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 Spring Cleaning Freebie (for example, books you’re planning to get rid of for whatever reason, book’s you’d like to clean off your TBR by either …
Book Review | Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
Title: Chain of IronAuthor: Cassandra ClareGenre: YA, FantasyPublished On: March 2, 2021Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry BooksSource: physicalPages: 688 Synopsis: The Shadowhunters must catch a killer in Edwardian London in this dangerous and romantic sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Chain of Gold, from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. …
ARC Book Review | Odd Woman Out by Melanie Chartoff
Title: Odd Woman Out: Exposure in Essays and StoriesAuthor: Melanie Chartoff Genre: Memoir, HumorPublished On: February 2, 2021Publisher: Books FluentSource: digital (Books Forward)Pages: 268 Synopsis: From her 1950s childhood in a suburb she describes as an “abusement park,” to performing Molière on Broadway, to voicing characters on the popular “Rugrats” cartoon series, Melanie Chartoff was anxious …
My March TBR
Hello Readers! By some strange turn of events, I’ve found myself with only one ARC due this month. It’s a much-needed break after the last two months when I only read a few books that weren’t ARCs. So to celebrate, I’ve decided to join the Trope-ical Readathon! I discovered last year that readathons motivate me …
Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My TBR Set In The Snow
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is a Characters Whose Job I Wish I Had, but I wasn’t feeling that one this week, so I’m going …
February 2021 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul
Hello Readers! February was a whirlwind of a month for me. From an epic snowstorm, to a blog crisis, to Valentine’s and my birthday. I did manage to read 8 books (and a short story), including my first five-star read of the year! Looking back at My February TBR, I ended up reading all of …
ARC Book Review | Prepped by Bethany Mangle
Title: PreppedAuthor: Bethany Mangle Genre: Young AdultPublished On: February 23, 2021Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry BooksSource: physical (Books Forward)Pages: 320 Synopsis: For fans of Jeff Zentner and Katie Henry comes a thrilling and funny debut about a teen raised in a doomsday community who plots her escape with the boy from the bunker next door. Always be …
Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Made Me LOL
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 That Made Me Laugh Out Loud (Claire @ Book Lovers Pizza) Hello Readers! Thankfully it’s the last Tuesday of February because it’s getting hard not …
ARC Book Review | The Smash-Up by Ali Benjamin
Title: The Smash-UpAuthor: Ali Benjamin Genre: Contemporary Adult FictionPublished On: February 23, 2021Publisher: Random HouseSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: A family is upended when their small-town life becomes the latest battlefield in the culture wars in this of-the-moment novel for readers of Meg Wolitzer and Fleishman Is in Trouble. Life for Ethan and Zo used to be …
Top Ten Tuesday: Purple, Yellow, and Green Book Covers for Mardis Gras
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 Purple, Yellow, and/or Green Book Covers (in honor of Mardis Gras, which is today!) Cover Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash Hello Readers! Happy Mardis Gras! To celebrate, …