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[laurasauras]

Self Publishing Review just reviewed my book and omg I cannot even process how flattering it is. I was saying to my roommate just the other night that if I had the ratio of hits:comments on a fic as I do purchases:reviews on my book I'd be fucking ecstatic, I've been so lucky with how well it's been received. But this is like, an actual professional review on a site that certainly doesn't give every book a 5 star!

Like holy shit, I didn't know I was a irrefutably savage writer! I literally couldn't have asked for a more lovely review and it means so much to get this kind of recognition from a professional reviewer.

And good news! My ebook is free on my website, Kobo and possibly other places until the 21st of December!

Ratings/reviews always always appreciated, you have no idea how helpful they are!

[booktineus]

Convincing you to read An Academic Affair by Jodie McAlister with reddit posts from the characters.

Thank you, Simon & Schuster Australia, for approving me for a Netgalley copy.

From the moment this book was announced, I wanted to read it. Fake dating is one of my favourite tropes, and this is set in Australia academia? Yes, please. Naturally, I dropped everything to read it as soon as I got approved for a (last minute arc).

I didn’t expect it to become one of my new comfort reads.

If it weren’t for work, I would have binged this in a single sitting. Which makes it really hard to write anything about it coherently.

There were moments that made me laugh (Jonah’s footnotes! I’m 90% certain some academia jokes that went over my head). Moments that punched me in the feels (especially the sibling relationships). Moments that made me kick my feet in delight (the YEARNING!!!).

I loved this marriage of convenience between rivals. I didn’t want it to end. I can’t wait to reread a physical copy. And I sincerely hope we get some companion novels about Sadie and Jonah’s siblings.

An Academic Affair is out in Australia today! So romance readers, make sure you get a copy.

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

✨ BOOK REVIEW ✨

The Boyfriend Clause by Bridie Blake

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

QOTD: Do you have a dream job?

I never have 😅

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I had such a great time reading this one. Fake dating and grumpy/sunshine are two of my fave tropes so this was sure to be a hit.

I adored both Sabrina and Adam. Their banter was top tier and I loved the gradual way Adam started opening up to her, letting her see more of him, letting some of his walls down. They were wonderful together.

Sabrina’s family annoyed me. Which I know was kinda the point, but I think I was also meant to find them loveable in some way and aside from her dad and her sisters wife—who both didn’t really do or say much—I just didn’t. They were rude, demanding and nitpicky. While I enjoyed Sabrina finally sticking up for herself, it didn’t seem to resolve much at all.

[fullibooked]

Despite staring at these book covers every time I went into my high school library, it still took me to adulthood to read the Old Kingdom books by Garth Nix. As a kid I read and loved Nix's Keys to the Kingdom books, and had started reading Sabriel many moons ago, but never finished it. Until this year, when I was doing a lot of short trips by bus and needed an audiobook. I then simply Had to read the other two books in this trilogy. (And yeah I know there's more, I was just doing the og 3). Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen. The first about the daughter of the one good-guy necromancer in the whole Old Kingdom, a soldier out of time and a cat (?). The second about the one child of the Clayr who cannot see the future, a prince and a Disreputable Dog. And the third about the whole lot of them struggling to keep the world from ending, one lightning strike at a time. I genuinely enjoyed these books, even if I was older than our young protagonists. The world-building is iconic, the stories deep, the adventures strong. These truly are for all ages. Classic fantasy, so of course I got my sword out, and added my own Kibeth, (though I would so prefer her incarnate version rather than the bell version).

[jessicalewenda]

Would you cut yourself open to see how old you are?

From my book, Miserere.

[bookstattoosandtea]

Cover & Excerpt Reveal: GOAL LINES & FIRST TIMES by Eden Finley & Saxon James

Cover & Excerpt Reveal: GOAL LINES & FIRST TIMES by Eden Finley & Saxon James

COVER & EXCERPT REVEAL GOAL LINES & FIRST TIMES (CU Hockey #3) by Eden Finley & Saxon James Release Date: February 10, 2021 Cover Design: Story Styling Cover Designs Genre: M/M College Sports Romance Trope: Bisexual awakening, first time gay SYNOPSIS COHEN It turns out making out with my best friend in high school could be considered gay. Who knew? Apparently, everyone but me. Now that it’s been…

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[wordsarelifereviews]

I finished reading Weapon the other day.

It was an amazing end to a fantastic series & kept me guessing the entire way through 💖

[my-world-my-words]

King of the Seven Lakes (Godkissed Continent #2) by Australian indie author A.B. Endacott

Highly recommend!