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𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐠𝐰𝐨𝐧 by Min Jin Lee. Thanks to @cardinalpublishing and @grandcentralpub for the gifted copy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ John and Helen Ko were well off middle class in Korea, providing their children the best educations possible. Then a scandal and the Asian financial collapse in 1997 change everything. They settle in Southern California, where they are strangers in a strange land. If you loved Pachinko, I think you’ll love this one as well. Min Jin Lee is a very talented author. The pages keep the readers attention from the very beginning. American Hagwon is quite long, but an easy read with language that flows easily. It’s very character based; about halfway through I realized that not much had really happened yet, but I was still enjoying the read. It’s full of commentary of educa

🔥BOOK MAIL🔥 Thank you to the tagged publishers, authors, PR companies, and friends for the gifted copies. You know what that bottom row means! @grandcentralpub @lisahowells @duttonbooks @crownpublishing @hogarthbooks @flatiron_books @bantambooks @simonbooks @soho_press @sagapressbooks @eric_larocca @parkrowbooks @tidydissolve @ellie.foumbi @byjaimafixsen @ireadvintage @wandamowrites @raelletucker @janedoesnotknow @harperbooks @lizvelez_editorial @quinn.connor.writes @thomasoldeheuvelt @amazonpublishing To my sweet friends @bibliopeeks @bellville_lfl @blue.mood.cafe @annaisalwaysreading @miss80sbooks ⁉️QOTD- Do you listen to more audiobooks, music, or podcasts? Or none of the above? It’s audio for me now.

Isn't He Romantic by Adib Khorram: beautifully written, characters that feel oh-so-real, and filled to the brim with care and compassion! All my favorite parts of this series are once again present; culture, friendship, and family shine through this fake-dating story between Arya and Ben, two 40-ish-year-old characters (which just feels so refreshing)! Their bodies and desires are real and tangible, making their love connection that much more perfect! (And yes, it is another spicy one!) I kept coming back to just how different Khorram's writing was this time around, and when I finally landed on the right adjective, I immediately knew why. This book is deeper, more meaningful, and just feels more perfectly aware of itself. There is something beautifully unique about Khorram's writing, and i

Book Mail Monday 💌 thank you so much to @grandcentralpub @novelsuspects @stmartinspress @poisonedpenpress @atriabooks @htp_hive @bookmarked @littlebrown @bantambooks for my gifted copies 🫶 Q: which one of these would you pick up first? 🩸 NIGHTJARS by Michael Wehunt out September 29 (horror, vampires, Appalachia, family secrets) ❄️ AS THE SNOW GATHERS by Mere Joyce (historical horror, queer, isolation, creature feature) 🏺 THE MUSEUM OF CURSED ARTIFACTS by Evan Spiliotopoulos out March 2 (haunted house, religious horror, supernatural, locked room) 👻 THE HAUNTING OF LAVENDER HOUSE by Natalie Kikić out October 20 (haunted house, gothic horror, folklore, romance) 🔮 THE SISTERS OF CRIMSON HOUSE by Melissa Anderson Sweazy out September 29 (witchy, gothic, paranormal, family saga) 🌲 IN THE

💊𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨💊 by Evann Normandin 4.25⭐️ Thank you to @grandcentralpub for my #gifted copy. 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: This magical realism novel explores an intriguing question: What if you could take a pill and forget the painful parts of your life? Rose has undergone a radical memory-erasing treatment, leaving behind her grief, her past—and Landon, the man she once planned forever with. But Landon isn’t ready to let her go. When he reenters her life as a stranger, he wonders: if she fell in love with him once, could she do it again? Told through alternating timelines—his in the present and hers in the past—we slowly discover what happened between them and why Rose chose to forget. 💭 𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 I’ll admit, I didn’t really like—or fully understand—Rose at first. But as

📚 RIP to my TBR, ep. 8 Huge thanks to the tagged publishers for the gifted copies. Fruit Fly was purchased by me 🍊🪰 • Murmuration by TJ Klune • Turncloak by LK Steven • Witch Daughter by Tanaz Bhathena • A Snake Among Swans by Hannah Kaner • Fruit Fly by Josh Silver • The Little Shop of Merry and Bright by Jenny Bayliss 💬 qotd • thx for tuning in! Have you ever had books damaged in the mail, from natural or unnatural causes?! ⛈️

