It’s Top 10 Tuesday (hosted at The Broke the Bookish) the topic is: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR List We couldn’t help talking about our TBR list. It’s not hard to figure that one out. Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR List Jess It’s been 87 years since we’ve done a Top Ten Tuesday post, […]
Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor I’m sitting in Andrew’s car, engine running. My phone is ice- cold in my injured hand as I look up the number for Grosso’s butcher shop. Someone picks up on the second ring. The voice is raspy, male. “’Lo?” “Is this Jim?” I ask. “Speaking. What can I do […]
Inside the Authors’ Heads Welcome to the blog, ladies! This book sounds so incredible and with such a unique match up (I mean, Pride and Prejudice meets… Finding Bigfoot… How can you NOT want to read that!?) Thanks so much! Can you first tell readers where the idea came from for it? What kind of […]
“Klein transports us to a beautifully rendered near-future world. This is refreshingly original and immersive hard sci-fi. You’ll turn the last page and yearn for Joel Byram’s next chapter.” —Ben Brock Johnson, host of Codebreaker podcast and NPR Marketplace Tech “An alt-futuristic hard-science thriller with twists and turns you’ll never see coming. I couldn’t put […]
My Thoughts American Born Chinese is a highly powerful novel for any reader. This book is strong in the method of which it brings such a compelling story. This book tells an amazing set of stories which come together in such a meaningful manner. Yang’s storytelling and art convey the plight that many Chinese Americans […]
Guest Post How much of Hello Sunshine was based on your life? What parts of Becca’s life resonate with you? A lot of Hello, Sunshine is based on my own life! The biggest difference was that I was accepted to and graduated from Georgetown University. That felt like a big accomplishment and gave me a […]
My Thoughts This was a highly informative book to read and provided a lot of information to a time that many do not know about. The use of photographs, charts, and other visual aids made this a highly strong book for information. The author also used many quotations which were also strong points of the book. […]
My Thoughts The Fire Wish is an enjoyable book for anyone interested in fantasy fiction. This book is strong in the use of the world Lough has set it in. The description of the world is extremely well done. Readers will finish this book wishing to go to the Jinni cavern as well as the […]
A Void the Size of the World byRachele Alpine Release Date: June 20th 2017 Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Mystery Publisher: Simon Pulse Synopsis: A haunting novel about a girl who must face the consequences after her actions indirectly lead toher sister’s disappearance. Rhylee didn’t mean to kiss her sister’s boyfriend. At least, not the first time. But […]
My Thoughts There is something so endearing about the portrayal of Adam, our main character in Words on Bathroom Walls‘ synopsis. I mean, as a Harry Potter fan, I laughed and cried at the notion that this kid was so salty over the fact that Harry’s delusions and voices ended up being real, but his […]