Rating: 4 star review Summary: A memoir about the personal life and career of Paul Holes. He worked on a lot of high-profile cases. One of the most notable cases was the EAR or Golden State Killer. He also talks about how his career affected his personal life. I am labeling this as a memoir Read more
Category: Articles
New Book Club from NYT (New York Times) and PBS NewsHour
https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/now-read-this Go here for an updated list of Book Clubs by celebrities or public websites! 🙂 I will be updating my celberity book guide. Even though this is not a celebrity book club… it is a public book club! Happy reading, Book Nerds!
Arc alert: Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin
I got this today as book mail! Thanks to celadon books for my arc of Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin! I really enjoyed her other book called Saint X! It says it is a cross between The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and anything by Margaret Atwood! It comes out June 2022!
March Book News (including book to movie adaptions)
I will update this all March long. Memoirs: Claire Foy (Facebook whistleblower) memoir: Deborah Birx (COVID-19 Task Force- former during Trump’s administration) is penning a book Outlander prequel series for Starz Notes for an Execution by Danya Kukafka will be adapted into a TV series Flatshare by Beth O’Leary will be on Paramount + Harold Read more
Spoilers March 2022 celebrity book clubs
Taylor Jenkins Reid’s new book!!!!@
I cannot wait! I hope I get an arc!!!!!
Review of “The Christie Affair” by Nina de Gramont
Overall: 3 star review Summary: There were 11 days when Agatha Christie disappeared from her home after her husband announced he was leaving her for another woman. This is the story behind that disappearance. My thoughts: I thought this book was going to be great. But it was slow paced and quite boring. I also Read more
Review of “The Roommate” by Rosie Danan
Overall: 3 star review Summary: Clara is from a wealthy family. Clara is an uptight socialite. She moves to CA to be with her crush, but he leaves as soon as she gets there. She has a stranger as a roommate, Josh. Josh is a porn star. Sparks fly after a night of teaching Clara Read more
Belletrist. Emma Roberts’ Book Club pick Feb 2022
A full list of her books below
Pick your next book from your TBR list with our free new app for Androids!
Our new TBR (To Be Read) book selection app is available for Android users in the google play store: Here. The app is great for keeping track of your To Be Read list by saving all of your book titles to your phone. When you are ready to read your next book just use the Read more
2021 was a great year in books….
I completed 136 books this year. I had a slow period from July to October. I had a lot of stress at work. After taking care of that, I got back on track. But it really slowed me down. My goal was 130 books, so I cannot complain. But I wanted to reach 150 books Read more
My 2022 most anticipated books
Book News and adaptions to TV and movies
I am going to keep adding to this. So if you double back to this post, it may have more book news! Last updated 10/19/21. Books: Jennifer Hillier- Things We Do in the Dark Casey MeQuiston- I Kisses Shara Wheeler The 10th Outlander book will be published soon. She has the 9th book coming out Read more
2 year anniversary of Book Nerd Alert Blog
I cannot believe that my blog is 2 years old! This blog started when I needed an emotional outlet from stress. I love to talk, read, and research books. So this blog was a natural fit for me! I never really talk on here about myself. I live in a VERY small town. I grew Read more
Jimmy Fallon’s summer reads pick 2021
Reese Witherspoon Late Summer YA pick is….
A checklist of all her books will be posted when I return on my vacation. Above is the link for all Reese’s book picks. I just got back from my vacation! It was so nice to get away. Now back to reality and my blog!
Bullying and reading
My co-worker has been bullying me. At first, it started with him bullying me with work-related tasks. (I promise this will talk about books in a second). But he started to call me a rude nickname and will say inappropriate comments to me as well. Needless to say, the other day I was talking to Read more
How To Cure A Reading Slump
I am currently at a reading slump. I have been thinking about ways to get me out of this slump. Sometimes during the year, I need motivation to keep reading. What do you do to get yourself out of a reading slump? Here are a few good tips to try to avoid the dreaded slump. Read more
New Stephen King Book
For a printable list of all his books, go to my other blog post!
BOTM (Book of the Month Stats
I compiled a list of data about BOTM which will be included with my monthly printable check list of the books. This is a pie chart of every main pick’s genres. These are only main picks and not add-ons DEBUT: 117 MAIN books were debuts which is about 31% of the total books are debuts- Read more
Arc alert
Celebrities who read…
My BOTM selections for June 2021
I got Malibu Rising and read it a few months back. You can read my review. 5 stars! I got an arc sent to me for The Maidens last week. I am currently reading that one. You can see that with my ARC alert blog post last week. You will see my review later on Read more
GMA (Good Morning America) June 2021 pick (complete list of books)
For a complete list of books, you can click on this PDF!
Arc alert
Omg! I got this arc today in the mail! The Maidens by Alex Michaelides! Same author of the best selling book called The Silent Patient! I cannot wait to read and review this book! This book is out June 15th!
Review of “There You’ll Find Me” by Jenny B. Jones
Overall: 4/5 Stars Summary of review: What a great book! I really enjoyed this book a lot! Read it before the movie comes out! Summary: Finley is 18 years old and already had a tragedy in her life. Her brother has died. She decides to follow in her brother’s footsteps to Ireland to finish her Read more
Spoilers for Celebrity Book club picks- June 2021 Reese adult and ya, GOOP, Jenna bush-hager, Oprah and gma
Book News (TV and Movie adaptions- other book news)
Pizza Hut Book It! Summer Reading Camp is here! It is a free virtual camp open to children ages 4-12. It is open from June to August. Parents can track their kid’s goals. When they meet their goals, they get a free one topping personal pan pizza. HarperCollins bought Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Sarah J. Maas Read more
Subscriptions Book Clubs
Book of the Month- $14.99/month plus an optional $9.99 for two add-ons. All genres and 5 new books plus a few new add-ons every month to choose from. Owlcrate– Every box has a creative theme that ties everything together- Typically YA- $29.99 a month Once Upon a Book Club– Themed book box- 1 book with Read more
1.5 year Anniversary of my Blog
Wow! I cannot believe that I started a blog 1.5 years ago! Since I started my blog, I have read about 285 books! I have really enjoyed sharing my reviews, making book lists, and discussing books. For 2021, I am at 50 books for the year with a goal of 130-150 books. Fingers crossed that Read more