Negative reviews are the most difficult kind of reviews for me to write. Not only do I want to avoid offending anyone (like the author, if they are to see it), but it can be hard to come up with any redeeming/positive points if I really disliked a book. While I may not enjoy writing negative reviews for those reasons, I absolutely...
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Book Review: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control in this heartfelt novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series. What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them… all at once? Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her...
Top Ten Bookish Places I’d Love To Visit
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week, she posts an idea relating to books and encourages other book bloggers to respond with their own top ten lists. This week’s topic is “top ten places books have made me want to visit.” A Gatsby Gala – The Great Gatsby by...
Book Review: My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie Perkins
If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you’re going to fall in love with MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME: TWELVE HOLIDAY STORIES by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins. Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter...
Review | Coraline by Neil Gaiman
“Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house. . . .” When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there’s another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to...
Blog Tour + Giveaway | Following Zippy by C.B. Burdette
Today, I’m excited to be participating in a blog tour for Following Zippy by C.B. Burdette. At fifteen most kids only have to worry about their homework or the style of their shoes. Gabe Perkins isn’t most kids. When diagnosed with a terminal illness, he begins to make friends with a girl so ethereal, he starts to question...
Waiting on Wednesday (October 8)
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that are eagerly anticipated. This week, I’m waiting on The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker, which has an expected publication date of June 2, 2015. The magic and suspense of Graceling meet the political intrigue and unrest of Game of Thrones...
Book Review: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can. She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed. There is. She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she...
Waiting on Wednesday (October 1)
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that are eagerly anticipated. This week, I’m waiting on The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin, which has an expected publication date of November 4, 2014. Mara Dyer wants to believe there’s more to the lies she’s been told. There...
This Month in Books: October 2014
October is here, which means that fall is finally here! I personally cannot wait to curl up in my coziest sweater with Rolo hot chocolate and many of these new releases. As always, if you’re interested in one of the books, click on its cover image to be taken to its Goodreads page. October 1 October 6 October...