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Reviews

Review: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

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Welcome to Romania. It’s 1989 and Eastern Europe is changing. However, Nicolae Ceaușescu remains in power in Romania, meaning citizens are oppressed. Cristian Florescu, a 17 year old student, just wants to be a writer and learn about the world outside Bucharest, Romania, but that dream feels impossible. Cristian is being watched by the Securitate and when they find him committing a crime, they have the chance to blackmail him into being an informer for the state.

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Book Club

April 2022 Book Club: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

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Before we discuss our latest book club pick, we wanted to share with our readers that April 1st was out three-year blogging anniversary! Thank you to everyone who has read our blog. We adore sharing our love of YA books and our readers make it possible. I’m All Booked Up has become bigger than we ever imagined!

Readers, let us know in the comments if you have recommendations for posts or books. Also, if you ever want to collaborate or do a guest post for us, send us a message though the Contact Us page. Again, thank you all and we’re excited to see where the next year of book blogging takes us.

The Book

I Must Betray You released February 1, 2022.

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Blog Tour, Reviews

Blog Tour: No Experience Required (Heartbreak Café #1) by Janet Quin-Harkin

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We received this book in exchange for an honest review.

Special thanks to Ellfie Books for having us during the Heartbreak Café blog tour! We’ve included a mini review to start off the post, but we also have some exciting content: a Q&A with author Janet Quin-Harkin! Keep reading to learn more about Janet, her writing process, and our thoughts on No Experience Required. 

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