Buddy Reads discussion

Who doesn't like ARCs, right?

An ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) is an advance release of a book, usually sent to reviewers before the final copy of the book is published

Tell us about the best ARCs you read.

Note: Do mention the author.

Oh this is going to be fun! I've read so many arcs that I've loved!

Okay, here are some of my best ones I've read this year


The Confectioner's Guild by Claire Luana

Moonburner by Claire Luana (anything she writes is amazing!)

Hot Pursuit by Kay Marie

# TheRealCinderella and #LoveToHateThatBoy by Yesenia Vargas (anything she writes is amazing!)

Expendables by Alison Ingleby

Recreance by H.G. Chambers (anything he writes is amazing!)

Rebel's Blade by Frost Kay

Our Dark Stars by Audrey Grey & Krystal Wade

Fractured Memories by Jo Schneider

Dragon School Series by Sarah K.L. Wilson (Anything she writes is amazing!)

Romance a Medieval Fairytale Series by Demelza Carlton (anything she write is amazing!)

Oh my I can't believe I forgot to add this haha!

Anything written by R. Kitt and Jessica Edwards is also worth reading!

Yes I agree. Jessica Edward and R.Kitt's books.
Jessica Edwards
R. Kitt

Check them out :)

Ruthless Magic by Megan Crewe. It was really good and I loved the writing. I just reviewed it. 😊

I loved Happily. It's an amazing retelling of Cinderella. It's a short and fun read!

Blue Bird is a collection of some real nice poetry.

Just read Summer's End. It's about forbidden love. It's a short read. I enjoyed it a lot!

The Maybe Boyfriend was a book full of fun. Fun and love!

I read this series just recently, and I highly highly highly recommend it!

https://www.goodreads.com/series/2087...

I read The Talia Shaw Series which haven't been published yet but the first 2 books were so so so good.

Three Dark Queens trilogy was great but an ebook, so Social Creature, The Cabin At The End Of The World, Her Pretty Face, Kiss Me At Christmas, The Exes Revenge, 1884, By The Forces Of Gravity. Haunted, After Anna, Twisted Truths, Lullaby Road, Killer Choice, I had a really good year of ARC's

Wow! You seem to have had quite a year :)

The Wicked King was so good!

So the arc I loved is finally published. I'd totally recommend it to you all. It is 18+ though.
Bright Lights

Sewing the Rainbow: The Story of Gilbert Baker and the Rainbow Flag, by Gayle E. Pitman, shows kids how Gilbert did a Dorothy-Oz move from Kansas to San Francisco, where he was an activist for all the sparkly kids like himself.
My review, with illustrations, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Storytelling at its best - a new favourite! Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield is mysterious and magic.
5★ Link to my review

Loved the sequel to Bright Lights: Love Songs.

I really enjoyed both of these! This clever Czech detective has an appetite and wardrobe and disregard for protocol like Mick Herron's Jackson Lamb without the farts. Loved and understood (!) the Eastern European intrigue.
Graham Brack,s first two in the series:

Lying and Dying
4.5★ My review of Lying and Dying

Slaughter and Forgetting: Murder and intrigue on the streets of Prague...
4.5★ My review of Slaughter and Forgetting

TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE! Why do I keep doing this to myself?
Buzz Books 2019: Spring/Summer: Excerpts from Next Season's Best New Titles by LIV Constantine, Karl Marlantes, Moby, J. Ryan Stradal, Ocean Vuong and More is full of previews as awfully tempting as ever. ARGH*#@!

5★ Link to my review

P.S. These previews are all FREE.

Just enjoyed The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan. Our handsome young Irish detective Cormac O'Reilly is put back into action in when his girlfriend finds a dead body one night!
4★ Link to my review

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Just enjoyed The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan. Our handsome young Irish detective Cormac O'Reilly is put back into action in when his girlfriend finds a dead body o..."

Sounds swell!

Tiger Queen by Annie Sullivan

Where do we get ARCs ?

Grace :) wrote: "Where do we get ARCs ?"

Depends. NetGalley is a great place but it doesn't work in my place so I don't use it. You can get arcs from authors on GR too. I got so many this way. There are Groups for that too. You can find them by searching them in the groups.

It's over-the-top adrenaline, action, and high-tech when Gregg Hurwitz brings Orphan X, aka the Nowhere Man, Out of the Dark and pits him against US President Jonathan Bennett.
4★ Link to my review (which has no cracks about the current administration, tempting though it was)

Aqsa wrote: "Grace :) wrote: "Where do we get ARCs ?"

Depends. NetGalley is a great place but it doesn't work in my place so I don't use it. You can get arcs from authors on GR too. I got so many this way. The..."
OK. Are you on BookSirens?

How to Be a Butterfly by Laura Knowles and artist Catell Ronca is such a pretty, informative picture book that I hope it might attract some kids away from dinosaurs!
5★Link to my review with lots of illustrations

It's still available on NetGalley.

Local kids form a group called The Gunners. Author Rebecca Kauffman shows us how they grow up, still feeling guilty about how they failed a friend.
Link to my review

Kids who never knew Oprah can find out what all the fuss is about in Work it, Girl: Run the Show Like CEO Oprah Winfrey by Caroline Moss. Biography, illustrations, and photos!
Link to my review with plenty of pictures

I've read a number of ARCs recently. Some of my Favs:

Curvy Girls Can't Date Bullies by Kelsie Stelting and Link to my review

Trapped in Wonderland by Dani Hoots and Link to my review

Sting Magic by Sarah K.L. Wilson and Link to my review

Fly with the Arrow by Sarah K.L. Wilson and Link to my review

*❆ Kαɾҽɳ ❆* wrote: "Fly with the Arrow by Sarah K.L. Wilson and Link to my review"

i love your review, this looks really interesting! i'll have to add it to my TBR list ;)