A trip like that is exactly what Matt was hoping for—a fun adventure. A daring escape. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go cross country skiing in a thrilling but dangerous pass through the Rocky Mountains. The perfect way for Matt to forget about his disappointing father and maybe let loose a little with his best friend … Continue reading Review: Avalanche
Month: September 2020
How to Be a Reader
Readers are sometimes born, and other times they're made. I feel like I was a mix of both. I have a vast imagination that would have led me to wanting to discover new worlds that existed only in books, but I was also heavily influenced by my mom and her love of reading. So for … Continue reading How to Be a Reader
Review: The Cellar
Nothing ever happens in the town of Long Thorpe – that is, until sixteen-year-old Summer Robinson disappears without a trace. No family or police investigation can track her down. Spending months inside the cellar of her kidnapper with several other girls, Summer learns of Colin’s abusive past, and his thoughts of his victims being his … Continue reading Review: The Cellar
Review: Someone Like You
The world is a terrible place not to have a best friend.Scarlett was always the strong one.Halley was always content to follow in her wake.Then Scarlett’s boyfriend died, and Scarlett learned that she was pregnant.Now Halley has to find the strength to take the lead and help Scarlett get through it.Because true friendship is a … Continue reading Review: Someone Like You
Book vs. Movie: Our Chemical Hearts
Welcome to another edition of Book vs. Movie, book nerds! Within a few days, I read Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland and then watched the film adaptation on Amazon Prime. The movie being the reason I decided to bump up the book on my TBR list (that's usually a good motivator, especially when the … Continue reading Book vs. Movie: Our Chemical Hearts
7 Authors That I Love
Favorite authors. That's always a fun topic. We all have them, and for our own reasons. Usually it's because we always like their books, but sometimes it can be because we like them as human beings or their writing style. It could also be that we know them on a personal level too, though that's … Continue reading 7 Authors That I Love
Review: Our Chemical Hearts
Henry Page has never been in love. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic, but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can't-eat-can't-sleep kind of love that he's been hoping for just hasn't been in the cards for him-at least not yet. Instead, he's been happy to focus on his grades, on getting into a semi-decent college and finally … Continue reading Review: Our Chemical Hearts
Relatable Bookish Memes #1
Here is a fun little series I'd like to start up. We see these bookish/reading memes all the time on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, but even so, they're always fun to reshare. So I figured I'd start this as an ongoing series post for my blog (which really helps for when I'm behind on writing … Continue reading Relatable Bookish Memes #1
August Wrap Up
August, to put it simply... was a bust. For the entire 31 days of the month I managed to read one book. ONE. BOOK. I know it's nothing to be ashamed of, it just kind of shocks me that I wasn't able to pull out of my reading slump as quickly as usual. And to … Continue reading August Wrap Up