The morning after Hurricane Leo rips through the town of Canaan, residents awaken to widespread destruction -- power outages, downed branches, uprooted trees, broken windows and damaged roofs. Four eighth-grade friends -- Evan, Jason, Mitchell, and CJ -- meet to explore the devastation. The tight-knit group is dismayed to find that Evan has brought along … Continue reading Review: The Fort
Review: The Christmas Bookshop
When the department store she works in closes for good, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. She doesn’t want to move in with her perfect sister Sofia, in Sofia’s perfect house with her perfect children and her perfectly ordered Edinburgh life.Frankly, Sofia doesn’t exactly want Carmen there either. Her sister has always been … Continue reading Review: The Christmas Bookshop
ARC Review: French Kissing in New York
Margot hasn’t been able to stop thinking about Zach, the dreamy American boy she met one magical night in Paris. In an instant, they fell head over heels in love and spent the perfect evening ensemble—sealed with a kiss and a promise: if the universe wants them to be together, fate will find a way.Flash … Continue reading ARC Review: French Kissing in New York
Top 10 Books of 2022
Happy New Year everyone! We made it through another year... and what a year it was! Just as I did in 2021, I destroyed my Goodreads Challenge of reading 75 books and ended up reading 123 books!! What?! Never in my life have I read so much. Of course, I did hit a serious slump … Continue reading Top 10 Books of 2022
December 2022 Wrap Up
Happy New Year indeed... so both my mom and I started the year with a positive Covid test yesterday. Yay. Neither of us are severe with symptoms, but we're making sure to rest, stay hydrated, and take the medicines we can to manage the symptoms. Praying that we'll both be better soon, especially my mom … Continue reading December 2022 Wrap Up
My 2022 DNF List
We made it y'all! Happy (almost) New Year! Who else is ready for 2023? I will say it again and again, I'm glad I started DNF-ing books when I can't get into them because life is way too short to read books I'm not enjoying. And there are way too many books that I want … Continue reading My 2022 DNF List
2023 Gilmore Girls Reading Challenge
No, this isn't the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge... that one is just nuts! I applaud anyone who does that challenge, whether in an entire year or over the course of time. There's so many classics and other books that I just would never be able to read because I'd lose interest so quickly. Anyway, this … Continue reading 2023 Gilmore Girls Reading Challenge
2023 Bookish Goals and Reading Tracker
The end of the year comes so quickly, but the actual last two weeks of the year seem to take forever. At least this year it did. I still can't believe it's almost 2023 though. How have the past few years gone by so fast?? Anyway, since 2023 is nearly here, I wanted to share … Continue reading 2023 Bookish Goals and Reading Tracker
Review: Blame it on the Mistletoe
Elle is a social medial star with the #DreamLife...or so it seems. Determined to shake up her content and gain new followers, she's on a mission: can she find a British fan to swap with for Christmas?Holly loves everything about Christmas. But after a mortifying mistletoe disaster with her ex, her perfect plans unravel like … Continue reading Review: Blame it on the Mistletoe
22 Books I Want to Read in 2022 (results)
I know it's not quite the end of the year, but I'm posting this a bit early since I know I won't be reading any of the rest of these before 2023. Anyway, at the end of last year I picked 22 books I wanted to read in 2022. As one could predict, despite reading … Continue reading 22 Books I Want to Read in 2022 (results)
Recently DNF’d Books
One thing I try not to do is review books that I've marked as DNF. I don't even like to review books I've given 1-2 stars to in some cases, unless I really feel the need to share my opinion, but one thing I would never do is tag the author in a bad review … Continue reading Recently DNF’d Books
November 2022 Wrap Up
November was the worst month I've had for reading this year. Which is fine, it's not like I need to read 11-16 books a month to be happy, but it was frustrating because I wanted to read something but at the same time nothing appealed to me. The only thing I wanted to do all … Continue reading November 2022 Wrap Up
Review: Curvy Girls Can Rule
Guys aren't supposed to fall for their curvy best friend.They’re also not supposed to walk away.Eighteen months ago Cameron left. Left Twin Rivers. Left his friends. Left her, Peyton Callahan.And she moved on. The accident that took her brother's life ripped her world apart. The one person who could understand wasn’t there, and Peyton hated … Continue reading Review: Curvy Girls Can Rule
Top Ten Tuesday – Cozy Reads
I feel like it's been a while since I've done a Top Ten Tuesday, but it really hasn't. This month has just flown by and honestly, I'm stuck somewhere in spring, mentally. Spring 2019, that is. Anyway, it's finally hitting me how quickly this year has gone by and I'm already over it. Bring on … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday – Cozy Reads
Review: The Art of Insanity
High schooler Natalie Cordova has just been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Her mom insists she keep it secret.Putting up a front and hiding her mental illness from her classmates is going to be the hardest thing Natalie’s ever done. It’s her senior year, and she’s just been selected to present her artwork at a prestigious … Continue reading Review: The Art of Insanity