And they lived happily ever after…?
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Hello everyone and welcome to my monthly Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish… Read more Continue reading TTT: Characters I’d Follow on Social Media
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FeaturedWith the Fire on High Book Review- What Will the Future Hold?
Title: With the Fire On High Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Rating: 4.5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Quote: And so at the age of four, I learned someone could cry from a happy memory. Unspoilery Blurb It’s Emoni’s senior year, but she has felt like an adult for the past four years. Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni has… Read more Continue reading With the Fire on High Book Review- What Will the Future Hold?
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FeaturedThe Anti-Valentine's Day Tag
Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely Valentine’s Day, and a 3-day weekend for some! It’s Tag Thursday, and today I’ll be answering questions for an anti-Valentine’s day tag. Thanks for tagging me Alys @ Alys in Bookland . I hope you guys enjoy! Rules: Link back to the blog that tagged you! Answer… Read more Continue reading The Anti-Valentine's Day Tag
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FeaturedTwice in a Blue Moon Book Review- the Past, the Present, and the Future
Title: Twice in a Blue Moon Author: Christina Lauren Genre: Adult Contemporary Fiction Rating: 4.5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Quote: The worst thing I ever did was for the best reason I ever had” Unspoilery Blurb Tate has a secret that she has never told anyone, until now. For her graduation present, Tate’s grandma takes her on a trip… Read more Continue reading Twice in a Blue Moon Book Review- the Past, the Present, and the Future
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FeaturedFame, Fate, and the First Kiss Book Review- Well, the First Real Kiss
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so here is a sweet, YA romance book review to get everyone into the mood! I hope you all have something fun planned with loved ones (or yourself in you’re more into that!). Title: Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss Author: Kasie West Genre: YA Romance Rating: 4* Quote: I’d never… Read more Continue reading Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss Book Review- Well, the First Real Kiss
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FeaturedValentine’s Day Book Tag- Are You Ready?!
It’s almost Valentine’s Day! Do you have any plans to celebrate? Well, ready or not, here it comes! I saw this fun Valentine’s Day tag over at Chelle’s Book Ramblings and thought that it looked fun! She found this tag from The Sassy Geek! So here it goes… The Questions: A Stand-alone Book You Love… Read more Continue reading Valentine’s Day Book Tag- Are You Ready?!
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FeaturedFreaky in Fresno ARC Review- Living In Another’s Shoes
Happy Book Birthday week to Freaky In Fresno! This book was an ARC given to me from the publisher and author through NetGalley in return for an honest review. Thank you for this opportunity, and know that all thoughts are my own and do not reflect the author or publisher in any way. Title: Freaky… Read more Continue reading Freaky in Fresno ARC Review- Living In Another’s Shoes
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FeaturedFinding Audrey Book Review- You’re Stronger Than You Think
Hello everyone! So, when I started this book, I wasn’t prepared to write a review about it. However, now I feel like I have to because it was so good, and it totally caught me off guard! I read this book because it has been on my TBR for years and I finally got a… Read more Continue reading Finding Audrey Book Review- You’re Stronger Than You Think
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FeaturedCirce Book Review- The Trials and Tribulations of a Sorceress
Title: Circe Author: Madeline Miller Rating: 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Quote: “You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you.” Unspoilery Blurb Circe, the daughter of a titan and a nymph, is unique. She does not love her immortality the same way other gods, goddesses, and nymphs do. Being the ugliest… Read more Continue reading Circe Book Review- The Trials and Tribulations of a Sorceress
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FeaturedJanuary Wrap-Up and February TBR
Hello all! Can you believe January is over and done with for 2020?! Now onto February. ❤️ I was able to read a lot more in January than I had scheduled- although I didn’t completely stick to my TBR… So, in January I finished: 10 Books Total 4 were physical copies 5 audiobooks 1 eARC… Read more Continue reading January Wrap-Up and February TBR
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FeaturedHusband Material- ARC Review: Death, Life, and Living
“As time goes on, things change. And real life has an arc to it, remember?” This book was an ARC given to me from the publisher and author through NetGalley in return for an honest review. Thank you for this opportunity, and know that all thoughts are my own and do not reflect the author… Read more Continue reading Husband Material- ARC Review: Death, Life, and Living
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Shadow of the Fox Series: a story from Japanese Mythology
This series review is spoiler- free! There is a legend of a dragon that rose one thousand years ago and granted a terrible wish that plunged the land of Iwagoto into darkness. To protect the world from anyone summoning the dragon again, the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers was split into three and separated so… Read more Continue reading Shadow of the Fox Series: a story from Japanese Mythology
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Recent Additions to my Bookshelf: Top Ten Tuesday
Hello everyone! I’ve never done a TTT post, but one of my goals for 2020 was to complete one a month so here we go! 🎉 Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was… Read more Continue reading Recent Additions to my Bookshelf: Top Ten Tuesday
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The Bride Test- Girl Loves Boy, Loves Girl
Title: The Bride Test Author: Helen Hoang Book 2 of The Kiss Quotient 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It felt too big. At the same time, it didn’t feel like enough. Unspoilery Blurb Esme cleans bathrooms for a living to support her family in Vietnam, and she never expected to find a chance for a new life while working… Read more Continue reading The Bride Test- Girl Loves Boy, Loves Girl
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Walking Through a "Winter Wonderland Book Tag"
A few months ago, I saw this Winter Wonderland Book Tag over on Steph’s site, A Little But A Lot. I marked this tag then, and I’m finally going to complete it- and it’s totally still winter, so I’m not too late! 🙃 1)What book is so happy and so sweet that it just warms… Read more Continue reading Walking Through a "Winter Wonderland Book Tag"
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The Starless Sea…An Ode to Stories and Myths
The Starless Sea Author: Erin Morgenstern Genre: Fantasy Quote: I think the best stories feel like they’re still going somewhere out in space. Rating: 4* An ode to both stories and myths, The Starless Sea was a stunningly descriptive and complex story about the main character’s struggle through time and a secret, underground information society.… Read more Continue reading The Starless Sea…An Ode to Stories and Myths
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Mystery Blogger Award and Nominations
Hello everyone! I had the immense honor of being nominated for the Mystery Blogger Award by none other than the amazing, Chocoviv. Thank you so much for the nomination, and for being such a stunning part of this blogging community. Go check out her site at Chocoviv’s Lifestyle blog. What is the Mystery Blogger Award? … Read more Continue reading Mystery Blogger Award and Nominations
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‘Tis the Season Book Tag
So this is kind of late, but I was tagged in this book tag by Danni at _ForBooksSake and I wanted to complete it! Thank you so much for the tag, and you can check out Danni’s great answers at the link above! Alright, so I am going to pretend that this a winter instead… Read more Continue reading ‘Tis the Season Book Tag
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Mini Reviews from 2019- Part 2
Hello all! How is everyone’s New Year going? I hope 2020 is treating everyone well! I am back with the second half of the books that I read and did not have time to review back in December. So, without further ado, here are some amazing books! (All the below information is spoiler-free!) 1) The… Read more Continue reading Mini Reviews from 2019- Part 2
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Mini Reviews- Christmassy Books from 2019
Hello all! Well I finished a lot of books last month that I did not have time to write reviews for because of the holidays, so I have decided to try my hand at mini reviews. I have 8 books to discuss with you all, so I will do 4 today and the other 4… Read more Continue reading Mini Reviews- Christmassy Books from 2019
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December and 2019 Wrap-Up
Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020. This has been an exciting year for me. I started blogging, and I reached 100 followers. I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to read (and hopefully enjoy) my blog! I couldn’t do it without the support of all you amazing people! I moved into my first… Read more Continue reading December and 2019 Wrap-Up
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The Fountains of Silence Book Review
The Fountains of Silence Author: Ruta Sepetys Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 5* Quote: The history hasn’t written itself yet, Matheson. But you’re capturing it as we speak with your photos. Unspoilery Review Fountains of Silence is a breathtakingly written book about the hidden, dark side of sunny Spain in 1957. Occurring 10 years after the… Read more Continue reading The Fountains of Silence Book Review
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The Harry Potter Christmas Tag
Hello everyone! I was recently tagged in this Harry Potter Christmas tag by Danni over @ ForBooksSake, and I’m excited to share my answers with you all! Thank you Danni for the tag and all your great content! The Rules: Link Back to the Creator: Charleigh Writes You Can’t Choose any Harry Potter Book for… Read more Continue reading The Harry Potter Christmas Tag
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Wayward Son Book Review
Title: Wayward Son Author: Rainbow Rowell Series: Simon Snow #2 My Rating: 4.25* Quote: When someone shows you who they are, believe them. This book is the sequel to Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, so the first part of this review will be unspoilery for Wayward Son but spoil Carry On. So stop reading if… Read more Continue reading Wayward Son Book Review
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Make Your Own Fictional Christmas Squad Tag
