Quick Pick book review: Confessions of a Domestic Failure, by Bunmi Laditan

Opening lines: Aubrey's ear-piercing cry rattled over the baby monitor yanking me out of a deep sleep.My eyes fluttered open. I looked at my phone's clock. No, no, no, no, no.  Reason I picked up the book: Bunmi Laditan is better known as The Honest Toddler on Twitter...

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GIVEAWAY - 2 books: The Outliers, and The Scattering, by Kimberly McCreight {2 winners, ends 4/26}

The Outliers, by Kimberly McCreight, was released in May 2016 (and is only $1.99 on Kindle, currently!). Its sequel, The Scattering, will be released on May 2nd, and two of my lucky readers now have a chance to win both books! About The Outliers: It all starts with...

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Used media sale: Bookstock at Laurel Park Place (Livonia, MI), April 23-30

Before last year, I had never even heard of Bookstock - however, it's been going on for quite a number of years now, and it's back this year at Laurel Park Place. Last year I wrote a post about it, which you can find here, and the post ended up being one of my most popular...

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Book Review: It Happens All the Time, by Amy Hatvany

He grunted and moaned as he stabbed himself inside me, not sounding like himself. This was some other man, some animal, not the boy I'd known and loved. He was a stranger violating my body, a monster taking what he wanted and not caring about the carnage left in his wake.  ...

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