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Reply from Tess Woods

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This is the answer I got when I reached out to Tess Woods about the lack of warnings available for her book, The Venice Hotel. Her response addressed me by name, but that is not the name I use in social spaces. My question was  "Hi Tess I was going to ask this on Goodreads, but saw you have shut questions there. I'm wondering if there is a particular reason you chose not to include content warnings in The Venice Hotel, either in the book or on your website? There are some very triggering topics in the book that are not indicated in the blurb, such as the abuse and eating disorder Elena is experiencing and the homophobia, among others."  Response received August 7th 2025

Images from All About Dragons

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Image copyright to Kristina Kister. From the book All About Dragons (2021) by Izzy Quinn and Kristina Kister.

Images from Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts

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 These images are all from Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts (2021) by Kate Lister. These are intended only examples for review.

PopSugar's Reading Challenge 2024

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2024 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Prompts A book with the word "leap" in the title A bildungsroman A book about a 24-year-old A book about a writer A book about K-pop A book about pirates A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete A book by a blind or visually impaired author A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author A book by a self-published author - 365 A book from a genre you typically avoid A book from an animal's POV - The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher A book originally published under a pen name A book recommended by a bookseller A book recommended by a librarian A book set 24 years before you were born A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list A book set in space A book set in the future A book set in the snow - Winter Yakuza (I am never looking at snowmen the same way) A book that came out in a year that ends with "24" A book that centers on video games A book that features dragons - Big Panda and Tiny Dragon A book that...

Mona's Ark

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Nadine in NY's Mini Challenges

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  Source : Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion  2023 Nadine's Mini-Challenge  (I believe you need to be a member to access it.)

Popsugar's 2023 Reading Challenge

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The List... A book you meant to read in 2022 A book you bought from an independent bookstore A book about a vacation A book by a first-time author A book with mythical creatures A book about a forbidden romance A book with "Girl" in the title A celebrity memoir A book with a color in the title A romance with a fat lead A book about or set in Hollywood A book published in spring 2023 A book published the year you were born A modern retelling of a classic A book with a song lyric as its title A book where the main character's name is in the title A book with a love triangle A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023 A book set in the decade you were born A book with a queer lead A book with a map A book with a rabbit on the cover A book with just text on the cover The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list A #BookTok recommendation A book you...