HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! I have been TOTALLY off the grid because my computer was hidden behind stacks of books, a couch, and under plastic. My husband decided to repaint my shelves this week and it was quite the process. Unfortunately, he decided the best place for everything was directly in the way […]
Today’s Topic: Purple, Yellow, and Green Book Covers Happy Tuesday! Today’s topic is Mardi Gras themed. I’ve never celebrated it in any way, but I love the colors! Haha! Most of these I’ve read and loved, but a few are still on my TBR list. As always, I have to shout out A.G. Howard and […]
Today’s Topic: Immortal Book Boyfriends Happy Tuesday! The other day I was having a conversation with a friend about book boyfriends and how problematic it can be if you read a lot of YA. During the course of this conversation I came to a realization – 99% of my book boyfriends are magical and IMMORTAL! […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! This has been a lazy posting week, but I’ve managed to read quite a bit. It has been an insanely weird reading year so far. I’ve read mostly adult fantasy romance and who even am I? I am currently listening to an adult CONTEMPORARY romance. I’m glad I took […]
Title: The Young Widower’s HandbookAuthor: Tom McAllisterPublication Date: February 7, 2017Publisher: Algonquin Books Pages: 288Add to Goodreads For Hunter Cady, meeting Kait was the greatest thing that ever happened to him. Otherwise unmotivated, he spent roughly half his twenty-nine years accomplishing very little, which makes him about fifteen in terms of real-life experience. But he’s […]
Title: SubmergedAuthor: Vita AyalaIllustrator: Lisa SterlePublication Date: February 12, 2019Publisher: Vault ComicsPages: 144Add to GoodreadsAmazon | Bookshop.org On the night of the biggest storm in New York City history, Elysia Puente gets a call from her estranged little brother Angel, terrified, begging for help. When the call cuts out suddenly, despite the bad feelings between […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! I didn’t have COVID! I still don’t know what exactly I did have, but I’m just so glad I didn’t have the Big Bad. This week has been packed with candle making, reality TV binging, and puppy cuddles. I allowed myself a few days of down time to rest […]
Title: A Vow So Bold and Deadly (Cursebreakers #3)Author: Brigid KemmererPublication Date: January 26, 2021Publisher: Bloomsbury YAPages: 416Add to GoodreadsReviews for book 1 & book 2 Face your fears, fight the battle. Emberfall is crumbling fast, torn between those who believe Rhen is the rightful prince and those who are eager to begin a new […]
Today’s Topic: New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2020 Happy Tuesday! Today I’m sharing new-to-me authors that I read last year and there were SO many good ones! I’ll be sharing the book that I started with for each author, although I read multiple books for several of them. I am so excited to grab some […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! Another week, another drama. Picture it, Sicily, 2021. Everything was going fine. We got a new president, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Then, this past Thursday afternoon, my sinuses started feeling a little funny. Then the headache came. Then the fatigue hit. So Friday I got my […]
Title: The Blade Itself (The First Law #1)Author: Joe AbercrombiePublication Date: May 4, 2006Publisher: OrbitPages: 503Add to GoodreadsAmazon | Bookshop.org Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian — leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, […]
This post contains affiliate links. Read more about this HERE. Today’s Topic: Books I Meant to Read In 2020 but Didn’t Get To Happy Tuesday! Today I’m sharing books I definitely meant to read last year, but last year was what it was. I fully intend to get to them ALL this year! I’m going to […]
Title: Recipe For PersuasionAuthor: Sonali DevPublication Date: May 26, 2020Publisher: William Morrow PaperbacksPages: 464Add to GoodreadsAmazon | Bookshop.org Chef Ashna Raje desperately needs a new strategy. How else can she save her beloved restaurant and prove to her estranged, overachieving mother that she isn’t a complete screw up? When she’s asked to join the cast […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! Despite my good intentions, the blog didn’t have quite as many posts as I’d hoped this week. One day, ONE DAY I am going to actually post a review for From Blood and Ash. It’s amazing and you should read it. That’s my mini review. On Tuesday I started […]
This post contains affiliate links. Read more about this HERE. This year’s PopSugar Challenge has a few categories that truly had me stumped (so it’s like most years). As a reader of mostly YA and fantasy it can be difficult to find things to read to fit the prompts, even when browsing the Goodreads group for […]
Title: Hate ListAuthor: Jennifer BrownPublication Date: September 1, 2009Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPages: 405Add to GoodreadsAmazon | Bookshop.org Five months ago, Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saved the life of a classmate, but was implicated in the shootings because of the list […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! Is anyone else looking forward to a week where nothing of note happens? I started off the year thinking things were looking up and it’s already a mess. Anyone else’s anxiety through the roof again? No? Just me? I feel like I’m counting down the days until I can […]
This post contains affiliate links. Read more about this HERE. We all know 2020 was a complete mess and I think I speak for a lot of us when I say it was tough to get through. There were moments I didn’t understand how we got there or how we would ever get out. Frankly, things […]
Title: KindredAuthor: Octavia E. ButlerPublication Date: June 1, 1979Publisher: Beacon PressPages: 287Add to GoodreadsAmazon | Bookshop.org The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th […]
Title: Into the Heartless WoodAuthor: Joanna Ruth MeyerPublication Date: January 12, 2021Publisher: Page Street KidsPages: 368Add to GoodreadsAmazon | Bookshop.org Epic, heartbreaking, and darkly atmospheric, Into the Heartless Wood is the story of impossible love between a monstrous tree siren and a boy who lives at the edge of her wood. The forest is a […]
This post contains affiliate links. Read more about this HERE. Today’s Topic: Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2021 Happy Tuesday! Today I’m sharing the top ten books I cannot wait to read in the first half of 2020! It was really hard to narrow it down, but I managed to choose just ten […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! Happy not 2020! I know it’s literally just a couple days later, but this year IS GOING to be better than last year. I insist. I forced myself to go on a run Friday afternoon and made my reading spreadsheet for the new year. I started two new books […]
Title: A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes #4)Author: Sabaa TahirPublication Date: December 1, 2020Publisher: RazorbillPages: 516Add to GoodreadsReviews for book 1, book 2, & book 3Amazon | Bookshop.org Picking up just a few months after A Reaper at the Gates left off… The long-imprisoned jinn are on the attack, wreaking bloody […]
Happy 2021, bookworms! I am determined that this year is going to be better than last year, so let’s start it out with a giveaway! For the next couple months I’ll be giving away one of my favorite reads of 2020 and this month it’s The Rage of Dragons, which was an INCREDIBLE start to […]
