Walking into a bookstore or library and the first thing you see is the neatly stacked pyramid of new book releases waiting for your perusal. If you're like me, you probably already have  a somewhat disheveled pile of books waiting at home to be read, but one more wouldn't hurt right? Which one of these should you add to your queue? While the glossy book jackets promise adventure, romance, espionage and a dive into the surreal you also know that a personal recommendation is a more sure way of successfully picking out a book you will both enjoy and that will be worth your free time and money.

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Welcome to Bookleaf! I'm an avid reader of all things fiction, a former library worker and a collector of books who is continually looking to add new works to my personal library. Unlike other blogs, each review will be 15 sentences or less, each book will be personally purchased and only novels published within the last year will be reviewed. Whether or not the book will be kept in my personal library or traded at the nearest Half-price Books will be for you to read about and find out! I look forward to helping you find your next adventure on a book leaf! 

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A personal thanks to my husband Shawn for his support and to @spencercoffman for assisting me and pointing me in steemit's direction.