I can’t stay away from stories where dark lords decide they’ve done enough and just decide to retire and farm 😂. There’s something so appealing about it! And this book fits just right! Many thanks to @grandcentralpub for the gifted copy and goodies. I can make my own 🫜 now 😁. 🐐The Demon Overlord retires to farm turnips in peace, only to find life in a small village far more chaotic than he ever could have anticipated in this laugh-out-loud debut cozy fantasy with teeth. Now with an exclusive bonus adventure! 🏡When destroying the world and killing the hero grows boring, what’s a Demon Overlord to do but quit while he’s ahead? 🐐Galornus Prime was the Scourge of Nations, Ender of Hope, and Master of the Cardinal Sins. He had done everything worth doing. Some of it more than once. 🌾His

(includes gifted books) now that september is 1/4 of the way through I figured it was time to finally get the august recap up 😅 it was certainly a month of mood reading across a range of genres & heavy reliance on audiobooks to carry me through the exhaustion of multiple 60+ hour work weeks, but that’s the way it goes sometimes! a couple flops brought the average rating down a bit but I did manage to find a few new favorites (fruit fly & fallow 👀) and @paging_dr.bookworm convinced me I needed to read “the most fun we ever had” and she was not incorrect 😅 excited to transition into cozy reading season in the coming weeks (my favorite time of year!) .. so many great september books already in the lineup so stay tuned! gifted books noted on individual slides: “one day everyone will have al

📬𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕄𝕒𝕚𝕝📬 Thank you so much to the following publishers for the #gifted copies of these incredible books. Mob Justice: A Scavenger Hunt Thriller by Chad Boudreaux Capital House Publishing IN CHICAGO, JUSTICE HAS A PRICE—AND THE MOB ALWAYS COLLECTS After surviving a terrorist nightmare, Justice Department lawyer Blake Hudson takes on a new enemy: the Chicago mafia. Assigned to the Organized Crime Strike Force, he dives into a world that’s nothing like the movies. The Chicago Outfit may still live in Al Capone’s shadow, but its power has evolved—slicker, smarter, and more dangerous than ever. In this explosive sequel to Scavenger Hunt, loyalties blur, alliances shift, and the real power may not belong to the men who hold the guns—but to those pulling the strings. A Game of Cat an

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There is something utterly magical about Adib Khorram's writing, and It Had to Be Him yet again proves why! Culture, friendship, and family provide such a strong base and backdrop for Ramin Yazdani and Noah Bartlett to nurture their second-chance(ish) romance while vacationing in Italy! This beautiful setting provided instant escapism — feeling a bit like a vacation while reading (hello, it's incredibly atmospheric) — but there's so much more to this story! Once again, I appreciated the late-thirties age of these characters, with their realistic body qualms and awkward discoveries feeling truly refreshing! Their shared high school experiences provided backstory, character history, and development. And it was so sweet getting to watch Ramin and Noah become who they had wanted to be during t

🎉📚🥳 Pub Day Thank you to @atriabooks @grandcentralpub @torbooks @marinerbooks @doubledaybooks @bantambooks for my gifted copies. It is am amazing pub day today! 📚🥳 There are so many books coming out, but here are a few on my radar. Swipe to see what they are about! 🍎 𝙈𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙂𝙞𝙜𝙞 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙛 ✍️ 𝙋𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙏𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙣 🏝️ 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙣 📘 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙮 𝘽𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙖 🏴‍☠️ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙇𝙖𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙣 🔪 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙚 𝙍. 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜 ❓What is a book you are looking forward to in September? I just made my TBR for this month and rea

📖 Currently Reading Thank you @grandcentralpub for the free finished copy! ♡ Just started Witch Daughter yesterday and flew through the first 112 pages! . It reads very fast, like upper YA/NA noting there is at least one spicy scene in the early romance… I’m already so nervous for Tamineh..! This prophecy sounds…ominous. . Happy witch week! 💕👑 #witchdaughter 💬 qotd • how’s your week looking? Mine will be busy with travel, but hope to get some reading in on the plane! ✈️

