This book is written in verse and beautiful. This novel is really important for YA and adults to read alike. I am reviewing this book with a 4.5 star review. This is her memoir as a child growing up in South Carolina and Brooklyn as a young black girl in the 60s and 70s. She Read more
Year: 2021
Currently reading: An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir
Book 1: An Ember in the Ashes Book 2: A Torch Against the Night Book 3: A Reaper at the Gates Book 4: A Sky Beyond the Storm Watch my blog for my reviews for each of them. As of 1/15/21, I finished book 1 and almost completed book 2. This is not my typical Read more
Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn
Thanks to the Netflix series as well as Shonda Rhimes (Greys Anatomy as well as other notable shows), people are in love with this series. Here are the books in order as well as a link to a family tree. Book 1: The Duke and I Book 2: The Viscount Who Loved Me Book 3: Read more
Review of “The Survivors” by Jane Harper
I am giving this book a 5 star review! I really enjoyed everything from the characters, mystery, and setting of this book! The story centers around two things that happen in a small town in Tasmania. The one event happened a decade before during a storm where 2 people died trying to rescue the main Read more
Reese Witherspoon’s YA Book Club Selection for Jan 2021
A complete list of Reese’s book selections as a check sheet is listed below.
Review of “The Pull of the Stars” by
I am giving this book a 3 or a 3.5 star review. This book is about the influenza of 1918 in Ireland. The setting is at a “motherhouse;” mothers who are inflicted with the “gripe” go here. The story is told from the nurse’s perspective and takes place for about 3 days in that ward. Read more
ARC alert
Thanks to Netgalley for this beauty! I mean look at that cover. I fell in love with Christina Lauren with Unhoneymooners and Holidaze. She is becoming one of my favorite authors. I cannot wait to read this one! My review will be on Netgalley, Goodreads, here on my blog and social media. Happy reading, Book Read more
GMA (Good Morning America) Book Club pick for Jan 2021
Here is a list of all the books in a check list for anyone wanting to know.
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, Heat(April) Kaitlyn Greenridge, Libertie (May) Gabriela Read more
Belletrist (Emma Roberts) Book Club Selection Book Club
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 they are physical books and 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 Sweeney People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson One by One by Ruth Ware Netgalley Outlawed by Anna North One Two Three by Laurie Frankel The Address Read more
Reese Witherspoon’s January Book Club (Hello Sunshine) Selection
Here is a list of all of her book selections in a checksheet
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.
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 WW2 books. I liked the 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 family friends and family. She 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 hidden past is a dog Read more