Nothing says summer to me like amusement parks. My father would gather up my sister and I, and we’d make the trek to Six Flags, either to the one in St. Louis or to Great America in Gurnee. Even with the long drive from our small hometown in the middle of Illinois and walking around in the heat […]
I just love when I can start a book in the middle of a series and not be lost. The Hexed is definitely a standalone novel, and I enjoyed it so much that I want to go back and read the twelve previous novels. Craig “Rocky” Rockwell discovered the body of his friend Melissa who’d […]
Sometimes you come across a book that is just special. That will make you feel all kinds of things that is just memorable. I’ll Give You the Sun is such a book and every buzz about this book is so true! Most unique & brilliant way of storytelling! Noah and Jude are Twins, that when they […]
Seventeen-year-old Elan’s life revolves around debunking psychics, proving that they are pulling the wool over unsuspecting and vulnerable people’s eyes. When her famous diabetic mother, who is the host of a popular ghost hunting television show, goes missing in Egypt while taping an episode for the series, Elan has to travel there to help find […]
Pushy: Can I just start this review out with a WOW!?! I didn’t think we could get down to a deeper level with Vincent and Jane after Without A Summer and then BAM! Valour and Vanity just floored me! After the last book, where the focus was shifted onto the dynamic of Jane and Vincent’s work and Jane’s relationship with Melody, […]
Oh, dear reader! I’m so excited to be sharing this book with you today! When I learned this book was on tour with TLC book tours I asked to be on the tour straight away! A strong woman, the matriarch of the Tudor dynasty, who must weather the storms of her times? Oh HELLZ YES!!!!! […]
This is one of these books that I would have dismissed if not for Jenny who told me this book was so phenomenal. And since Jenny is definitely my Book Soulmate, I listened and got a copy. And Oh My Goodness – I read this book on sitting on a Saturday, I could not put it down, I could […]
My Thoughts: In this darker, grittier version of Victorian London, a group of Supra-naturalists called the Oversight try to keep the balance of magical and mundane worlds. But their official numbers have dwindled to the lowest number they can maintain and still keep a hold on the tenuous balance, and when a girl who doesn’t know […]
There are authors you love so much, that you’re going to read anything. With Josephine Angelini’s new release it was exactly like this. I loved her Starcrossed series, but when I read the synopsis to TRIAL BY FIRE I knew this was going to be “my” book! Exciting mix of Fantasy, Contemporary and Parallel Universes […]
Do you remember Chris Weitz? As a big Twilight fan – I did remember him quite well! He was the director of New Moon, and when I heard about him writing a book I was all over it. And, even more at BEA this year, the wonderful people from Little Brown was gushing about this book […]
My Thoughts: The Songs of Magic series has been a consistently fun, inventive, and crazy fantasy series following a band that stole enchanted instruments as they rise to fame. I’m always surprised by the quirky and slightly askew version of Fairie and Man World in these books, full of too accurate depictions of our idiosyncrasies and […]
I adore Colleen Hoover. She rocks the New Adult genre and her books always bring me to tears. Of course, I was simultaneously excited and scared about Ugly Love. Incredible Chemistry and Friends with Benefits – really? And what about the heart? In Ugly Love, we get the POV of both Tate and Miles, which […]
Happy Friday, and welcome to the latest installment of our monthly feature where we review Children’s books. The Familiars Written by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson and Illustrated by Peter Chan and Kei Acedera Amazon / B&N / Indiebound / Goodreads Is the kingdom’s fate in the hands of an orphan cat? Running fast […]