Hello everyone! So I found this tag over on Jenniely’s site, and I thoroughly enjoyed her answers and I want to try it out for myself. Thank you Jenniely for having such fun content! Go check out her site! Rules: Thank the person who tagged you, and link back to their post! Link to both… Read more Continue reading Make Your Own Fictional Christmas Squad Tag
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American Royals Book Review
Hello everyone! Well it has been a crazy few weeks! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving/ end of November! My husband and I took a trip to London, then flew into Los Angeles to spend a day in Disneyland with my family before having our massive Thanksgiving meal (I’m trying to decide if… Read more Continue reading American Royals Book Review
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The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae Book Review
The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae Author: Stephanie Butland Genre: Contemporary Rating: 4* Unspoilery Review Ailsa Rae has finally received the heart transplant that she has been waiting 28 years for, but after always living a careful, stressful life with her mother, Hayley, having a chance at a real life seems too good to be… Read more Continue reading The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae Book Review
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The Kiss Quotient Book Review
Title: The Kiss Quotient Author: Helen Hoang Genre: Adult Romance Rating: 4.5 * “‘You don’t like French kissing?’ — ‘It makes me feel like a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish.’” Unspoilery Section Stella loves math and solving puzzles, but she does not like being touched. She has a high functioning form of… Read more Continue reading The Kiss Quotient Book Review
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Fireborne Book Review
FireborneAuthor: Rosaria MundaSeries: Book 1 of The Aurelian CycleRating: 5* Which matters most: the family you were born into, or the one you’ve chosen? Unspoilery Section: Dragons. Battles. Tournaments. An old regime. A revolution. A new regime. In the bloody aftermath of the Revolution, Lee and Annie are left orphaned and alone. When they find… Read more Continue reading Fireborne Book Review
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FeaturedBlogtober Wrap-Up
Well, can you believe it? It’s October 31st. Halloween! And the last, 31st, day of Blogtober. I cannot believe that I managed to keep up my Blogtober schedule. I definitely thought that I would mess up! This has been such a fun, rewarding experience for me! I’m so glad that I made the spontaneous decision… Read more Continue reading Blogtober Wrap-Up
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Rainy Day Activities
This 30th Blogtober post comes from my longing for rain and the excess of rain that people on my Twitter and WordPress feeds are experiencing. I know that not everyone enjoys the rain, but I love it. To be fair, I probably enjoy it because it rains some where I live, but definitely not enough… Read more Continue reading Rainy Day Activities
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Romanov Book Review
“The bond of our hearts spans miles, memory, and time.” Unspoilery Section Romanov is a book about the Romanov family’s captivity as Russia is being overrun by the Red Army of Bolsheviks. This book begins after Anastasia’s father had already abdicated the throne and the Bolsheviks brought the family into hiding. When being moved to… Read more Continue reading Romanov Book Review
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Top 5 Children’s Autumn Books
For my Blogtober #28 post, I want to tell you my 5 favorite Autumn books that I read as a child. My mom read to me and my siblings all the time, and my love of reading developed really early. We would always have a collection of seasonal books around the house during this time… Read more Continue reading Top 5 Children’s Autumn Books
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Four Favorite Harry Potter Spells
This Blogtober #27 post was created by Anniek’s Library and The Library Looter! Thank you guys for your amazing ideas! I love this prompt! Harry Potter spells…I feel like I don’t quite know all the spells well-enough to truly do this prompt justice, but I will try my best! Random fact, my family has a… Read more Continue reading Four Favorite Harry Potter Spells
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Hello Girls
Unspoilery Section Best friends are forged by fire. Winona and Lucille have very different lives, but they do have one thing in common- they want to escape anywhere else. When they met outside the police station one rainy night, they were not prepared to find their best friend. After some confession and bonding, the girls… Read more Continue reading Hello Girls
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Cozy Books
Hello! So this Blogtober #25 post was created by Jenniely. Thank you for your amazing content and great ideas! So, I’m not horribly good at labeling books like this, but I’m going to do my best to pick out some cozy books! I’m deciding these books based on wanting to binge-read it by a fire… Read more Continue reading Cozy Books
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Bucket List for Fall
This Blogtober #24 post was taken from the list of ideas created by Raven Black. Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I love the autumn season, and there are a few things that I have to do every year in order for the season to feel completed/ wonderful/ satisfactory. That leads me to my Fall… Read more Continue reading Bucket List for Fall
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The Unhoneymooners Book Review
