After visiting New York, my husband gifted me a subscription to The Strand’s The Book HookUp. We’d visited New York City for the first time at Christmas in 2018, stopping in at The Strand bookstore, of course, so it was the perfect gift. What I love about this subscription is that it’s quarterly, so not …
Title: The Love TheoremAuthor: Camilla Isley Genre: RomancePublished on: June 13, 2023 (first published April 25, 2019)Publisher: Boldwood BooksSource: digitalPages: 266 Synopsis: Are a rocket scientist and Hollywood’s brightest star a match made in heaven or is it a catastrophe headed for a crash landing? Lana loves four things: science, her cats, her friends, and her …
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 on My Summer 2023 To-Read List! Hello Readers! We already feel like we’re deep into summer here in Texas. We have an excessive heat …
Title: Our Place on the IslandAuthor: Erika Montgomery Genre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublished On: June 13, 2023Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: physical (giveaway) and digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: For decades, the Campbell women have reunited at the family’s rambling seaside cottage known as Beech House to celebrate life’s many occasions. But this year, they will be called back …
Hello Readers! I have another ambitious TBR for June, which includes mostly ARCs and re-reads, but two new books, as well. I’m hoping to cross off the final books on My Spring TBR, get started on my #20BooksOfSummer23 Challenge, and continue to cross off prompts from My Popsugar Challenge. If you look back at My …
Hello Readers! It’s June, which means it’s time to look back at what I added to my physical and digital shelves in May. The month was heavy on Advanced Reader Copies, but they’re nicely spaced out over the next several months so I’m not panicking too much. 😉 I also picked up some new books …
Hello Readers! I haven’t done much blogging or reading the past week, and the end of the month snuck up on me. My husband took the last week of the month off from work, but we didn’t go anywhere, opting to stay home and tackle some projects here. We spent some time getting the yard …
Title: Something MoreAuthor: Jackie KhaliliehGenre: YA ContemporaryPublishes On: June 6, 2023Publisher: Penguin Random House CanadaSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 336 Synopsis: A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism diagnosis while navigating her first year of high school, for fans of Jenny Han and Samira Ahmed. Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner …
Title: Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable TriumphsAuthor: Andrew RannellsGenre: Nonfiction, MemoirPublishes On: May 16, 2023Publisher: CrownSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 254 Synopsis: Candid, hilarious essays from the star of The Book of Mormon, Girls, and Big Mouth on anxiety, ambition, and the uncertain path to adulthood, which ask, how will we know when we get there? In Uncle of the …
Hello Readers! I have an ambitious TBR for May. I’m gonna set my goal high and hope for the best. 🤞 I’m hoping to read three of my most anticipated books of the year (which I’m having to actually purchase since I didn’t get the ARCs 😃), as well as start my reread of The …