Book Review 📖 American Hagwon (#182) 4.5⭐️/ I really liked it! Swipe for @goodreads synopsis ✏️ A deeply emotional look at what a good education looks like, and means to, a portion of the Korean community both in the US and abroad. Thank you to @cardinalpublishing and @grandcentralpub for my #gifted sneak peek. This is out 9/22. ✏️ Much like this author’s previous smash hit, Pachinko, this is a slow-paced, character driven, family saga told over multiple decades. It begins when the Koh children are small, and follows them into their 30’s— through multiple international moves. ✏️ I slowly found myself falling in love with this family— rooting for them and full investing in their happiness and their futures. I wanted SO much for them! Which is what this is all about really… ✏️ Through her s

Happy Saturday I am so bad the past few months with my consistency. Between work, my daughter in college and still not driving, my youngest in school and everything else I have to do in between I feel like I have no time to breathe. Anyway. I’ll get my @$ in gear I promise. Thank you @grandcentralpub for sending my this #arc. It’s been on my wishlist since I first seen it and screamed when I received an DM asking if I’d like a copy! Wolf Point @lisahowells On Sale 12/01/2026 A newly promoted police officer is thrust into a race against time and the harsh Alaskan elements when a teenage girl disappears―just as a crushing storm descends I love books set in Alaska. If it wasnt for that little plane ride to get there and long flight before hand I would visit and maybe never leave. ❓Do you pla

I 💗 BOOK MAIL! thank you thank you thank you to the incredible authors and publishers for all the gifted books!! Part 2 is already up, opening all the pr boxes 🤭 #bookTok #bookmail #bookhaul #unboxing #bookstagram

🎧Plot Twist: Life, Craft, and the Messy First Draft: A Memoir on Writing by Harlan Coben Pub Date: Sept 8, 2026 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you, @librofm, @grandcentralpub, and @harlancoben for the gifted ALC! My thoughts: I love that Harlan narrated this book himself, telling readers about his process in an inspiring and approachable way. A lot of his suggestions for writers are valid and inspired me to keep writing and stay ambitious with my career goals as an author. In fact, I purchased a new notebook with a multi-colored pug on it and new fancy pens for the times I’ll be on the road and killing time this school year. I also enjoyed the little anecdotes about where certain characters and ideas came from. This book is a joy for writers and readers who are curious about how one of the masters does

🎉Happy Release Day!🎉 Thank you to the tagged Partners for my free copies: 📚Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson (Thanks @doubledaybooks #DoubledayBooksPartner for the free book!) - 👇🏻my review in comments below 📚Never Say Die by @kehuyquan (thanks @grandcentralpub for my free copy) - 👇🏻my review in comments below ❓QOTD: What is your latest five-star (or equivalent) read? - (books, read, book recommendations, book review, bookstagrammer, must-read list, bookstagram, tbr, fall reads, books for fall, autumn)

Hi, I’m Jordy and I’m a 87631245. What about you? Hahaha, we’re just kicking off our 2026 Fall Reading Season, and already I’m overwhelmed with how many amazing novels I’ve read and added to my #tbr. You’ve all heard me raving like a lunatic about Chloe Benjamin’s UNDER STORY and Min Jin Lee’s AMERICAN HAGWON, but be prepared for me to be insufferable about my love for MURDER AT THE GRAND ALPINE HOTEL in a few weeks, and expect everyone you know to be talking about new books from Emily St. John Mandel, Marlon James, Hernan Diaz, Emma Cline and FROZEN RIVER author Ariel Lawhon. So tell me…what’s your reading mood this month? Which of these highly-anticipated September reads are you most excited for? Comment below, and big thanks to the tagged #partner publishers for gifted copies of some of

QOTD: I’ve hit a WALL. Wake me up! 😂 what is your trick for an unexpectedly sleepy/maybe it’s allergies or a cold days? YOU’LL BE SORRY by Lisa Gardner Thank you to @grandcentralpub for the gifted copy! I haven’t read Lisa Gardner in a while, but her earlier series got me through many a pandemic walk, so I was excited to pick this one up. Thirty years ago, the Dixon family disappeared from their mountain lodge. Mom, dad, and four children. Gone without a trace, leaving behind a mystery that was never solved. Now Raquel and Theo Collins have moved into the abandoned lodge, hoping for a fresh start. They have secrets, the house has secrets, and before long, that decades-old mystery starts creeping back into the present. I do love this kind of setting!!! This was a tense, creepy small-town m