Unspoilery Section Olive Torres is unlucky. Things never seem to go her way, unlike her lucky twin sister, Ami. But when Ami’s wedding falls apart, she sends Olive on her free honeymoon to Maui- with her husband’s brother, Ethan. Olive has long hated the annoyingly attractive Ethan, and she is not thrilled to have him… Read more Continue reading The Unhoneymooners Book Review
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Top 5 Bookish Villains
So today’s Blogtober #22 post is about my favorite villains from books! Doing this tag I realized that I’m not a big villain person. I love villains with an amazing backstory or are mostly situational (not even necessarily one person). But I went through my books and selected 5 “chosen” villains… Mortmain From: Infernal Devices… Read more Continue reading Top 5 Bookish Villains
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Meet Cute Book Review
Unspoilery Blurb: “I always imagined that if I met one of my favorite celebrities, I’d act cool, be all casual about it, treat them like a regular person. Obviously I was very wrong about that.” When Kailyn literally runs into her childhood crush, Daxton Hughes, from her favorite TV show, the interaction ends with him… Read more Continue reading Meet Cute Book Review
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10 Reasons Why You Love/ Hate Autumn
This Blogtober #20 prompt comes from Jenniely’s site; thank you for your great ideas! I was going to try and pick an even 5 things I love about autumn and 5 things I hate, but I couldn’t quite do that. So here are 7 reasons why I love autumn and 3 reasons why I hate… Read more Continue reading 10 Reasons Why You Love/ Hate Autumn
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Well Met Book Review
Unspoilery Blurb: When Emily moves to Willow Creek to help her sister after a car crash, she doesn’t expect to get roped into working the local Renaissance Faire. She really doesn’t expect to enjoy it or fall in love, but life is full of surprises. Unspoilery Summary: Well Met by Jen DeLuca tells the story… Read more Continue reading Well Met Book Review
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The Halloween Song Book Tag
This Blogtober #18 post is a tag that I saw over at Holly Reads a Lot. Thanks for sharing such a fun, festive post! Go to her site to see her answers to this tag and other amazing content! I have never been too much of a Halloween person, but I couldn’t pass up such… Read more Continue reading The Halloween Song Book Tag
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Heartless Book Review
Long before she was the terror of Wonderland- the infamous Queen of Hearts- she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. Unspoilery Blurb: Heartless, by Marissa Meyer, is a fairy-tale based novel telling the backstory of the Queen of Hearts. Catherine is a girl who loves baking and wants to start a… Read more Continue reading Heartless Book Review
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What Were You Reading this Time Last Year?
Today’s Blogtober #16 post was created by Anniek and Haf, so check out their sites to see their Blogtober content and much more! Last year around this time I was binging Harry Potter. Last August, I got a job as a librarian at an elementary school, so I began “proofing” books to add to the… Read more Continue reading What Were You Reading this Time Last Year?
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Favorite Autumnal Book Covers
This Blogtober #15 post was created by Jenniely. Go check out her site for amazing content! Confession. I apparently have not read very many autumnal books. Which is weird, because I completely adore Fall. Apparently, I fulfill all my necessary autumnal cheesiness watching Hallmark movies instead of reading Fall books. (Don’t hate, Hallmark movies are… Read more Continue reading Favorite Autumnal Book Covers
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Treats to Read With
This Blogtober #14 post was created by Jenniely! Thank you for all of the great ideas! Autumn is a wonderful time for reading, and it is always nice to have a snack for eating. Below are some of my favorite treats to munch on while I’m exploring a good story. Chocolate Covered Almonds I love… Read more Continue reading Treats to Read With
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January Book Review
The Ten Thousand Doors of January Author: Alix E. Harrow Publication Date: September 10, 2019 Genre: YA Fantasy Quote: “When one enters a Door, one must be brave enough to see the other side.” Unspoilery Review: When January Scaller finds a mysterious book, she embarks on a fantastical journey through Doors and worlds that she… Read more Continue reading The Ten Thousand Doors of January Book Review
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Why Autumn is the Best/ Worst Time for Readers
Autumn. Long cool evenings, brisk breezes, pumpkins and leaves. It’s all so lovely. To be perfect, or not to be perfect. That is the question for this Blogtober #11 Post. This post was created by Jenniely last year, so thank you for your wonderful ideas! Go check out her site for amazing content! Why Autumn… Read more Continue reading Why Autumn is the Best/ Worst Time for Readers
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80’s Movie Book Tag
Today’s Blogtober #10 is going to be a tad different than planned because I got tagged in The 80’s Movie Book Tag! Thank you Yvonne at The Coy Caterpillar Reads for tagging me in this post! I loved reading your answers, and I can’t wait to give it a shot. Go check out her site… Read more Continue reading 80’s Movie Book Tag
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