It's been seven years since Chelsea Martin embarked on her yearlong post-college European adventure. Since then, she's lost her mother to cancer and watched her sister marry twice, while Chelsea's thrown herself into work, becoming one of the most talented fundraisers for the American Cancer Coalition, and with the exception of one annoyingly competent coworker, … Continue reading Review: Paris is Always a Good Idea
Tag: new adult fiction
Books I’d Love to See as Films
As readers, we always prefer the books over the movie. However, that doesn't mean we don't like to see our favorite characters and stories come to life on the big screen (or our TVs/laptops). I have to say that I can't really complain about a lot of the movies I've seen that were based off … Continue reading Books I’d Love to See as Films
Review: Not Like the Movies
Chloe Sanderson is an optimist, and not because her life is easy. As the sole caregiver for her father, who has early onset Alzheimer's, she's pretty much responsible for everything. She has no time—or interest—in getting swept up in some dazzling romance. Not like her best friend Annie, who literally wrote a rom-com that's about … Continue reading Review: Not Like the Movies
My Potential August TBR
I don't normally like to make monthly TBR lists because I am the moodiest reader that I know. However, there are some books that I know I really want to read sooner than later, so I thought maybe making a (tentative) short list of books I want to read this coming month and crossing them … Continue reading My Potential August TBR
Review: Attachments
Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives.Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is … Continue reading Review: Attachments
How to Hack a Heartbreak – Review
This was a quick and cute read, and it's books like this one that are making me like the New Adult genre more and more. Probably because it's relatable. One aspect about this book that I liked was the accuracy in which the workplace was portrayed. Mel works with tech start-ups, aka: the new app … Continue reading How to Hack a Heartbreak – Review
By the Book – Review
By the Book is supposed to be a modern retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion, and I'll be honest... I haven't read Persuasion. So I went into this book just wanting to read a good story, and I wasn't too disappointed. I loved the premise of the story and I did enjoy the character of Anne, … Continue reading By the Book – Review