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ARC Review: The Big Freeze by Natalie Lampert

Published on June 17, 2024June 20, 2024 by Celeste5 Comments

Today’s review is about THE BIG FREEZE by Natalie Lampert. As the rest of the title explains, this is a nonfiction account of “A Reporter’s Personal Journey Into the World of Egg Freezing and the Quest to Control Our Fertility.” The focus of this book is toward those who want to freeze eggs for non-infertility reasons. However, the content is pertinent to both broad groups. This is an incredibly informative read.

Author: Natalie Lampert
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Publish Date: July 16, 2024
Print Length: 432

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ARC Review: Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee

Published on May 2, 2023May 4, 2023 by Celeste9 Comments

Today’s review is about PERILOUS TIMES by Thomas D. Lee, an Arthurian retelling with a modern twist. I absolutely loved this book and how it incorporates modern issues against the backdrop of a well-known, romanticized legend. I highly recommend it to anyone remotely interested in Arthurian myth with a heavy dose of commentary on the state of today.

Author: Thomas D. Lee
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Publish Date: May 23, 2023
Print Length: 496

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First Lines Fridays: October 14, 2022

Published on October 14, 2022October 2, 2022 by Celeste2 Comments

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The rules are as follows:

Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
Finally… reveal the book!

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