2021 Challenges and Resolutions

Well, 2020 did NOT turn out how any of us expected. Taking a look back at last year’s resolutions and goals, I can see that I literally failed almost all of them. What can you do? Covid and other unfortunate events really derailed any and all plans I had. I did manage to run a […]

Top Ten Tuesday #289: Books I hope Santa brings

This post contains affiliate links. Read more about this HERE. Today’s Topic:  Books I Hopes Santa Brings Happy Tuesday! This week I’m sharing the books I hope to get from Santa this Christmas! There are so many good ones coming out soon but I’m hoping for a few backlist books too. Fingers crossed I actually […]

Weekly Recap: 12/13 – 12/19

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! The last weeks have been BUSY! I had a million orders to make, package, and ship, but I finally got it all done. Now we have to wait and see if the USPS decides to get everything where it’s supposed to go. Between everything I had to get done […]

Saturday Screen Time #44: Nothing too bad, actually

  Happy Saturday, everyone! If you’ve seen a few of these posts on my blog you may have noticed my movie moods change a lot. I’m either in a horror mood, a really weird movie mood, or a rip your heart out romance mood. I’ll let you decide which one I was in this month. […]

2020 End Of Year Survey

2020 READING STATS Number Of Books You Read: 81 (so far) Number of Re-Reads: 6 Genre You Read The Most From: Fantasy 1. Best Book You Read In 2020?It’s a tie between The Empire of Gold and The Rage of Dragons.  2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t? […]

Book Review: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

Title: In Five YearsAuthor: Rebecca SerlePublication Date: March 10, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksPages: 255Add to GoodreadsAmazon | Bookshop.org Where do you see yourself in five years? When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan is asked this question at the most important interview of her career, she has a meticulously crafted answer at the ready. Later, after nailing her […]

Top Ten Tuesday 287: Winter TBR

This post contains affiliate links. Read more about this HERE. Today’s Topic:  Books On My Winter  2020-2021 TBR Happy Tuesday! This week’s topic is my favorite: my seasonal TBR! If you’ve known me awhile, you probably know I won’t stick to this and I probably won’t end up reading half of them. Regardless, these are […]

Book Review: Crave by Tracy Wolff

Title: Crave (Crave #1)Author: Tracy WolffPublication Date: April 7, 2020Publisher: Entangled TeenPages: 592Add to GoodreadsAmazon | Bookshop.org My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods…or monsters. I still can’t decide which of these […]

Book Review: The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo

Title: The Light We LostAuthor: Jill Santopolo Publication Date: May 9, 2017Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsPages: 328Add to GoodreadsAmazon | Bookshop.org He was the first person to inspire her, to move her, to truly understand her. Was he meant to be the last? Lucy is faced with a life-altering choice. But before she can make her decision, she […]

2020 Retellings Reading Challenge: Final Update & Giveaway

Hi bookworms! The Retellings Reading Challenge is drawing to a close already! I hope you’ve all met your goals and have read lots of amazing new retellings throughout the year. I wanted to start the final update by letting everyone know that I will not be continuing the Retellings Challenge next year. As much as […]

Top Ten Tuesday #286: Icy & snowy book covers

  Today’s Topic:  Icy & Snowy Covers Happy Tuesday! This week’s topic is a winter freebie, so I decided to go with icy and snowy, wintery covers. Each of these includes ice or snow, two things we don’t generally see in Florida. Thank goodness, because I’m about to freeze and it’s 60 degrees out! How’s […]

Weekly Recap: 11/29 – 12/5

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! To absolutely no one’s surprise, it’s been a few weeks since my last recap! I’ve managed to read quite a bit since then, mostly thanks to audiobooks while making candles and playing Diablo. I’m not sure what happened, but I’ve fallen into a paranormal romance hole and I can’t […]

Book Review: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Title: Clap When You Land Author: Elizabeth AcevedoPublication Date: May 5, 2020Publisher: Quill Tree BooksPages: 432Add to GoodreadsAmazon | Bookshop.org In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our […]

Top Ten Tuesday #285: Books I want to re-read

  Today’s Topic:  Ten YA Books I Will  Definitely Read Again Happy Tuesday! This week’s topic is extra fun because it’s something I’ve actually gotten into doing this year – reading books that I’ve loved again! It turns out that reading a favorite again is pretty comforting, especially when the world seems to be falling […]