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5 Adult Fictions You Need to Read // Books and Brews ep. 1

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The first 1000 people to use the link in my description will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/storiesforcoffee01211 ☕ open me ☕ 5 Adult Fictions You Need to Read // Books and Brews ep. 1 Thank you Jo for naming this series! Check her out here! https://msha.ke/bookrokosmos/ 📺 VIDEOS OF MINE TO WATCH NEXT 📺 • My Favorite Books of 2020 https://youtu.be/OM7jNzY2ud8 BOOKS MENTIONED: * Purchase them here: https://bookshop.org/lists/adult-fictions-you-have-to-read • My Written Review of “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell https://storiesforcoffee.com/how-maggie-ofarrells-hamnet-became-my-favorite-read-of-2020-so-far-book-review/ WHAT I’M WEARING • Huda Beauty “Mogul” Demi Matte Lipstick https://www.sephora.com/product/demi-matte-cream-lipstick-P54654321?skuId=2114239 • White lace collar — Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/742419205/white-black-floral-lace-collar-for?ref=yr_purchases • Navy Blue Sweater — Forever21 from years ago • Magic Kingdom Mug — Disney World’s Starbucks * Support independent bookstores by getting yourself an audiobook through Libro.fm http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm222217 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M y S o c i a l s • Website: http://www.StoriesForCoffee.com • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesforcoffee/ • Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/Storiesforcoffee • My Shop: https://storiesforcoffee.com/shop/ • My Book Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/B117PRASRP1K?ref_=wl_share Business Inquiries only: storiesforcoffee [at] gmail [dot] com FTC: This video was sponsored by Skillshare. The starred links [*] above are affiliate links, so I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use my link which helps out this channel and is no extra cost to you

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My BIGGEST Recent Reads Yet!

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The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/storiesforcoffee12201 📖open me📖 A GIANT RECENT READS #61-80 This is going to be my last recent reads, and I hope you enjoy it! Don’t worry, I’m still going to talk about books that I’ve read and adored recently, but it’s going to be in a different format, in 2021. So I hope you look forward to that! ☞ VIDEOS OF MINE THAT I MENTIONED Dark Academia Reading Vlog https://youtu.be/3KVscCPErhU BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: * American Royals by Katherine McGee https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9781984830173 * Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9781416990680 * Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9781368049177 * Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9781368039932 * Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9780525541349 * Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9780385546270 * The Answer Is… by Alex Trebek https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9781982157999 * City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9780062678119 • Little Women Screenplay by Greta Gerwig https://variety.com/2019/film/news/little-women-screenplay-greta-gerwig-full-script-1203447712/ * The Truants by Kate Weinberg https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9780525541967 * Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9780062905659 * Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9780062694591 * Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9780062338068 * The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9781101886823 * The R*pe of Nanking by Iris Chang https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9780465068364 * Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9781101991145 * Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehesi Coates https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9780812993547 * Burial Rites by Hannah Kent https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9780316243926 * The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9781368053297 * Inception Screenplay by Christopher Nolan https://bookshop.org/a/14768/9781608870158 BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED @readbytiffany _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M y S o c i a l s • Website : http://www.StoriesForCoffee.com • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesforcoffee/ • Goodreads : https://www.goodreads.com/Storiesforcoffee • My Shop : https://storiesforcoffee.com/shop/ • My Book Wish List : https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/B117PRASRP1K?ref_=wl_share • Letterboxd: olivia8397 Business Inquiries only: storiesforcoffee [at] gmail [dot] com FTC: This video was sponsored by Skillshare. The starred links [*] above are affiliate links, so I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use my link which helps out this channel and is no extra cost to you!

How Maggie O'Farrell's "Hamnet" Became my Favorite Read of 2020, So Far (Book Review)
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How Maggie O’Farrell’s “Hamnet” Became my Favorite Read of 2020, So Far (Book Review)

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis: A thrilling departure: A short, piercing, deeply moving new novel from the acclaimed author of I Am, I Am, I Am, about the death of Shakespeare’s eleven-year-old son Hamnet–a name interchangeable with Hamlet in fifteenth-century Britain–and the years leading up to the production of his great play.

England, 1580. A young Latin tutor–penniless, bullied by a violent father–falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman: a wild creature who walks her family’s estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when his beloved young son succumbs to bubonic plague.

A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a hypnotic recreation of the story that inspired one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing and seductive, an impossible-to-put-down novel from one of our most gifted writers.

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Falling Head Over Heels for 'You Had Me at Hola' by Alexis Daria (Book Review)
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Falling Head Over Heels for ‘You Had Me at Hola’ by Alexis Daria (Book Review)

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Publication Date: August 2020

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Synopsis: Leading Ladies do not end up on tabloid covers.

After a messy public breakup, soap opera darling Jasmine Lin Rodriguez finds her face splashed across the tabloids. When she returns to her hometown of New York City to film the starring role in a bilingual romantic comedy for the number one streaming service in the country, Jasmine figures her new “Leading Lady Plan” should be easy enough to follow—until a casting shake-up pairs her with telenovela hunk Ashton Suárez. 

Leading Ladies don’t need a man to be happy. 

