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Five Book Reading Wrap-Up for May 2021

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                      Join me for my five-book reading wrap-up! Here is my Youtube Video (There is an Amazon link to each book.  If you are interested in a bit more information, click on the link.  I am an Amazon Affiliate.  If you click on the link and buy anything at all, I get a percent of the sale at no cost to you...thanks:-) ********************************************************************************* Book 1  "Arsenic and Adobo" by Mia P. Manansala Genre-Mystery, Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Food and Drink Good Reads Rating-3.68/5 My Rating is 3.75/5 (click photo below to go to Amazon) Overview I found on GoodReads. The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's ...

New May 2021 Book Releases That Caught My Eye

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  Here are a few books that caught my eye that release in May 2021. Here is my YouTube version...   1-The Shape of Thunder Children's Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction by Jasmine Warga Release Date May 11, 2021 Good Reads gave it 4.72 stars                                                Overview from Goodreads Site Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did. On the day of Cora’s twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment before her brother changed all their lives forever—and stop him. In spite of herself, Cora wants to believe....