Title: The Beautiful Author: Renée Ahdieh Publication Date: October 8, 2019Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young ReadersPages: 448Add to Goodreads In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans provides her a refuge after she’s forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This week has been pretty relaxed and I’m so happy about it after such a super busy week of dog sitting. I was even able to get a bit of running in and some candles made! I didn’t get a ton of reading done because I’ve been in an […]
Happy spooky season! I have been waiting for this event all year and it’s ALMOST HERE! Fraterfest is hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and it’s a creepy read-a-thon that speaks to the horror lover in me! This year I’ve been attempting to participate in more read-a-thons and actually try my hardest to make a dent in my […]
Title: Lost Girl Author: Chanda Hahn Publication Date: December 13, 2016Publisher: Chanda HahnPages: 328Add to Goodreads Wendy doesn’t remember anything about Neverland—or the experiments done on her there as a child. Seven years later, all she wants is a normal life, but shape-shifting shadows plague her dreams and turn her life into a waking nightmare. […]
Title: Ninth House (Ninth House #1) Author: Leigh Bardugo Publication Date: October 1, 2019Publisher: FlatironPages: 480Add to Goodreads Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, […]
Today’s Topic: Books On My Fall 2019 TBR Happy Tuesday! Yay, this is my favorite kind of topic! I love putting together a seasonal TBR even though I know for a fact I won’t stick to it. This one was actually a bit harder to put together though. Since I was lucky enough to go […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This has been a somewhat busy week mostly because I’ve been dog sitting. I have three more dogs to look out for in addition to my three, although I only have to check on them at their house. It has been a lot but they’re such sweet pups! In […]
Title: One of Us Is Lying (One of Us Is Lying #1) Author: Karen M. McManus Publication Date: May 30, 2017Publisher: Delacorte PressPages: 361Add to Goodreads The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars, One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. […]
Hi everyone! It’s time for another edition of Down the TBR Hole! My list is sadly getting longer and longer so I desperately need to keep this feature going and probably more often. Today I have books I totally forgot about and books I can’t figure out how they even got there. Let’s see how […]
Title: Dreams Come to Life (Bendy & the Ink Machine #1) Author: Adrienne Kress Publication Date: September 3, 2019Publisher: ScholasticPages: 304Add to Goodreads Seventeen-year-old Buddy has spent most of his life trying to escape the Lower East Side slums of New York City. Working as a delivery boy to support his family, Buddy wants to […]
Today’s Topic: Favorite Things to Eat/Drink While Reading Happy Tuesday! So this is a weird one for me because I straight up do not eat while reading. Like, ever. I’m not sure why this is exactly. I never really thought about it until this week’s topic popped up and I started trying to think of […]
Happy Monday! Normally a review of a TV show would be included in my monthly Saturday Screen Time feature, but this one felt like it needed a bit more room for discussion. I recently finished Carnival Row and was… underwhelmed. This post will be split into a non-spoiler review and a spoilery discussion in case […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This week has been SO MUCH less stressful than the last few. We had a tiny storm scare that ended up being an off the coast tropical storm, so just another breezy day here in Central Florida. The temperature actually stayed below 90 for a full day and I […]
Happy weekend! This weekend it’s below 90 degrees and I even felt a little breeze. There are pumpkin spice snacks out and Halloween decorations are going up at Target. All of this must mean it’s almost fall! What a wonderful time for a fun new book tag! The Fall Book Tag was created by Bionic […]
Title: Rules For Vanishing Author: Kate Alice Marshall Publication Date: September 24, 2019 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Pages: 416Add to Goodreads In the faux-documentary style of The Blair Witch Project comes the campfire story of a missing girl, a vengeful ghost, and the girl who is determined to find her sister–at all costs. Once […]
Today’s Topic: Books On My TBR I’m Avoiding Reading and Why Happy Tuesday! This week’s topic was fun because I was able to figure out exactly why I haven’t read some of the books on my list. Mostly it has to do with being a mood reader, but some I’m also waiting to get audiobooks […]
Title: Needing to Love You (Houston’s Finest #2) Author: Erin Rylie Publication Date: April 12, 2019 Publisher: Independently PublishedPages: 273Add to Goodreads Carlos Ramirez has always prided himself on two things: being damn good at his job on the Houston police force and being able to land any woman he wants. When a devastating car […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This week started off incredibly stressful with the hurricane heading our way. My area got off extremely lucky and only got a bit of wind and rain Tuesday night. Sadly, my brother was not able to make his visit due to airport closures. I spent the next couple days […]
Happy Saturday, everyone! This month’s Saturday Screen Time and those going forward will have a bit of a different format. Since this is going to be a monthly feature from here on out, there will be a few more movies and shows featured than in the past. I’m splitting these into movies, TV, DNFd, and […]
Title: The First Time I Died (Garnet McGee #1) Author: Jo Macgregor Publication Date: October 8, 2018Publisher: Jo MacgregorPages: 320Add to Goodreads The first time I died, I didn’t come back alone. When Garnet McGee returns to her small Vermont hometown for the holidays, she vows to solve the mystery of the murder which shattered […]
Today’s Topic: Books I Enjoyed That Are Outside of My Comfort Zone Happy Tuesday! If you’ve spent any time on my blog you know that I read primarily fantasy, horror/thrillers, maybe a little sci-fi, and maybe a mystery here or there. This week I’m sharing books that I enjoyed outside my comfort zone, which primarily […]
Title: A Dance of Silver and Shadow (Beyond the Four Kingdoms #1)Author: Melanie CellierPublication Date: September 4, 2017Publisher: Luminant PublicationsPages: 346Add to Goodreads When Princess Liliana and her twin sister set sail for new lands, Lily hopes to find adventure and romance. But the people of Marin live under the shadow of a curse—one powerful […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This has been the most stressful week I’ve had in quite awhile! I apologize for not commenting back like I should, but I promise to get back to it! First, we have Hurricane Dorian barrelling straight towards Florida, so most of the week was spent doing last minute prep […]
