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Mandy Hale Says Don’t Believe The Swipe When Dating Online

As promised to those of you following @literaryhypewoman on Instagram (as you should!), this week I’m taking a look at Mandy Hale’s fifth release, Don’t Believe The Swipe. You might know her better as “The Single Woman” who has appeared on national news outlets, including Good Morning America as one of its most inspirational Instagrammers.Continue reading “Mandy Hale Says Don’t Believe The Swipe When Dating Online”

Victoria Aveyard Goes From “Red Queen” To “Realm Breaker”

I feel like I must preface this with a notice that high fantasy is not my usual jam. Like, not even a little bit. Watching “Game of Thrones” was my fantasy limit. However, I loved Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen series, and was thoroughly excited to follow her into a new “sandbox”, as she calls it.Continue reading “Victoria Aveyard Goes From “Red Queen” To “Realm Breaker””

Everybody Fights, So Get Better At It With The Holderness Family

While scrolling the ARC site, I saw a pair of familiar faces and immediately added it to my TBR pile. Kim and Penn Holderness are pretty well known for their goofy parody videos, so I was surprised their faces were under the self-help/ relationship genre banner instead of humor. Everybody Fights, So Why Not GetContinue reading “Everybody Fights, So Get Better At It With The Holderness Family”

Not Your Average Joe Goldberg In “You Love Me”

April showers in 2021 are bringing our favorite sociopathic bookworm back to us on the page, and eventually on the screen. Joe Goldberg is back, baby! You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes is book three of the deliciously devious and dirty series, You. This time around, Joe is living in the Pacific Northwest in theContinue reading “Not Your Average Joe Goldberg In “You Love Me””

To Love And To Loathe

Summer is right around the corner, so it’s time to start thinking about the romance reads to pack for the beach. With the continued buzz around Bridgerton on Netflix gearing up for season two, I’m feeling the historical vibes. To Love And To Loathe is book two in Martha Waters’ Regency Vows series. If youContinue reading “To Love And To Loathe”

Enough About Me

No, that’s not a statement on getting on with the bookish discussions. Well, kinda. Enough About Me is the title of a book by MSNBC anchor Richard Lui. It’s about “the unexpected power of selflessness” and released in March 2021. It’s a blend of self-help, research, memoir and some dad-style jokes. Tackling selflessness in aContinue reading “Enough About Me”