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Mel Leslie
Aug 4, 2020
Lakewood
This book will make you go down a rabbit hole on unauthorized medical procedures and experiments on the Black community. Though Lakewood...
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Mel Leslie
Jul 27, 2020
Severance
Maybe I am a slight masochist, but reading a book about an epidemic that is the catalyst for the end times while in the midst of a...
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Mel Leslie
Jul 22, 2020
White Fragility
If you are educating yourself on anti-racism, White Fragility by Robin Diangelo is a great place to start, but don't let it be the only...
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Mel Leslie
Jul 14, 2020
One Year of Ugly
Thank you to Simon and Schuster for the advanced review copy of One Year of Ugly in exchange for an honest review! #partner In Caroline...
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Mel Leslie
Jul 14, 2020
Darling Rose Gold
This book is crazy vs. crazier. Rose Gold's mother, Patty, goes to jail for poisoning her daughter and faking her illnesses. While...
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Mel Leslie
Jul 8, 2020
Godshot
Give me a story about a troublesome mother/daughter relationship mixed with a deluded cult and you have my attention. Top that off with...
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Mel Leslie
Jul 7, 2020
Deacon King Kong
Deacon King Kong by James McBride is an unique mix of mystery and character study. I highly suggest you go into this one blind. I had...
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Mel Leslie
Jul 1, 2020
A Little Life
Every once in awhile a book crosses my path that leaves me yearning for more and unable to fully articulate my feelings. A Little Life...
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Mel Leslie
Jun 18, 2020
Strike Me Down
Thank you Atria Books for the gifted copy of Strike Me Down by Mindy Mejia, in exchange for a honest review. Nora Trier is a forensic...
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Mel Leslie
Jun 16, 2020
In the Dream House
In the Dream House is unlike any memoir I have ever read. Written in nonlinear prose and told from second person, Carmen Maria Machado...
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Mel Leslie
Jun 9, 2020
A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Court of Thorns and Roses is a YA fantasy series that has taken bookstagram by storm. Not a day goes by that I do not see this book...
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Mel Leslie
May 27, 2020
Hum if You Don't Know the Words
Bianca Marais is such an amazing storyteller. I fell in love with her writing when I read If You Want to Make God Laugh and Hum if You...
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Mel Leslie
May 21, 2020
My Dark Vanessa
I have grappled for days on how to start this review. My Dark Vanessa is such a polarizing book and I cannot figure out another way to...
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Mel Leslie
May 15, 2020
Ordinary Grace
William Kent Krueger has quickly climbed to one of my favorite authors. He is a masterful storyteller, simple as that. Krueger is able to...
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Mel Leslie
May 14, 2020
The Last Mrs. Parrish
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine is a wild, psychological ride. I love a good unreliable narrator and the feeling of being...
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Mel Leslie
May 7, 2020
Untamed
Untamed by Glennon Doyle gets all the stars from me. This self help memoir is incredibly honest and the metaphorical writing is thought...
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Mel Leslie
May 4, 2020
Big Summer
Thank you to Atria Books and Net Galley for the digital ARC of Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner, in exchange for an honest review. #partner...
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Mel Leslie
May 1, 2020
The Reckless Oath We Made
This book was such a pleasant surprise. I chose it as my August 2019 BOTM choice simply because I loved Bryn Greenwood's other novel, All...
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Mel Leslie
May 1, 2020
Nothing to See Here
A story about children that spontaneously catch on fire is not one that I usually go for, but I have been seeing Nothing to See Here...
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Mel Leslie
Apr 27, 2020
The Other Woman
Girl meets boy. Boy woos girl. Girl falls for boy. Boy seems perfect and too good to be true. Then girl meets boys mother and all hell...
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