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I’m sharing my Bookish* Newsletter for March, and I’ve made some changes and updates that reflect my world of books. I wouldn’t say that my face is always in a book, because I enjoy articles and magazines as well but I promised myself I would read more, and I’m hoping this media serves as a great place to keep track of everything. So enough of my vernacular, and so it goes.
Today, I want to try something new: a newsletter. No one [really] goes to my “Book Tracker” page, and I know that’s really for me, but I figured I could capture some of that in a newsletter and highlight a few things I’m reading and some updates. With all that said, here it goes.
The Bookish* Newsletter!
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Issue No. 2 | March 2025 | Blog Version
Check out updates on my good reads progress, upcoming titles, lists, and reviews.
NEW ARC TITLE BOOK REVIEW
Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group for this title.
✨ 3.89 ✨The Summer I Ate The Rich, Maika & Maritza Moulite
I didn’t think there would be a twist when I saw “Haitian Zombie Lore” in the synopsis. Brielle is a zombie, but not the mad-flesh-craving, brain-eating, slow-moving kind. Well, not so much because she does crave raw meat at times.
♪ 𝄞 🎵 ♪ ♬ They want to steal your brains 🧠 and eat your knowledge ♪ 𝄞 🎵 ♪ ♬…yeah, not that. (LOL)
In Haitian lore, it’s different. In this story, we learned that Brielle is a zombie, but not of her own doing, nor of a reanimated corpse brought back to life through the supernatural powers of a bokor. Brielle is an intelligent young woman, and I love YA novels that show this side of people. You can be poor in finances but rich in life.
Her only goal is to take care of her family, especially her Mom, who has chronic pain. Brielle wants to be a cook, and at just 17, she’s a genius in the kitchen. Everyone loves her cooking, even though it has a “special” ingredient.
Brielle was beginning to grow her supper club when an opportunity came to help her community and those less fortunate. Although Bre did what she could for the greater good, it was illegal. Instead of being arrested, her repayment for that incident was to intern for a big pharma firm in Miami. Brielle (while she didn’t like it) figured this would be an excellent opportunity to help her family. She could make money and add her mother to her medical plan. [More]
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Upcoming Horror Debuts
One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy’s father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives. As they attempt to evade the boy’s increasingly desperate father, horrifying incidents of butchery follow them. At first, Jess thinks she understands what they’re up against, but she’s about to learn there’s more to these surreal and grisly events than she could’ve ever imagined. |
Great Book SourcesBookTrib [https://booktrib.com/] Started Reading…
Five high school friends are bonded by an oath to protect one another no matter what. On a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find a mysterious staircase to nowhere. One friend walks up and never comes back down. Then the staircase disappears. 📚 🎧 ☕ 🍵 📖 🎞 🖋️ |
Staircase in the Woods
March Reading Challenge!“Read the last book on your bookshelf.” |
Good Reads Challenge Progress
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What Books Did I Get in March?The Devil and Mrs. Davenport, Paulette Kennedy |
Here’s the link to the PDF version of the newsletter.
That concludes all the book updates I can think of (LOL). I look forward to the coming months to streamline this even more. Thanks so much for visiting today, and please consider subscribing or following along. — Duces.✌🏽 —