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Top Ten Debuts I Read in 2016 (+Giveaway!)

1.   Dancing with the Tiger  by Lili Wright I loved this one - the setting, the mystery, the writing. Can't wait to read what this author writes next!  My review HERE .  2.  The Hating Game   by Sally Thorne Such a perfect love/hate romance! Funny and swoon-worthy! 3.  An Innocent Fashion  by R.J. Hernández This wasn't anything like I expected but it was juicy in its prose and plot and seriously lovely all the same.  My review  HERE . 4.   Fill the Sky  by Katherine A. Sherbrooke I've thought about this book so many times since I read it - I just can't get it out of my head - the setting and the characters feel so real to me.  My review HERE . 5.   The Smell of Other People's Houses   by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock This book was so beautiful and so unexpected.  My review HERE . 6.   Sweetbitter  by Stephanie Danl...

Monday Musts: Natalie Ross' Narration, Sonic Youth & Catching up on Links!

Monday Musts is a weekly event, started and hosted by Jessica @ Lovin' Los Libros , which asks you to highlight your must read, must listen and must see! MUST READ! Up Close and Dangerous  by Linda Howard From Goodreads : Bailey Wingate's scheming adult stepchildren are surprised when their father's will leaves Bailey in control of their fortune, and war ensues. A year later, while flying from Seattle to Denver in a small plane, Bailey nearly dies herself when the engine sputters --- and then fails. Cam Justice, her sexy Texan pilot, manages to crash-land the aircraft. Stranded in the wilderness, and struggling to douse her feelings for the ruggedly handsome man by her side, Bailey begins to wonder whether this was a mere accident. Who tampered with their plane? Who's trying to reunite Bailey and her husband in the afterlife? Cut off from the world, and with little hope of rescue, Bailey must trust her life --- and heart --- to Cam, as th...

Review: An Innocent Fashion by R.J. Hernández

An Innocent Fashion by R.J. Hernández Blurb from Goodreads : The literary love-child of The Devil Wears Prada and The Bell Jar, this singular debut novel is the story of Ethan, a wide-eyed new Ivy League grad, who discovers that his dream of “making it” at leading New York City fashion magazine Régine may well be his undoing. When Ethan St. James graduates from Yale, he can’t wait to realize his dream of becoming a fashion editor at Régine. Born Elián San Jamar, he knew from childhood that he was destined for a “more beautiful” life than the one his working-class parents share in Texas—a life inspired by Régine’s pages. A full ride to the Ivy League provided the awakening he yearned for, but reality hits hard when he arrives at Régine and is relegated to the lowest rung of the ladder. Mordantly funny and emotionally ruthless, An Innocent Fashion is about a quintessential millennial—naïve, idealistic, struggling w...

Waiting on Wednesday: An Innocent Fashion by RJ Hernandez

  "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that you are eagerly anticipating. Today, I am waiting on:   An Innocent Fashion by RJ Hernandez From Goodreads : The literary love-child of The Devil Wears Prada and The Bell Jar, this singular debut novel is the story of Ethan, a wide-eyed new Ivy League grad, who discovers that his dream of “making it” at leading New York City fashion magazine Régine may well be his undoing. When Ethan St. James graduates from Yale, he can’t wait to realize his dream of becoming a fashion editor at Régine. Born Elián San Jamar, he knew from childhood that he was destined for a “more beautiful” life than the one his working-class parents share in Texas—a life inspired by Régine’s pages. A full ride to the Ivy League provided the awakening he yearned for, but reality hits hard when he arrives at Régine and is relegated to the lowest rung of the ladder. Morda...