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Donna Edwards is a book reviewer and editor. she/they • Text editor and book reviewer at @AP • former: @OUDaily and @DJNF 💫 少し日本語が話せます。💫

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Book Cover for: Honeybees and Distant Thunder, Riku Onda

Honeybees and Distant Thunder

Riku Onda
Donna EdwardsDonna Edwards

Watch me struggle to depict how beautiful but also annoying it was to be experience every. single. beat. of this fictional piano competition. Read my @AP review of Riku Onda's "Honeybees and Distant Thunder," translated by Philip Gabriel: https://t.co/4XCD9s0srg

Hardcover, 2023

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Crown of Ivy and Glass, Claire Legrand

A Crown of Ivy and Glass

Claire Legrand
Donna EdwardsDonna Edwards

Feeling seen in Claire Legrand's spicy, spellbinding "A Crown of Ivy and Glass." It's the first of a trilogy. The heroine suffers from anxiety and a mysterious health condition. Imogen is annoying at first, but it pays off! Read my @AP review: https://t.co/awYjjjEghG

Hardcover, 2023

$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A True Account: Hannah Masury's Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself, Katherine Howe

A True Account: Hannah Masury's Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself

Katherine Howe
Donna EdwardsDonna Edwards

A dazzlingly fun historical fiction... [with] a slow start that picks up quickly into a wild voyage of satisfying twists and an even more satisfying ending. The story ties threads of fact and fiction into an intricate knot that’s just as enjoyable to look at as it is to untangle.

Hardcover, 2023

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez, Claire Jimenez

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

Claire Jimenez
Donna EdwardsDonna Edwards

If true crime is your guilty pleasure, you absolutely must find out what happened to Ruthy... The book subverts the often trauma-porn-ridden true crime genre and instead centers on the family losing and regaining hope, living life with a big, mysterious, Ruthy-shaped hole in it

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bright and Deadly Things, Lexie Elliott

Bright and Deadly Things

Lexie Elliott
Donna EdwardsDonna Edwards

An academic retreat in the idyllic French Alps? Turns out it's a great setting for a psychological thriller! I've never been so terrified of a clock before. Read my @AP review of "Bright and Deadly Things" by @elliott_lexie : https://t.co/5ZfiaMjDQA

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Meant to Be, Emily Giffin

Meant to Be

Emily Giffin
Donna EdwardsDonna Edwards

Look, no one needed me to say that bestselling author @emilygiffin is talented. But I did it anyway. Read my @AP review to see why her latest novel “Meant to Be” proves you can have your romance and think deeply, too: https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-reviews-book-emily-giffin-bf7e4d40122a8a2affa61f7ec3954c0e

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Light Pirate: GMA Book Club Selection, Lily Brooks-Dalton

The Light Pirate: GMA Book Club Selection

Lily Brooks-Dalton
Donna EdwardsDonna Edwards

"The Light Pirate" is a symphony of beauty and heartbreak, survival and loneliness. Combined, it's a haunting melody of nature.

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Talk, Darrin Bell

The Talk

Darrin Bell
Donna EdwardsDonna Edwards

The result is a thought-provoking memoir beautifully rendered in expressive artwork for a powerful piece that’s easy to devour but harder to digest.

Hardcover, 2023

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book