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Waiting on Wednesday/Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly feature, started by Breaking the Spine and continued by Wishful Endings, that puts the spotlight on upcoming releases! This week’s pick is: Romanov RELEASING MAY 7TH, 2019 SYNOPSIS From the author of Fawkes comes a magical take on the story of Anastasia Romanov. The history books say I died. They don’t know the half of it. Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an… Read More
It’s Top Ten Tuesday again! It’s a weekly bookish list hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week’s topic is: Winter TBR The hype for Dumplin’ is out of control now that the Netflix movie is here! I’ve heard nothing but good things about both the book and the movie, and I am really looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of this one. The Night Circus is one of those books I’ve been meaning… Read More
Hey everyone! Today I’m teaming up with JustRead Tours and Gilead Publishing for the blog tour to celebrate the recent release of Silent Days, Holy Night by Phyllis Clark Nichols. I’ll be sharing my thoughts about the book as well as how you can win a copy! Here we go: Title: Silent Days, Holy Night by Phyllis Clark Nichols Pages: 240 Genres: Fiction, Inspirational, Christmas Published by: Gilead Publishing (Oct. 20th, 2018) Summary The sounds of Christmases past echo… Read More
Hey everyone! One of my favorite Blogmas series I do on my blog is Blogmas Book Quotes, where I share a Christmas-y themed book quote, and it is back! I did this last December and I also did did something similar in October, except they were all fall/Halloween themed. I just love looking for festive quotes! I always get in such a Christmas-y mood when I read them. Today’s quote is not… Read More
Hey everyone! With Christmas just around the corner, I thought it would be the perfect time to share my bookish, holiday gift guide! This list includes items on my own wish list, as well as items I would recommend to other bookworms. Here we go! Bookish Mugs I love mugs! You especially can never go wrong with a literary-themed mug. Personally, I really adore all the Anne of Green Gables mugs from Shop… Read More
Hello everyone and happy 1st day of Blogmas! I’m so excited to kick off an entire month of daily blogging with my stop for the It’s a Wonderful Night blog tour. Today I’m going to be sharing my review as well as how you can win a fun prize pack (UK only, sorry!)! Alright, let’s get started: Title: It’s a Wonderful Night by Jaimie Admans Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Holiday Published by: HQ Digital (Oct. 5th, 2018) Summary… Read More
Countdown to Christmas is back! If you’re new(ish) to my blog, Countdown to Christmas is a weekly feature where I recommend a different Christmas-y book each week to read this holiday season. This is the third year I’ve been doing this, and it’s now time to share my first pick for the 2018 holiday season! To start things off, my first pick for 2018 is Skipping Christmas by John Grisham. Imagine a year without… Read More
Title: The Grownup by Gillian Flynn Pages: 64 Genre: Thriller Published by: Crown (Nov. 3rd, 2015) Summary A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection…. Read More
Hello everyone! I’m back from an unexpected and unplanned hiatus! The first half of November has been so busy and school has been so overwhelming, when I have free time I haven’t felt like reading or blogging very much. That being said, I’m ready to start blogging and reading more again despite my busy-ness! So, here I am wrapping up October halfway through November, lol. Okay, so overall, October was a pretty… Read More
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