Hello Readers! I had a phenomenal reading month in October thanks to pushing myself to finish My Popsugar Reading Challenge for the year, as well as all my ARCs. I wanted to free up November for Nanowrimo and December for seasonal reading. You can check out My October Wrap-Up to see what all I read. …
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October 2021 Monthly Wrap-Up
Hello Readers! Happy Halloween to those who celebrate. 🎃 I know I’m starting to sound like a broken record, but October flew by! It’s pretty much guaranteed I’ll be saying the same thing about November next month. 😉 I tied with my best reading month of the year in October thanks to wrapping up my …
ARC Book Review | Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
Title: Within These Wicked WallsAuthor: Lauren Blackwood Genre: Young Adult, FantasyPublished On: October 19, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: ebookPages: 336 Synopsis: What the heart desires, the house destroys… Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, Andromeda quickly realizes …
ARC Book Review | The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
Title: The Christmas BookshopAuthor: Jenny Colgan Genre: Holiday, Fiction, RomancePublished On: November 16, 2021Publisher: William Morrow PaperbacksSource: ebookPages: 288 Synopsis: Perfect for the holidays! A brand-new heartwarming Christmas novel from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and Christmas at the Island Hotel. When the department store she works in closes for good, Carmen has …
Top Ten Tuesday: Online Resources For Book Lovers
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 Online Resources for Book Lovers (what websites, podcasts, apps, etc. do you use that make your reading life better?). Hello Readers! October is flying by, but the …
ARC Book Review | Always, In December by Emily Stone
Title: Always, In DecemberAuthor: Emily Stone Genre: RomancePublished On: October 12, 2021Publisher: Dell (Penguin Random House)Source: ebookPages: 398 Synopsis: It started with a letter. It ended with a love story. Every December, Josie posts a letter from her home in London to the parents she lost on Christmas night many years ago. Each year, she writes …
ARC Book Review | The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox
Title: The Holiday SwapAuthor: Maggie Knox Genre: RomancePublished On: October 5, 2021Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsSource: ebookPages: 352 Synopsis: A feel-good, holiday-themed romantic comedy about identical twins who switch lives in the days leading up to Christmas–perfect for fans of Christina Lauren’s In a Holidaze and Josie Silver’s One Day in December. All they want for Christmas is a different …
September 2021 Book Haul
Hello Readers! I had a great reading month in September, with a nice mix of ARCs, backlist books, and fall-themed books. If you’d like to see what I read, check out My September Wrap-Up! My September Haul is a little out of control, but when I wanted to order a book from Book Outlet, it …
September 2021 Monthly Wrap-Up
Hello Readers! Who else feels like we were just talking about the end of 2020 (and how happy we were to see it) and here we are quickly approaching the end of 2021?! My September flew by, but I did manage to read eight books, totaling 3,295 pages! That’s a rather good month for me, …
ARC Review | Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang
Title: Beautiful Country: A MemoirAuthor: Qian Julie WangGenre: MemoirPublished On: September 7, 2021Publisher: Doubleday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: An incandescent memoir from an astonishing new talent, Beautiful Country puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world. In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates …