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Danielle on The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel

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Danielle on The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel

The Summer That Melted Everything is a debut novel by author Tiffany McDaniel. I feel like I have to say that first thing, because this book has the potential to be great. Greatness peeks through the pages like a small child peeking through the blinds of a house — visible, but

Danielle on Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart

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Danielle on Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart

Trigger Warnings: self-harm, mental illness, child neglect I don't know if you've ever read a book that impacted you so profoundly that you weren't even sure how to speak about it. You opened the cover expecting one thing, and what you experienced was something altogether, life-changingly different. This was one

Danielle on Alex by Pierre Lemaitre

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Danielle on Alex by Pierre Lemaitre

Trigger Warning: Sexual assault, graphic murder. As you know, Dan and I are book people. We have a lot of books, and we keep getting more books. As a result you would not be incorrect if you said that our bookshelves are a situation. > So many books! #bookstagram [https://www.

Dan on Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Dan on Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Trigger warning: cutting. Picture if you will: I'm reading along, enjoying myself immensely when I have a realization. An upsetting realization. This book was not written for me. I'm a good thirty years older than the target age demographic and probably the wrong gender to boot. A sense of being

Dan on Loner by Teddy Wayne

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Dan on Loner by Teddy Wayne

Trigger Warning: Rape. Spoilers ahead. I struggled with this book. No, that's not entirely accurate. I actively disliked the ending. Regardless of how well written it is, the bleakness of the ending ruins it for me. It isn't all that unusual for me to struggle with with literary fiction. I

Danielle on Apprentice in Death (The In Death Series) by JD Robb

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Danielle on Apprentice in Death (The In Death Series) by JD Robb

Trigger Warnings: The In Death Series by JD Robb includes mentions of child abuse, rape, and violence. While Dan and I want to promote independent authors (and bookstores, which I will be writing about soon), I also think it's important that we make it a point to talk about all

Danielle Talks About Trigger Warnings

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Danielle Talks About Trigger Warnings

Dan went to the bookstore last week and brought home several books. One of them looked interesting to me, so of course I did whatever I do when I meet a new book that looks like fun: I squealed like a small child. "Yeah," he said. "You're not going to