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Get Rec’d with Amanda – Volume 40

Welcome back to Get Rec’d! We’ve reached forty of these! I can hardly believe it. There’s fiction and non-fiction here, and both older and new releases. While I love introducing long-time readers to new or debut voices, I also love uniting new genre readers to more established writers (especially when they have a backlist to enjoy). Have you received any good recommendations lately? Let us know!

Books On Sale

Jo Walton, Urban Fantasy, & More

Books on Sale: The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan & More

The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan is FREE! If you’ve been looking to try out Ryan’s steamy, angsty contemporaries, you can’t beat free. This is the first book in a completed duet and I believe the first book has a bit of a cliffhanger. Correct me if I’m wrong!

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Hide Your Wallet

Our Favorite Reads of 2020

I believe this is new for our “Best Of” week, but I challenged each of our reviewers to pick their favorite release of 2020, whether they reviewed it or not. Some of them weren’t too happy they had to pick just one, though this place would be absolutely lawless if I didn’t make rules! Here are our favorites of the year! We’d also love to hear about your best read of 2020!  

Book Review

Or What You Will by Jo Walton

Or What You Will

Content warning: There is an emotionally abusive parent. There is a very realistic and rather grim depiction of an abusive marriage. And there is either a miscarriage or an abortion – we never really find out which. Every so often I read a book, and as I read I start making a list of all the people I know who will love this book and then I keep reading and writing down more names, and … Continue reading Or What You Will by Jo Walton

Hide Your Wallet

July’s New Releases, Part One

If you’re new to Hide Your Wallet, this is where we list new releases we’re pretty excited for in the coming month. Each reviewer has a book maximum (five per person), but we’ve separated HYW into two parts. The first HYW of the month will cover books that release from the 1st to the 14th. The second HYW will cover books released from the 15th to the end of the month. We also think this … Continue reading July’s New Releases, Part One

Hide Your Wallet

Book Beat: Pride and Prejudice, Menage, & More

Welcome to Book Beat! Think of Book Beat as Hide Your Wallet, Part Two! In Hide Your Wallet, we talk about books coming out in a particular month that we really want to read. But there’s more to good books than just new releases! Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a list … Continue reading Book Beat: Pride and Prejudice, Menage, & More