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Title: The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees Pages: 376 Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance Published by: Berkley (May 3rd, 2011) Summary A richly imagined, remarkably written story of the woman who created Little Women– and how love changed her in ways she never expected. Deftly mixing fact and fiction, Kelly O’Connor McNees returns to the summer of 1855, when vivacious Louisa May Alcott is twenty-two and bursting to free herself from family… Read More
Title: The Auctor Trilogy by T. R. Wolf Pages: 486 Genres: YA, Fantasy Published by: CreateSpace (Nov. 28, 2016) Summary When seventeen-year-old Addie Auctor’s mother is murdered by her father, she must confront many secrets that her family has hidden from her. The worst of these secrets is that Addie’s father, Donovan Hawthorne, is still hunting Addie because of an ancient blood feud between her mother’s family, the Auctors, and her father’s family, the House of Hawthorne…. Read More
Welcome back! First of all, can we just agree that April was like, 2 days?! The beginning of April was a little slow for me reading and blogging-wise, but things really started to pick up for me the second half of the month. BOOKS READ – Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – The Auctor Trilogy by T. R. Wolf \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Heart of Danger (Nancy Drew Files #11) by Carolyn Keene \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️… Read More
Title: In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters Pages: 387 Genres: YA, Historical Fiction, Paranormal, Mystery Published by: Amulet Books (Apr. 2, 2013) Summary In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men to the front lines of a brutal war, creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion. Sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches as desperate… Read More
Title: Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven Pages: 391 Genres: YA, Contemporary, Romance Published by: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers (Oct. 4, 2016) Summary Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “America’s Fattest Teen.” But no one’s taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom’s death, she’s been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing… Read More
Title: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Pages: 328 Genres: YA, Romance, Contemporary Published by: St. Martin’s Press (Feb. 26, 2013) Summary Two misfits. One extraordinary love. Eleanor… Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough…Eleanor. Park… He knows she’ll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before… Read More
Title: Ready or Not (All-American Girl #2) by Meg Cabot Pages: 238 Genres: YA, Romance, Contemporary Published by: HarperCollins (Aug. 1, 2005) Summary Top ten things Samantha Madison isn’t ready for: 10. Spending Thanksgiving at Camp David 9. With her boyfriend, the president’s son 8. Who appears to want to take their relationship to the Next Level 7. Which Sam inadvertently and shockingly announces live on MTV 6. While appearing to support the president’s dubious policies on… Read More
Hello! March was a very slow blogging month for me – I think I only wrote 3 posts the entire month. I sort of went on an unexpected blogging hiatus, but I am happy to say I finally really feel like blogging again! Luckily, just because my blogging was in a slump, my reading was not. I still didn’t read a whole lot, but it was better than February, and I thoroughly… Read More
Title: Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle #1) by Ted Dekker Pages: 432 Genres: Fantasy, Christian, Fiction Published by: Thomas Nelson (Dec. 25, 2003) Summary Enter an adrenaline-laced epic where dreams and reality collide. Fleeing his assailants through deserted alleyways, Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes to the roof of a building. Then a silent bullet from the night clips his head…and his world goes black. From the blackness comes an amazing reality of another world-a world where… Read More
Title: Intermission by Serena Chase Pages: 393 Genres: Contemporary, Christian, YA, Romance Published by: Candent Gate (Nov. 15, 2016) Summary We are starlight on snow. The reflection of something already beautiful—absorbed, reflected, and remade into something . . . more. And this kiss . . . This kiss is everything I’ve needed to say . . . and longed to hear. Sixteen-year-old Faith Prescott eagerly awaits the day she will exchange her small Iowa hometown for the… Read More
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