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Books On Sale

Historical Settings & Romances

Books on Sale: To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters & More

RECOMMENDED: To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters is $1.99!  Aarya read this one and gave it a B:

Despite all these points, I adored To Have and to Hoax. It made me giggle constantly during a week when I had little to smile about. I wouldn’t recommend it to everyone; if the antics sound juvenile and infuriating, then you won’t like the story. But if you’re in the mood to escape into a Regency romp and swoon over a married couple falling in love again, I recommend To Have and to Hoax as your escape of choice.

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Hide Your Wallet

September’s New Releases

Everyone, there are so many good books coming out this month that it’s really quite unfair. We have over forty titles we’re excited for below, but here are a few others we know you’re all anxious to read: Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell is releasing! (My roommate splurged on a life-sized cardboard cutout of Baz, btw.) Margaret Atwood as written a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale called The Testaments. Rachel Caine continues her Great Library series with Sword and Pen . No … Continue reading September’s New Releases

Book Review

The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester

The Paris Seamstress

CW/TW for rape, coercion, child abuse, child murder, and general horribleness of Nazis and WWII. The Paris Seamstress is told in parallel storylines between two women, Estella and her granddaughter Fabienne. Estella escapes Paris prior to the Nazi invasion, bringing with her a sewing machine and not much else. She arrives in New York having newly learned that she is a dual citizen of France and the US because her father was American – but … Continue reading The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester

Hide Your Wallet

September’s New Releases

Hide that wallet because we’re discussing new books coming out this month! Listed below are some picks from the SBTB crew, but we also know there are several others books that you may have preordered or put on hold at your library. What are you excited for this month? More Cormoran Strike books are out with Lethal White . Vengeful by V.E. Schwab has been highly anticipated by many of my friends. If you love contemporary YA books, … Continue reading September’s New Releases

Hide Your Wallet

Book Beat: BEA & BookCon 2018

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: BEA & BookCon 2018