Month: July 2021

ARC Reviews, Series, YA Fiction

Pumpkin by Julie Murphy

The Bookish Librarian

Grades 9 – 12

Pumpkin (Dumplin', #3)

The third installment of the Dumplin’ series follows Waylon Russel Brewer, an overweight, openly gay senior in high school who has a twin sister named Clementine. Their plan is to move to Austin after graduation, but when Clementine deviates from their plan, Waylon decides to create an audition tape for a drag queen show and submit it. But when the tape goes viral and the whole school sees it, he gets nominated as Prom Queen as a joke. Waylon decides to own it, and go with the flow, but can he pull it off?

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.

ARC Reviews, Horror/Thriller

You Will Remember Me by Hannah Mary McKinnon

The Bookish Librarian

Ages 18+

You Will Remember Me

A man wakes up on the beach with a gash in his head and can’t remember who he is.. Lily Reid’s boyfriend Jack went missing and she is desperate to have him back. Maya Scott is frantically looking for her estranged stepbrother Asher, and when she finds him, his memory is missing. The enthralling story takes readers on a journey as all of these lives intertwine, and it is a wild ride!

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.

Adult Fiction, ARC Reviews

Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand

The Bookish Librarian

Ages 18+

Golden Girl

Vivian Howe is a prolific writer with grown children who is killed by a hit and run driver. She goes to the Beyond, where her mentor Martha helps her by letting her see what is going on below for one summer. She watches the police investigate her death, and is worried that a secret in her latest unfinished novel will come to light and destroy her reputation. Filled with mystery and intrigue, this is one you don’t want to miss!

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.