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Take a peek inside my ever-growing TBR list. From beach reads to historical fiction, here are 20 recommended books to read in 2018.

20 Books I Want To Read This Year: A Peek Inside My Ever-Growing TBR List

Fun fact: Seven years ago, this very website used to be a book review blog. I diligently read and reviewed books, in total, reviewing more than 150 books throughout my tenure as a book blogger.  Back then, I read all the time. I commuted to college, so I read on the train to and from …

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The Get Gutsy Summer Reading List

Little-known fact: back in the day before Get Gutsy was even a glimmer in my mind, this very website was a book review blog. For more than two years, I diligently reviewed books, in total, reviewing more than 150 books. (You can still check out those reviews here) I stopped reviewing books mainly because I …

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Meeting Mother/Daughter Duo and Authors Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella

Earlier this week, I had the chance to hear from two fantastic authors and mother/daughter duo, Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella. You may remember these lovely ladies from last year when I interviewed Francesca and reviewed their first book together MY NEST ISN’T EMPTY, IT JUST HAS MORE CLOSET SPACE. Lisa has been writing books …

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Author Appearance Alert: Elise Allen in Haverford, PA

Attention all Philadelphia-area bloggers! The fabulous Elise Allen, author of POPULAZZI which came out in August, is doing a book signing at Children’s Book World in Haverford, PA on Tuesday, November 8 at 7 p.m. She’ll be chatting about POPULAZZI, writing and books, of course! Find out more about Elise’s appearance here.  
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Book Blogger Appreciation Week 2011: Days 1-5

Happy Book Blogger Appreciation Week! Have you hugged a book blogger yet today? I haven’t had the chance to join in all of the great discussion topics each day this week, so today, I decided to do an abbreviated version of four of the discussion posts. Two bloggers who have made blogging a unique experience …

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Tid-Bit Thursday

-It’s Book Blogger Appreciation Week. I am SO excited for a few of my favorite book blogs who took home some pretty awesome awards. Congratulations to: Forever Young Adult who won Best Young Adult Book Blog: If you don’t already read these crazy hilarious ladies, you are seriously missing out! Their recaps of Pretty Little Liars are …

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Midway Through My First Audiobook Adventure

After featuring ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME by Beth Harbison in my Waiting on Wednesday post a few weeks back, I received an email from a publicist at Macmillan Audio asking if I’d like to review the audiobook. I was *this close* to turning the opportunity down before I decided to give audiobooks a …

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