 specific books since it is 2023.  I’m hoping that this is a more manageable number for me, but I guess we’ll see.  I’m going to list the books down below.  Let me know if you have read any of them, and which ones I should prioritize.

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