End-of-the-Year Wrap-Up

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 …

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ARC Review Book Review

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 …

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TBR Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: My Winter 2025 TBR

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 Winter 2024-2025 To-Read List! Hello Readers! My blogging and reading year has been atrocious for many various life reasons—good and not so …

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ARC Book Review | The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Title: The Wedding PeopleAuthor: Alison Espach Genre: Literary FictionPublished On: July 30, 2024Publisher: Henry HoltSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 384 Synopsis: A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help us start anew. It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe …

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ARC Book Review | Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell

Title: Slow DanceAuthor: Rainbow Rowell Genre: Adult FictionPublished On: July 30, 2024Publisher: William MorrowSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 496 Synopsis: A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK! Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together . . . everybody but Shiloh and Cary. They were just friends. Best friends. Allies. They spent entire summers sitting …

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ARC Book Review | Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North

Title: Rules for Second ChancesAuthor: Maggie North Genre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: June 25, 2024Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 346 Synopsis: Liz Lewis has tried everything to be what people want, but she’s alwaysbeen labeled different in the boisterous world of wilderness expeditions.Her marriage to popular adventure guide Tobin Renner-Lewis isa sinkhole of toxic positivity where …

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ARC Book Review | Right Where We Left Us by Jen Devon

Title: Right Where We Left UsAuthor: Jen DevonGenre: RomancePublished On: June 18, 2024Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: digitalPages: 359 Synopsis: Temperance Jean Madigan and Duncan Brady have never gotten it right. After one radiant, secret summer together when they were eighteen, they’ve been on-again off-again ever since. Now, despite red-hot chemistry and TJ’s closeness with Duncan’s …

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Book Haul Monthly Wrap-Up TBR

May 2024 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul

Hello Readers! I don’t think I’ve ever been so late to post a wrap-up. Life has been a busy hot mess lately—from tornadoes to health scares to party planning to NBA Finals—which has left me no time for blogging OR reading. Keep reading if you’d like the gory details or skip ahead if you’re only …

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