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This really isn't my genre of book, and the opening excerpt of this novel did nothing to make me...
I had never heard of The Lost Kitchen, but it's fascinating. The first chapters of this book were...
This book is fairly engaging from the first page, though it did feel like the type of romance...
I don't love historical nonfiction (or historical fiction, to be frank), but this was engaging...
I don't read true crime--they freak me out to much. That being said, this book is written in a...
This 'war thriller' is definitely not for me, as the genre is one of the farthest from something...
THIS is the good stuff! The first impression sucked me in so damn fast--I couldn't believe how...
This genre is probably the farthest you can get from something that would interest me...and the...
I loved the beginning of this book. The poetry is beautiful, and I appreciated the main...
While I do enjoy reading romance, I don't normally enjoy rom-coms. This novel's preview didn't...
This is a fabulous start to what seems, from the description, a truly unique horror YA. I was...
I've heard amazing things about this book all year, since it was released in 2019. I've been...
Medical nonfiction, even for a general audience, is not my thing at all. This is written in an...
The 'cold open' style intro to the book was phenomenal--immediately it immersed me in the world...
On reading the description, I immediately felt uncomfortable because the author is a white former...
True crime is not my genre at all, so this book already had a mark against it to get a high...
I don't like self-help books, so there's that. But this pro-military fetishistic pro-empire...
I'm not much of a dog person, but this is a very sweet memoir, and the author's love for her dogs...
I hadn't realized this was a middle grade novel-in-verse, but I was pleasantly surprised to...
The plot description and this brief first impression show that this is a sprawling family novel...
The description of the novel sounds amazing, and while the first impression wasn't quite as...
I suppose I was already set up for failure, as historical memoirs aren't really my cup of tea....
First, the cover is absolutely gorgeous. And the premise is intriguing, if a bit triggering in...
From the first page of the story given in this first impression, the author drew me in and kept...
I'm a fan of mysteries, but the writing at the beginning of this novel really turned me off. At...
The publisher provided a massively long first look, which is incredibly helpful, but...
The premise of this (and the title!!) are very cute, despite the novel being very...
This was...much too twee and cute for me. Don't get me wrong, I love some cutesy-ness as much as...
The prologue was sufficiently shocking, but I didn't enjoy the writing once the book proper...
True crime is not my thing, but the writing in this first look was engaging enough to overcome my...
This sort of memoir usually isn't my kind of thing, though in this case the author makes the...
I've enjoyed Gailey's work in the past, and their premises are often quirky, strange, and...
This was a fun, engaging opening, and the flashback chapter was reminiscent of the best...
I don't love historical romance (it's my least favorite sub-genre, probably), but this was...
I wasn't in love with the voice of the main character--I found it somewhat off-putting, though...
I enjoyed the characterization in the first excerpted chapter, and I appreciated the depiction of...
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