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Mini Reviews #14: Lovelight Farms, One Italian Summer & The Friend Zone

January 18, 2023

Mini-Reviews is a blog series where I’ll be sharing mini reviews of the books I’ve been reading lately.  Each post will include 3 books I’ve recently read and will be grouped by genre (though we’re bound to get a hodgepodge post every once in a while!).  Let me know if you’ve

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    I had a really strong start to my reading year! I I had a really strong start to my reading year! I managed to finish 17 books in January (wrap up on my blog today 😄)
-Thank you @getunderlined for the free copy of Pretty Dead Queens!
-Thank you @randomhouse for the free copy of Spare!
    We had such a fantastic weekend playing board game We had such a fantastic weekend playing board games and catching up with friends 🥰 So grateful that so many of our friends are also Long Islanders!!
    This book is SO much fun!! It’s giving Pretty Li This book is SO much fun!! It’s giving Pretty Little Liars: Original Sun vibes. I love our main character Cecilia and her best selling murder mystery author grandmother. It’s set in a coastal small town and each character / family line comes with a legacy of secrets. If you liked Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series and are looking for another YA thriller of the same caliber, I cannot recommend Pretty Dead Queens enough! Thank you @randomhouse @getunderlined for sending me a copy!
    Excited to read all the romance books next month! Excited to read all the romance books next month! ✨
    Happy birthday my love! You are the kindest, smart Happy birthday my love! You are the kindest, smartest, funniest, most reliable and also the strangest person I’ve ever met ❤️ I love the way your random mind works and how deeply you get invested in your interests. You’re the best problem solver, way calmer than me under pressure and the best company, always. ❤️❤️❤️
    Even MORE book reviews on my blog today! That’s Even MORE book reviews on my blog today! That’s 9 in one week 🎉
    Some recent reads 📚 Some recent reads 📚
    I feel like I’ve been hoarding book review posts I feel like I’ve been hoarding book review posts on my blog while I caught up on all of the end of 2022 / beginning of 2023 lists I wanted to share! Today I’m wrapping up 3 recent thrillers I read (Local Woman Missing, The Family Game & The Last Housewife - link in profile). My first thriller reads of the year just came off hold from my library and I’m so excited to binge 2 of them over the next week!
    Such a fun day catching up with my best friends an Such a fun day catching up with my best friends and second mom! ❤️
    I finally bought a pair of bean boots so it seemed I finally bought a pair of bean boots so it seemed like a good time to post this photo from our trip to Maine last summer!
    First cover buy of the year and I’m hoping it’ First cover buy of the year and I’m hoping it’ll fill the White Lotus void I’ve been experiencing since the season two finale! 🍋
    It’s always a treat to catch up with @alexaloves It’s always a treat to catch up with @alexalovesbooks and @hello_chelly ❤️
    I had a rough day yesterday that was fixed by the I had a rough day yesterday that was fixed by the most wonderful book mail I’ve received in a long time! All three of these January @berkleyromance’s are ones I’ve been DYING to read! Now I just have to figure out where to start 🙃 I’m thinking it’s going to be with The Fraud Squad! Are any of these on your most anticipated list too?
*thank you @randomhouse / @berkleyromance for sending me beautiful finish copies!!!
    At long last, the new @mcnallyjackson store in Roc At long last, the new @mcnallyjackson store in Rockefeller has finally opened! 🎉 I have a feeling this will be a new favorite bookstore once the second floor opens (where they’ll be housing all of their thrillers, romance and general fiction)! The staff is super friendly and I can’t wait to start supporting them!
    Completed our first 1,000 piece puzzle of 2023! 🎉
    Finally sleeping in our master bedroom instead of Finally sleeping in our master bedroom instead of the guest room and loving it ❤️ Also this week between Christmas and New Year’s where we’re not commuting is a dream!
    My romance TBR is delightfully colorful 😍 do yo My romance TBR is delightfully colorful 😍 do you see any favorites that I should prioritize?! (I’m currently one chapter into Lovelight Farms but I’m debating putting it aside for next year since I kind of missed the season for it…)
    Isn’t it the best feeling when you find a new al Isn’t it the best feeling when you find a new all time favorite in the last couple of weeks or the year?! Also, I’m officially the last person on the planet to read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and thankfully it totally exceeded the hype for me!
    Barnes & Noble 50% off hardcovers sale day success Barnes & Noble 50% off hardcovers sale day success!! #bookhaul
    Merry Christmas! 🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎄
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