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Book review: Under the influence

Under the influence Blurb Have you ever been trolled on social media? Received comments that have upset you? Ever been body-shamed?Founder of the popular lifestyle blog MissMalini, Malini Aggarwal has experienced the Internet at its best and worst. As a pioneering content creator, she has seen tremendous success and also made mistakes on the medium – and she’s learnt vital lessons from it…

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Become an Advance Reader for Duck Prints Press!

Reviews are essential for showing prospective readers that we’re publishing awesome books that they want to buy and read. We’re looking to recruit an active group of people who post reviews of our work, and to do that we need your help! For the first time, we’re offering Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of one of our projects: Aether Beyond the Binary, our most recent anthology, featuring 17 stories of characters outside the gender binary exploring modern-esque aetherpunk worlds.

How it works: You see this post. You think, oh, I love reading! I love leaving reviews! I want to join the Duck Prints Press Reviewer Program! Then, you go and read the rules for our Reviewer Program. And, if everything there sounds like something you can do, you fill out the form, and – we’ll be in touch! Even better: this program isn’t only for Aether Beyond the Binary, and isn’t only for “advance” titles. Our reviewers are encouraged to claim titles that are currently released, too, to help build up a robust collection of reviews of Duck Prints Press titles!

Requirements:

You must be over 18 years old.

You must be prepared to post reviews on Goodreads and/or Storygraph.

You must also post the review on the appropriate listing on the Duck Prints Press webstore (for advance titles, you’ll have to wait ’til we list them there).

Upon acceptance to the program, you must join the Duck Prints Press Book Lover’s Server.

Reviews must be at least 100 words long must and engage with the actual content of the work being reviewed.

Reviews must be left within 6 months of claiming a title, or you will be removed from the program.

What isn’t Required:

That the reviews be positive. Reviews are for readers. We require that reviews be honest to your own experience of the work, not that they be glowing.

That you post the reviews to social media. Doing so is definitely a bonus, but you don’t have to.

That you associate yourself publicly with the review-leaving (beyond using a valid Goodreads and/or Storygraph account). As in, you don’t have to say, “I, (your name here), reviewed this book” or link your book website accounts with your existing social media presence or anything like that, nor do we request any demographic information beyond confirmation of your age.

That you purchase anything. Absolutely no purchase necessary!

What You Get:

A e-book copy (ePub and/or PDF) of the work you’re reviewing. We do not provide physical ARCs.

After you post your first review, you’ll get a coupon for 10% off a purchase from the Duck Prints Press webstore!

For every ten reviews you post, you can claim a freebie sticker from among our sticker offerings, if you want. (You’ll have to provide a snail mail address to get this, of course.)

A community of fun book-lovers to hang out with! (You can get that even without joining the ARC program, though – our Book Lover’s Discord is open to everyone.)

We’re accepting applicants for claiming Aether Beyond the Binary ARCs through April 10th, 2024. On the 11th, we’ll randomly select 25 of applicants to receive ARC copies of Aether Beyond the Binary. Everyone else will still be entirely welcome in the program and invited to start with a different, back-catalog book or story to review. We’ll make another pool of Aether Beyond the Binary ARCs available in May.

So… those are the basics. Interested? Go read the full rules, then apply to be a Duck Prints Press ARC reader TODAY!

[bucketsofmonsters]

Today's the last day you can get the ebook version of my novel for free!! Grab a copy here

[xxxyzart]

“Do not mistake this kindness. I simply want to be the one who breaks you.”

― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

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Thursday August 29th 2024

Book Review: Project Hail Mary

Reccomend: 10/10

Loved it, couldn't put it down.

Plot: 10/10

Excellent plot twists but flows naturally. Well explained. Tackles difficult topics with nuance. Requires the audience think a little to see the moral points or discussions being raised.

Creativity: 10/10

Haven't read anything like it. Including the Martian.

[swankpalanquin]

wah i miss doing language stuff all the time ;_;

[micamicster]

You know when you can tell a library’s trying?

[trndi-mrkt]

Everything I do is for the 17-year old version of myself

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 4/5

Book Blurb: Every fairy tale ends with its characters living happily ever after, right? A valiant prince quests long and hard to reach the castle where the sleeping princess lies. And with a kiss, he will awaken her.

