Review of “brown girl dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson
Currently reading: An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir
Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn
Review of “The Survivors” by Jane Harper
Reese Witherspoon’s YA Book Club Selection for Jan 2021
Review of “The Pull of the Stars” by
ARC alert
GMA (Good Morning America) Book Club pick for Jan 2021
Roxane Gay Book Club (The Audacious Book Club)
Here is all her books for 2021. If anyone is interested. The book club will up for one year. She is to announce later if this will continue. Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew, Black Futures (January) Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby (February) Brandon Hobson, The Removed (March) Dantiel W. Moniz, Milk, Blood, Read more
Belletrist (Emma Roberts) Book Club Selection Book Club
belletrist-emma-roberts-complete-listDownload For a complete list of all of her books, click the PDF above.
Book Club of the Month Club(BOTM)
I subscribe to the Book of the Month Club. I just started in June 2020. But I love it. I signed up to get an early release of Riley Sager’s new book in June instead of waiting until July. That is a perk to the club is early releases. But Read more
ARCs approved over the last few months
I was approved on Edelweiss for: The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix SweeneyPeople We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry Every Vow You Break by Peter SwansonOne by One by Ruth Ware Netgalley Outlawed by Anna NorthOne Two Three by Laurie FrankelThe Read more
Reese Witherspoon’s January Book Club (Hello Sunshine) Selection
Outlawed by Anna North Here is a list of all of her book selections in a checksheet Reese-Witherspoon-complete-list-of-booksDownload
Jenna Bush-Hager’s Today Show Book Pick for January
Here is a list of all Jenna’s selections so far. It is a check list. Jenna-Bush-Hager-Complete-book-listDownload
Review of “The Light in Hidden Spaces” by Sharon Cameron
I am rating this book a 3.5 star rating. I felt like I have read this story already. Basically, I can sum up this book quickly. A girl hides 13 Jewish people in her house risking her and her sister’s lives for hiding them. This is a common theme for Read more
New Evie Dunmore book
This book will be released in September 2021.
Oprah’s 55 Books to read for 2021
Below is the direct link to all 55 of her most anticipated books for 2021. https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/g34772945/best-books-2021/?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-oprahsbookclub&utm_content=later-12834057&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&fbclid=IwAR1vGdRPxxSxvRN3zsWk63HXk3gWytAyyDleCSl7Uf2b78ZsEpcQPFim6i8
Review of “In A Holidaze” by Christina Lauren
I am giving this book a 5 star review. WOW. I just loved this book! The characters were just fantastic. Enter, Maelyn, who is living with her parents, hates her job, and has no boyfriend in sight. Every year at Christmas, she spends it at a cabin in Utah with Read more
Review of “The Wife Upstairs” by Rachel Hawkins
I am rating this book a 3 star review. This is a “can’t put down” type of thrilling novel, however, it was so unbelievable and eye rolling that I had to rate it a little lower. This is a very brief summary of this book: A young woman with a Read more
New Alex Michaelides Book
This book is so different it seems from his first book called “The Silent Patient.” I actually cannot wait for this novel.
My favorite books of the year
I was lucky enough to read 135 books in 2020. This will be my year total of books. I read 135 books and a total of 37,420 pages read. I read books from 22 countries and 30 US states (I am surprised on how many books are set in Texas, Read more
Review of “An Ember in the Ashes” by Sabaa Tahir
I am rating this book a 4 star review. I rarely read fantasy books. But this book was actually very good. I am rating this book a 4 star review. This is a story about the Marital Empire. One girl is a spy in the empire. She is spying for Read more
Review of “From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home” by Tembi Locke
I am rating this book a 2.5-3 star review. This was truly a sad story. It took me 6 months to read it the whole way through. I almost DNF it. This is a memoir about a woman who loses her husband from cancer. Her husband’s family never accepted her Read more
Review of “Malibu Rising” by Taylor Jenkins Reid
All I can say is wow. One of the best books that I read in 2020! Hands down a 5 star read. This novel is about a family of siblings, but so much more. It is set in the 80’s at Nina’s Riva’s annual party at her Malibu house. You Read more
Andrew Luck Book Club Selection
Here is a list of all his book selections in a check sheet. This is a PDF. Happy reading, Book Nerds! Andrew-Luck-complete-listDownload
Oprah’s Holiday gift guide picks
Book Club of the Month Best Book of 2020….
ARC Alert
Thanks to Goodreads and Simon and Schuster for my new book!
Review of “The Edge of Falling” by Rebecca Serle
I am giving this book a 3.5 star review. This book just failed to deliver for me. Caggie is a young girl who lost her sister in a tragic way. She is grieving and it is consuming her. Everything that she does or decisions being made is from her grief. Read more
Review of “A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow” by Laura Taylor Namey
Reese Witherspoon’s YA Book Club pick. I am rating this book a 4 star review. What a cute story. I enjoyed this book a lot. The characters were adorable. A young Miami girl, Lila, has kind of a nervous break down; her best friend leaves, her boyfriend and her break Read more
The end of the year! Bye 2020…hello 2021!
As we wind down to the end of the year, I like to reflect on the books that I have read this year. Later on, I will be putting the top books that I read this year on my blog. My goal this year is 130 which is a lot Read more
Review of “Starfish” by Lisa Fipps
This novel is a book for all ages. It does not need to just apply for YA. It is written in verse and beautifully tell a story about a young girl who struggles with how other people view her body image. This book is about a young girl who is Read more
Taylor Swift Stack Challenge
As I was on Instagram, I loved this new challenge. It is the Taylor Swift Stack Challenge. You take books that have titles like a Taylor Swift song and then stack them up. You can follow it on Instagram with the #taylorswiftstackchallenge. I just thought it was kind of cool. Read more
Upcoming new books that I am anticipating
I cannot wait for this one. I am trying to get an ARC of it now. This is one that I need to read!