After his last telenovela character was killed off, Ashton is worried his career is dead as well. Joining this new cast as a last-minute addition will give him the chance to show off his acting chops to American audiences and ping the radar of Hollywood casting agents. To make it work, he’ll need to generate smoking-hot on-screen chemistry with Jasmine. Easier said than done, especially when a disastrous first impression smothers the embers of whatever sexual heat they might have had. 

Leading Ladies do not rebound with their new costars.

With their careers on the line, Jasmine and Ashton agree to rehearse in private. But rehearsal leads to kissing, and kissing leads to a behind-the-scenes romance worthy of a soap opera. While their on-screen performance improves, the media spotlight on Jasmine soon threatens to destroy her new image and expose Ashton’s most closely guarded secret.

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'Mexican Gothic' by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Book Review)
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‘Mexican Gothic’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Book Review)

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Mexican Gothic

Publication Date: June 2020

Genres: Historical Fiction, Gothic, Horror

Summary: He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to save me.

After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find — her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.

Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough, smart, and has an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.

And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.

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My Mixed Feelings About ‘Death in Her Hands’ by Ottessa Moshfegh (Book Review)

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A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.

Publication Date: April 21, 2020

Genres: Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Summary: While on her daily walk with her dog in a secluded woods, a woman comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground by stones. “Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn’t me. Here is her dead body.” But there is no dead body. Our narrator is deeply shaken; she has no idea what to make of this. She is new to this area, alone after the death of her husband, and she knows no one.

Becoming obsessed with solving this mystery, our narrator imagines who Magda was and how she met her fate. With very little to go on, she invents a list of murder suspects and possible motives for the crime. Oddly, her suppositions begin to find correspondences in the real world, and with mounting excitement and dread, the fog of mystery starts to fade into menacing certainty. As her investigation widens, strange dissonances accrue, perhaps associated with the darkness in her own past; we must face the prospect that there is either an innocent explanation for all this or a much more sinister one.

A triumphant blend of horror, suspense, and pitch-black comedy, Death in Her Hands asks us to consider how the stories we tell ourselves both reflect the truth and keep us blind to it. Once again, we are in the hands of a narrator whose unreliability is well earned, and the stakes have never been higher.

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My Favorite Books of 2019!

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MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019 Hello! It’s that time of year again where I talk about my favorite books of 2019. This year was difficult, in terms of picking my favorite books, because out of the 100 that I read, only 10 caught my attention. So next year I’m most definitely taking my time with my books and am only going to read novels that truly interest me. But thank you all for another wonderful year here on Booktube. This book community has changed my life for the better, and all your support, insight, and lovely comments truly mean the world to me. Thank you for supporting my channel and for listening to me speak endlessly about what I’ve been reading lately! A f f i l i a t e * PURCHASE BOOKS AT BOOK DEPOSITORY WITH FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING http://www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=storiesforcoffee Follow me elsewhere ! Website : http://www.StoriesForCoffee.com Instagram (@storiesforcoffee): https://www.instagram.com/storiesforcoffee/ Goodreads : https://www.goodreads.com/Storiesforcoffee Shop My Unhauled Books! : https://storiesforcoffee.com/shop/ Amazon Wish List : https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/B117PRASRP1K?ref_=wl_share I have a PO box! (Please do not send unsolicited review copies to this address) ADDRESS: Olivia StoriesForCoffee PO Box 613 Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 Business Inquiries only: storiesforcoffee@gmail.com Want to help caption or translate my videos? Click here! http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCjKidhKMu8VkT9rBYbNAXMQ *Books mentioned in this video are for ages 13+ | The intended audience for this video is 13+ * FTC: This video is not sponsored but the starred links above are affiliate links, so I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use my link which helps out this channel and is no extra cost to you!

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The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (Review)

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Diverse Read: Main character with Asperger’s + a Vietnamese/Swedish love interest

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.5 STARS)

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Summary: Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases–a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old.

It doesn’t help that Stella has Asperger’s and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice–with a professional. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can’t afford to turn down Stella’s offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan–from foreplay to more-than-missionary position…

Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but to crave all the other things he’s making her feel. Soon, their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic… More

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Daring Fate by Megan Erickson (Review / Exclusive Excerpt)

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32486744Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Summary: We all have tragic backstories in today’s world.

I wake up chained to the wall of a dark cell aware of two things: I failed my sister, and I smell my enemy.

When I’m taken to meet Dare, the alpha of the Silver Tip pack, I’m sure I’m about to lose my throat. The last thing I expect is for the Alpha to recognize me as his fated mate. No way is he going to let me go now, and I still have to find a way to rescue my sister.

As I plot my escape to save her, I find that if I leave, Dare could be killed by power-hungry members of his pack. And now he’s more to me than my fated mate—my heart is involved. With time ticking by on my sister’s life, I have to make a choice I never thought I’d face—my sister’s life or my mate’s? That’s if I can survive the undead shifters intent on killing me first…

Genres: Romance, LGBTQIA+, Paranormal, Adult Fiction

My thoughts: It has been years since I have read a good paranormal story following werewolves who get pushed together by a mate bond. Daring Fate was the type of book that you dive straight into and read in one sitting because the action, romance, and angst will grab your full attention. This is an incredibly unique story, not only because there are undead werewolves, but two male werewolves are mated together in an epic romance that I absolutely fell in love with. Their love that, at first was a bit fast paced, gripped my heart and made me root for them as they went through various situations involving the packs in the world.

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