I am giving this book a 3.5-4 star review! I enjoyed this book but not as much as the 1st one in this series. But I still thought it was cute and a quick read! I enjoyed “Waiting for Tom Hanks” because it was cute and funny. This was lacked in the funny part. This Read more
Keeping track of the books you read….
So many people keep track of their books in so many ways! I used to keep an Excel spreadsheet, journal, and now on Goodreads. But here is a breakdown of a few ways that you can keep track of you TBR and read lists! My top choices would be: Goodreads- It is great because you Read more
Review of “Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women” by Kate Moore
I am giving this book a 3.5 to 4 star review. This book was very interesting. I rarely pick up a non-fiction book. But I really enjoyed this one. Not for the writing, but more for the knowledge about what happened to these women. It is about the heartbreaking story of the dial painting “girls.” Read more
Book Adaption to Movies/T.V. and other News
HBO Max is adapting “Unpregnant” by Ted Caplan to a film! You can stream it on HBO on 9/10/20! Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire fame) will be starring and producing an adaption to Alka Joshi’s “The Henna Artist.” I read this book, and I thought it was fantastic! it will be a TV series! Cover reveal Read more
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine YA Book Club and announced her 1st book
OMG! Reese Witherspoon is starting a YA book club that will announce a pick the middle of every month! Reese just keeps giving us great books to read! I am a fan of YA novels as well as adult novels. So this will be a treat! Here is her announcement. Here is her selection! I Read more
Book news on TV/Movie adaptations and more
‘The Turnout’ will adapted to TV From Author Megan Abbott! Hulu is adapted a movie from Clive Barker’s “Books of Blood” LeBron James and Universal are teaming up for a movie of the graphic novel “New Kid,” by Jerry Craft. I read this book a while back and it was good! Candice Fox’s “Crimson Lake” is going to be Read more
Book News (a lot of upcoming adaptions to TV/movies)
Sharon Stone will have her memoirs coming in March! This should be a juicy book! “Mexican Gothic” us being adapted by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos as a series for Hulu! Weird Al is writing a book due out in October 2020. Black & White & Weird All Over for any fans out there. Lily Read more
Mortal Instruments books in order
City of Bones City of Ashes City of Glass City of Fallen Angels City of Lost Souls City of Heavenly Fire The Bane Chronicles Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy The Shadowhunter’s Codex Happy reading, Book Nerds!
Review of “City of Bones” by Cassandra Clare
I am giving this book a 4 star review. “City of Bones” by Cassandra Clare is the 1st book in the series of “The Mortal Instruments.” This is not my typical genre to read. But it held my interest, and I am shocked. It is well written novel. I had never read a book, watched Read more
Happy National Book Day!
As many people know, I love books! I love reading, researching, browsing, discussing, blogging and just everything in between when it comes to books. Reading helps me escape from the world. With reading a book, I have traveled all over the world. I have learned about cultures. I have lived a 1000 lives and walked Read more
Book News (What is coming to the big and small screens soon)
The YA novel ” They Wish They Were Us” Jessica Goodman is getting an adaption! Sydney Sweeney is producing and starring in this novel! Stephen King will be releasing a new book in March. It is a crime novel called “Later.” It is about Jamie Conklin, a boy whose unusual abilities could aid his single mom and Read more
Surprising book/movie adaptions
After reading “Rabbit Proof Fence,” I saw there was a movie adaption. I was shocked and rented it immediately afterward. This got me thinking about a lot of surprising book/movie adaptions that I had over the years! Here are some of the ones that I was shocked to see were based on books! Die Hard- Read more
A note about “Midnight Sun” by Stephenie Meyer
Wow! The buzz about this book has started as yesterday every Twilight fan was getting their pre-order copies! I am going to wait a little to read this book. But that does not mean that I have been reading all about the buzz. This novel is told in Edward Cullen’s perspective. It should be an Read more
Oprah’s Book Club Pick for August 2020 is….
“Caste: The Orgins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson A full list of every book selected from her book club is a PDF here. It is a checklist that is made to print. You can download it here! Happy Reading, Book Nerds!
Belletrist (Emma Roberts’ Book Club) August book selections
She chose two books this month. “Blue Ticket” by Sophie Mackintosh “Luster: A Novel” by Raven Leilani For a complete list of her books in a check list made to print, click this PDF! Happy reading, Book Nerds!
