Title: Sunshine Girl: An Unexpected LifeAuthor: Julianna Margulies Genre: Memoir, NonfictionPublished On: May 4, 2021Publisher: Ballantine BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 256 Synopsis: Known for her outstanding performances on the groundbreaking television series The Good Wife and ER, Julianna Margulies deftly chronicles her life and her work in this deeply powerful memoir. “At once a tender coming-of-age story and a deeply …
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Colorful Book Covers. Hello Readers! I hope you’re all well and reading something you’re enjoying. Predictably for me, I’ve read less than usual after participating …
Title: Project Hail MaryAuthor: Andy WeirGenre: Science FictionPublished On: May 4, 2021Publisher: Ballantine BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 496 Synopsis: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let …
Title: Hurricane SummerAuthor: Asha Bromfield Genre: Young AdultPublished On: May 4, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 400 Synopsis: CW: classism, racism, sexism, physical and verbal abuse, sexual assault, rape, abortion (mentioned), infidelity, grief, and deathTilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, he leaves their family and …
Title: Anchored HeartsAuthor: Priscilla Oliveras Genre: RomancePublished On: April 27, 2021Publisher: Kensington BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: Award-winning photographer Alejandro Miranda hasn’t been home to Key West in years–not since he left to explore broader horizons with his papi’s warning echoing in his ears. He wouldn’t be heading there now if it wasn’t for an injury …
Top Ten Tuesday is now hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Book Titles That Sound Like They Could Be Crayola Crayon Colors (Take a moment and Google some of the crazy Crayola crayon colors that …
Title: We Are Not FreeAuthor: Traci CheeGenre: YA, Historical FictionPublished On: September 1, 2020Publisher: HMH Books for Young ReadersSource: physical (Book HookUp Subscription Box)Pages: 400 Synopsis: “All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the guard towers, the city, the country that hates us. We are not …
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Books I’d Gladly Throw in the Ocean (submitted by Beauty & Her Books), but I have a hard time destroying books, so my list would mostly …
Hello Readers! Whew. I can’t seem to get caught up with my reviews and posts after the end of March. It was the perfect storm with My March Wrap-Up, the end of My Trope-ical Readathon, and a holiday. So my April TBR is a few days late. This will be a loosely planned TBR, mostly …
Hello Readers! I had so much fun participating in the Trope-ical Readathaon hosted by JenJenReviews last month. I ended up reading 13 books—a good amount for me—contributing a total of 4916 points for my team, the Contemporary/Literary/Historical Fiction team. Unfortunately, it looks like we came in last place. 🤷♀️ I was able to fulfill 11 …
