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Hey everyone! I’m so excited today is my stop on the blog tour for The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo, hosted by Tin from The Book Maiden! I’m going to be sharing my thoughts about the book and some of my favorite quotes. Also, be sure to check out the end of this post, because there’s also a giveaway for a hardcover copy of the book! 🎉 Alright, let’s… Read More
Title: Just One Day by Gayle Forman Pages: 369 Genres: YA, Romance, Contemporary Published by: Random House (Jan. 10, 2013) Summary When sheltered American good girl Allyson “LuLu” Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground performance of Twelfth Night in England, there’s an undeniable spark. After just one day together, that spark bursts into a flame, or so it seems to Allyson, until the following morning, when she wakes up after a… Read More
It’s April, so that means it’s time for my March wrap-up! For me, March was a pretty great month. It was my birthday on the 29th, and while I didn’t read quite as many books as I would have hoped, I still read a fairly good amount. My blog did really well in March, too! Altogether, I read five books in the month of March! BOOKS READ – The Choosing by… Read More
Title: Breakfast at Tiffany’s: A Short Novel and Three Stories by Truman Capote Pages: 162 Genres: Fiction, Classic, Short Stories Published by: Modern Library (Jan. 13th, 1994, originally 1958) Summary It’s New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany’s. And nice girls don’t, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and turned-up nose, a heart-breaker,… 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: Characters I Liked in Books I Didn’t Like This week was a hard one for me, because of that, it’s only going to be a top five today. For one thing, usually if I don’t like the characters, it’s the biggest reason why I don’t like a book. For another thing, honestly, there are… Read More
Title: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia (publication order) #1) by C. S. Lewis Pages: 206 Genres: Children’s, Fantasy, Classic Published by: HarperCollins Publishers (Mar. 5th, 2002, originally Oct. 16th, 1950) Summary They open a door and enter a world NARNIA…the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy…the place where the adventure begins. Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe… Read More
Hey everyone! In honor of Wonder Week, I thought it’d be fun to play a game with you guys on my blog today. I’m calling it Guess That Book: Emoji Edition, and the idea is pretty simple. Each row of emojis describes a different book, and it’s up to you to make your guesses in the comments! Alright, let’s get started! Popular YA Novels 1. 🙎🏽☀️✈️🌧️🙎🏽❤️🧛🏼♂️ ⚾️ ⚡️ 🧛🏼♂️🧛🏼♀️🧛🏾♂️🏃🏽♀️🏃🏼✈️🧛🏼♂️🙎🏽🧛🏼♂️🏥💑💃🏽🕺🏼💑 2. 🙋🏽♀️ 👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫🏟👊🏼🏹🏹🏹⚔️😵😵💀💀💀😵💀🥖😵💀😵💀😭😭😭😭🏆🙍🏽🙍🏽♂️ 3…. Read More
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature started by Breaking the Spine that puts the spotlight on upcoming releases! This week’s book is: Emergency Contact Releasing March 27th, 2018! Synopsis For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn’t actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how… Read More
Title: The Choosing (Seer #1) by Rachelle Dekker Pages: 464 Genres: YA, Dystopian, Christian Published by: Tyndale House Publishers (May 19th, 2015) Summary “Not to be Chosen would yield a cruel fate of my own making.” Like all citizens since the Ruining, Carrington Hale knows the importance of this day. But she never expected the moment she’d spent a lifetime preparing for—her Choosing ceremony—would end in disaster. Ripped from her family, she’ll spend her days serving as… Read More
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