Sister Books (A list of books all about sisters)
After watching “Little Women,” it had me thinking about sisters. What books could I read about sisters. I have two sisters (I am also an identical twin…). “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott (HAS to be on the list) “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austin “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austin “My Sister’s Keeper” by Read more
Amazon Celebrity Picks: Jessica Simpson
www.amazon.com/amazonbookreview/celebritypicks/ This is not a direct link. Please type this into your browser. Amazon has celebrity picks all the time. This week it is Jessica Simpson! How cool?!?!?!?! Jessica Simpson selected: “The Book of Longings” “Normal People” “The Paris Wife” “The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedoms” To see other celebrities and their Read more
Jenna Bush-Hager’s (Today Show) Book Club Selection August 2020
Yes!!!! you get two books this month! “The Comeback” by Ella Berman “Here for It” by R. Eric Thomas Below is the new updated check list for download in PDF. Happy Reading, Book Nerds!
A new celebrity book club: Goop Book Club (Gwyneth Paltrow)
Another celebrity book club that started in May 2020! Gwyneth Paltrow is starting to recommend books monthly on her Goop website. I will have the celebrity book club guide updated here shortly. Here are her books selections thus far: July 2020: “Lot” by Bryan Washington June 2020- “Latitudes and Longing” by Shubhangi Swarup May 2020- Read more
Review of “Rabbit Proof Fence” by Doris Pilkington
I am giving this book a 4 star review. I learned a lot about Aboriginals in Australia with this novel. It was an interesting read for sure. My heart was broken with these girls stories. Basically you get the history of Aboriginals from the time white settlers came to the girl’s trek through harsh Australian Read more
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club August Selection and complete list
Reese’s selection was “Everything Inside” by Edwidge Danticat. I was reading the guesses and the spoiler groups for this month. They were ALL way off with her selection this month. But looks like a good one! Here is a PDF of all her books from start to this month including other recommended books by Reese! Read more
What is on a celebrity’s book shelf?
Go to this article. They literally zoomed in to see what was on the shelves of your favorite celebrities! Thanks to New York Times for zooming in! 🙂 Tom Hanks, Paltrow, etc. Check it out by clicking the picture above to go to the article!
Book news! Alright, alright, alright!
Matthew McConaughey has a memoir that will release this fall. The actor turned a diary that he had over 35 years ago into a book! “Greenlights”will be released October 20, 2020. Alright, alright alright…I will read it! The short story “Sinkhole” by Leyna Krow will be getting the film adaptation with Jordan Peele’s Production company. Read more
Review of “Leah on the Offbeat” by Becky Albertalli
I am giving this book a 3.5 star review. So I love the “Simonverse” novels! I really wanted to like this book as much as the others, but there was something about it that was flat for me. We are taken back to Alabama where we meet the “Simon gang” again! This time Leah is Read more
Review of “One to Watch” by Kate Stayman-London
I am rating this novel a 3.5 star review. I am a reality show fanatic. I thought for sure that I was just going to fall in love with this book. I just had a lot of things that bothered me with this novel though. The premise: A blogger, Bea, writes about the cast of Read more
ARC Alert
I won an arc today! I am excited about this one! Kristin Hannah’s new novel called “Four Winds” due to release in Feb 2021! I cannot start it right now, but it will be next on my list for sure!
Updated Celebrity Book Guide
This is an updated celebrity book club guide. I had an old post, but this is up to date and looks nicer! The other is a PDF. This took me a while to compile, but I hope it helps people. I will keep it up to date when new ones start! Happy reading, Book Nerds!
Sweet Magnolias novels in order
Did you watch the Netflix TV show called “Sweet Magnolias” and wondered if you should read the books? Well, I have too! Here are the books in order! They are wrote by Sherryl Woods! Sweet Magnolias Stealing Home A Slice of Heaven Feels Like Family Welcome to Serenity Home in Carolina Sweet Tea Sunrise Honeysuckle Read more
Nicolas Spark’s Complete Book Guide
Ever since the hit book “The Notebook,” people have been reading and enjoying Nicolas Sparks’ books. They are adapted to countless movies over the years. With the son to be released book “The Return,” I thought that I would share all his books. I do read his books on occasion, but I find them to Read more
Book News Alert (TV/Movie Adaptions)
Netflix will be adapting Mark Greaney’s novel “The Gray Man.” It will star Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. Netflix also is adapting Rumaan Alam’s “Leave the World Behind.” The adaption will star Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington! Sandhya Menon’s “When Dimple Met Rishi” will be adapted to Netflix this fall! The adaption will be called Read more