Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield. Best read this year 
The First Mistake by Sandie Jones has been my favorite!
My book club and I really enjoyed The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle! We all agreed that it would make an awesome movie someday!
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I enjoyed that one too!! It started a little slow but the last 100 pages or so were amazingly fast paced!
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Iāll have to check that one out!
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My favorite book that I won would have to be The Goodluck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis.
Though I went and found copies of How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox and Wilder Girls by Rory Power when I didnāt win the Raffle.
Iām so bad at picking just one!!
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Hands down Four Dead Queens!
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Iām gonna preface this with the fact that Iām really not a fan of horrorā¦ I received an ARC of Wilder Girls at Yallwest, and while I enjoyed the book well enough, I was surprised at the overwhelming reactions people had to it.
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I have a copy of this & havenāt read it yet. Iām gonna have to start it soon!
Yeah, people either loved it or hated it. Iām not too much of a horror fan either (besides body horror but no one saw that coming haha) so I understand some of the reactions. But overall, especially considering a lot of the YA releases this year, itās pretty good in comparison
I thought this would be hard to answer but nope! My favorite bookish first book (so far) is Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield. (I wrote a pretty good review but I canāt link it)
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I loved Cilkaās Journey!! It was a powerful book
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I adored this book! I read it then immediately downloaded the audiobook and listened to it. I already pre-ordered the 3rd book!
Anyone else claim a copy of The Kingdom of Back by Marie My? 
Iāve been waiting for this book for so long and Iām really excited to receive my copy. This is the second book Iāve claimed with points, the first being The Kingās Assassin by Melissa De La Cruz.
Have you claimed any books using points? If so, how many? Which ones did you choose?
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I was seriously considering using my points for this one but by the time I was able to get on to the site all the claimable copies were gone! 
I still entered the raffle tho! I hope you love it!
I really enjoyed both Followers by Megan Angelo and Song of the Crimson Flower by Julie C Dao.
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I claimed Kingdom of Back with points too! It is the first time Iāve used points and Iām so excited to read it! I didnāt want to miss out on it by chancing the raffle.
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My favorite book so far has been The Good Luck Girls
Bonus: The Deep- which I didnāt win on bookishfirst but decided to try from my library. I think both stories connect and add to a larger conversation
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For me it is a tie between The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain and The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys. There were other books I rated high, but these two touched my heart and were an enjoyable read despite some sad scenes.
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Wilder Girls I got from Netgalley and loved it!
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