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Hi, I'm Tammy, and I'm here to share my love of books!

After being an avid reader for most of my childhood and early teen years, I spent close to two decades reading nothing more than an occasional magazine. In my early 30โ€™s, I picked up a book at the recommendation of a friend, and I was hooked! Iโ€™ve read nearly every day since, mostly romance of all genres; and I enjoy being a part of the book community. I love to recommend and discuss my favorite books, and Iโ€™m always looking to discover up-and-coming and new-to-me authors.

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When Iโ€™m not reading and writing book reviews, I work full time in Property Management. Iโ€™ve been married for over 28 years and Iโ€™m a mom to 3 boys. Aside from books, I enjoy listening to hard rock and heavy metal music, starting every day with a cup of coffee (or two), and hanging out on social media.

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I'm glad that you're here! If you subscribe to my website, I promise that I won't be a pest. I honestly don't blog as often as I should! So, if you want all of my reviews and recommendations, be sure to follow me on IG @butfirstletsread and check out my FB page too.

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Tammy Tootle
  • Dec 20, 2022
  • 25 min

Year-End Wrap-up: My Top 20 Reads of 2022

It's (almost) a wrap! I've read 175 books so far this year and there have been so many AMAZING reads! It's been hard to narrow down my...

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Tammy Tootle
  • May 17, 2022
  • 3 min

June First by Jennifer Hartmann is LIVE! Here's My Review!

๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ’“ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐Ÿ’“ ๐ŸŒˆ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ by USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Hartmann is LIVE and FREE in Kindle...

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Tammy Tootle
  • Jan 16, 2022
  • 3 min

The Pieces Duet is Complete! Here's My Review of Pieces of Me

๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿงฉ ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—˜๐—–๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐——๐—จ๐—˜๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜ ๐Ÿงฉ๐Ÿ’™ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฒ (๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฎ) ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜†...

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Tammy Tootle
  • Jul 3, 2021
  • 3 min

Pieces of You by Jay McLean is LIVE!! Check out my review!

๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿงฉ ๐—›๐—ข๐—ง ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐Ÿงฉ๐Ÿ’™ โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ...

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Tammy Tootle
  • Jun 1, 2021
  • 15 min

May Wrap-Up! My Month in Reviews

It's hard to believe that it's June already! How does the saying go? Time flies when you're reading good books? I definitely read some...

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Tammy Tootle
  • Jan 26, 2021
  • 2 min

5-Stars for The Finish Line (The Ravenhood #3) by Kate Stewart

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ž, the explosive conclusion in The Ravenhood Trilogy from best-selling author, Kate Stewart, is live! This...

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Tammy Tootle
  • Jan 24, 2021
  • 3 min

Aly Stiles Has Done It Again with Crashing East: My Review

โ™ช ๐™ƒ๐™Š๐™ ๐™‰๐™€๐™’ ๐™๐™€๐™‡๐™€๐˜ผ๐™Ž๐™€ โ™ช ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„! ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ...

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Tammy Tootle
  • Dec 23, 2020
  • 1 min

Merry Christmas!

I would just like to take a moment away from all of the hustle and bustle of the holiday to say "Thank you" for your support. I'm so...

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Tammy Tootle
  • Dec 20, 2020
  • 12 min

My Top 20 of 2020

While I think that we can all agree that 2020 has been one pretty crap-tastic year, there is one thing that 2020 has done right...BOOKS....

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