Hello Readers! This will be my eighth year to participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge. What I like about this challenge is it pushes me out of my comfort zones a bit, but I can almost always find books off my own shelf to fill the prompts. There’s an informative Goodreads group, as well as …
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My 2024 End-of-the-Year Reading Wrap-Up
Hello Readers! Happy New Year! Before we say goodbye to 2024, it’s nice to look back on our reading year and see what worked and what didn’t, what goals we met, what new bookish things we discovered, and what maybe we decided to let go. Sometimes it’s only while working on my year-end wrap-ups that …
My Popsugar Reading Challenge Wrap-Up for 2024
Hello Readers! This was my seventh year to participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge, and I barely made it happen this year. I typically only allow myself to cheat with a few short stories or children’s books for those prompts that are extra hard for me to fulfill, but this year I ended up reading …
ARC Book Review | A Winter Wish by Emily Stone
Title: A Winter WishAuthor: Emily Stone Genre: Contemporary, Holiday FictionPublished On: October 15, 2024Publisher: Dell (Penguin Random House)Source: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 353 Synopsis: When an unexpected inheritance forces two total opposites to work together, Lexie must decide if Theo is going to push her out—or pull her in for the kiss of a lifetime—in this heartwarming holiday …
ARC Review | Catch and Keep by Erin Hahn
Title: Catch and KeepAuthor: Erin HahnGenre: RomancePublished On: October 15, 2024Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 311 Synopsis: In Erin Hahn’s latest cozy, swoony romance, Maren Laughlin has been fishing her whole life, but she’s finally ready to be caught. At thirty-three, Maren Laughlin’s just turned down her boyfriend’s proposal, walked away from her decade-long …
ARC Book Review | Devil Is Fine by John Vercher
Title: Devil Is FineAuthor: John VercherGenre: Literary Fiction Published On: June 18, 2024Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: digitalPages: 288 Synopsis: From acclaimed novelist John Vercher, a profoundly moving novel of what it means to be a father, a son, a writer, and a biracial American fighting to reconcile the past Reeling from the sudden death of his …
ARC Book Review | Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
Title: Not in LoveAuthor: Ali Hazelwood Genre: Romance, New AdultPublishes on: June 11, 2024Publisher: BerkleySource: digitalPages: 384 Synopsis: A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science. Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as …
20 Books of Summer 2024
I’ll be joining in the #20BooksOfSummer24 challenge again this year, hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books. It’s actually the 10th Anniversary of the challenge, which is so cool! You can check out the announcement here if you’d like to join, as well! 🎉 What I like most about this challenge is the flexibility. You can …
ARC Book Review | The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
Title: The Rom-CommersAuthor: Katherine Center Genre: RomancePublishes on: June 11, 2024Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 336 Synopsis: She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies―good ones! That win contests! But she’s also been …
My May 2024 TBR
Hello Readers! I’m a bit late to posting my TBR this month. It’s the story of my life right now. But I AM happy to report that my reading finally picked up last month, so I’m being terribly optimistic for May, hoping I’ll get to seven books! If I don’t, that’s okay, too. I’m keeping …