This week's topic is comfort reads - the books that make you feel at home or give you a fuzzy feeling inside. I think everyone has their comfort reads, whether it's books we like to re-read or our favorite genre... or just the books that left us feeling good after. While my comfort reads don't … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday – Comfort Reads
By now everyone has heard of Hoopla and Overdrive/Libby… or at least most readers and library users have. To put it simply, they’re online libraries that you can use through your hometown public library (if they offer either or both services). Anyone who loves to read ebooks or listen to audiobooks tend to like these … Continue reading Overdrive vs. Hoopla
When her parents announce their impending divorce, Natalie can’t understand why no one is fighting, or at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two best friends, hook up, leaving her feeling slightly miffed and decidedly awkward. She’d always imagined she would end up with Zach one day—in the version of her life that … Continue reading Review: It Sounded Better In My Head
Book quotes are always fun, whether to recite them or use them as inspiration. I find that a lot (that I save) are either encouraging, inspirational, or relatable to my own life. I find a lot of quotes in books that I like, but I'm not always so good at saving them or writing them … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday – 10 Favorite Book Quotes
Lifelong rivals Natalie and Reid have never been on the same team. So when their school’s art budget faces cutbacks, of course Natalie finds herself up against her nemesis once more. She’s fighting to direct the school’s first ever student-written play, but for her small production to get funding, the school’s award-winning band will have … Continue reading Review: As If On Cue
I love and hate this topic because it's easy, yet totally calls me (and others) out. I'm one of those people who will see a book on Goodreads or Instagram, obsess about it until I actually buy the book, then just let it sit on my TBR cart for days, weeks, months... probably even years. … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Was Excited For, but Haven’t Read
Evanna Lynch has long been viewed as a role model for people recovering from anorexia, as the story of her casting as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films grew to almost mythic proportions--a tale of how she faced disordered eating as a young girl, found solace in a beloved book series, and several years … Continue reading Review: The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting
Everyone else in the tiny town of Enfield, Texas calls fall football season, but for the forty-three members of the Fighting Enfield Marching Band, it’s contest season. And for new saxophonist Anna James, it’s her first chance to prove herself as the great musician she’s trying hard to be.When she’s assigned a duet with mellophone … Continue reading Review: Full Flight
April was a bad month for reading. I started off well enough, but I finally hit that dreaded reading slump. I went through a few books where I didn't get past the first chapter before putting the book down. I didn't even bother to count those as DNF books because I knew my heart wasn't … Continue reading April 2022 Wrap Up
Genie in a Novel 