But what if the princess does NOT think a kiss from a stranger is a very pleasant way to wake up? Yuck!

When Rosamund flees her prince, a Door of Opportunity opens, and she steps through to the Home Educational Academy (the HEA for short). Rosamund has found the Princess Protection Program, where fugitive fairy tale princesses escape unwanted affections, untimely ends, and all the other perils of their stories.

But as Rosamund adjusts to life in the real world and makes her first real friends (Rana, who left her story after an incident with a frog; Sirena, a former mermaid; Cindy and Charlie, who didn't want to get married after just one dance; and others), she has more and more questions. Does anyone ever graduate from the HEA? Why doesn't anyone seem to remember former students? Is the kindly fairy headmistress all she appears to be? Is anyone? And the most important question of all: Can Rosamund change her story?

Acclaimed and bestselling author Alex London weaves together several beloved fairy tales in this fast-paced, funny, and slyly subversive adventure about finding your place in the world and taking control of your own story. The daring escapes, sinister monsters, familiar friends, and surprise twists will keep even reluctant readers glued to the pages. The Princess Protection Program is for fans of the Never Afters and the Descendants series, The School for Good and Evil, andthe Fairly True Tales series.

Review:

What happens when the princess decides she doesn't want to follow her fairytale? I mean if you were cursed to sleep and suddenly wake up with a random guy who has just kissed you, you'd run away too! When princess Rosamund suddenly wakes up from her sleeping curse she runs away from her prince and sees a "Door of Opportunity" and takes the opportunity to escape through it. leading her to the steps of the Home Educational Academy. There she discovers the Princess Protection Program, a place for fugitive fairytale princesses to escape unwanted affections, untimely ends, and all other parts of their stories. Rosamund is given the chance to adjust to the real world ( technology and all) and make friends. But something strange is going on.... like the fact that no one has ever actually graduated from the HEA and that nobody remembers former students..... can Rosamund and her new friends figure out whats happening to everyone and save each other before they are forced back into their fairytales? This was a really fun take on classic fairytales and I think that it would make a great read for middle grade readers!

*Thanks Netgalley and HarperCollins Children's Books, Greenwillow Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

[marydublinauthor]

i just finished reading the restoration program like five minutes ago (i started it yesterday and literally couldn’t put it down) and i just have to say that i had an incredible time!! i’ve been following your guy’s work for several years now as an avid g/t tumblr lurker and was so excited to dig into this novel before i even got it. the character work is incredible, Nicole is such an excellent protagonist and perspective on the realism of what a situation like this would be like. ALL of the characters were so well done, and the dynamic between Ryan and Nicole was explored with such complexity and depth that really hooked me. I was swept up in the narrative and darkness of the book, and when i tell you that ending floored me!! (mouth literally agape, gasps abound, the works). just wanted to say thank you for putting so much love and energy towards this small corner of the internet, and that i really love your writing. ❤️💕

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SOBB🥹💕💕💕💕💕💕 thank you so much for sending this, anon!!! This means more than you know. This little corner of the internet owns my heart. It’s home 🖤

We worked so hard on this and to read this is just amazing and emotional and incredible.

I’m so happy you enjoyed the book!!! 😊 Thank you for supporting us!

[bookishmomsstuff]

Book review of Spiritual Anatomy

For someone who only knows about the number of chakras inside us. I’d say this book will be my ABC to learn more about it, how to locate it, and how to mitigate it. When we talk about well-being we often get to think and act only on physical and mental well-being. But I used to wonder when people keep talking about spiritual wellness, what would that be and why is it being discussed by many?…

[velvetbunniie-archive]

true love to me is when someone will sit down and read through my book review journal

[dawnstarranger]

Just finished up this YA stand-alone and I’d call it a solid 3/5 stars for me. I liked the creative supernatural elements and the writing style was pretty immersive. It definitely reads like teen fiction (which isn’t a bad thing, I just haven’t been a teenager for many years now), and it does feature a bit of a love triangle situation which I typically don’t love.

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