Posted inBookstagram/Blog Tips

Bookstagram Captions tips to Increase Engagement

As promised on my New Years' update I am going to start sharing some Bookstagram and Blog tips.  Let me be clear upfront I am not an expert, and I am only sharing what worked for me personally, and perhaps a few friends I have asked as well. I'm not selling anything or trying to get you to sign up for a class either, I am just sharing what worked for me.  Below…
January 17, 2020
Posted inBook Review

Book Review: Sawkill Girls

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand Genre: Young Adult Fantasy, Magical Realism Rating:  3/5 Synopsis On Sawkill Rock girls are going missing, for decades they have been disappearing.  There are legends of a monster in the woods, but the people of Sawkill Rock don't know how true the legends are.   This post contains affiliate links. You can read more on my disclosures page. Review This book was weird, not in a bad way,…
Posted inTop Ten Tuesday

Most Anticipated 2020 Releases

So I have a lot more than 10 anticipated releases for the first half of 2020, and you can find them all on my 2020 releases page.  However, in the spirit of list-making, which I love to do.  Here are my top ten (in no particular order) most anticipated releases for the first half of 2020. This post contains affiliate links. You can read more on my disclosures page. Top Ten Tuesday was…
January 14, 2020
Posted inBook Review

ARC Book Review: Dark and Deepest Red

Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore Genre: Young Adult Fantasy, Retelling, Historical Fiction Release Date: January 14, 2020 Rating:  4/5 Synopsis In the Summer of 1518, a strange dancing plague is released over the land and Lavinia is accused of witchcraft.   Five centuries later, a pair of red shoes seal to Rosella Oliva’s feet, making her dance uncontrollably. Emil recognizes the signs because it was his family that was accused in…
Posted inBook Review Rom-Com Book Review

Rom-Com Book Review: Neanderthal Seeks Human

Synopsis There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris:1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her more than Quinn Sullivan, and 3) She doesn't know how to knit.After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can't help wondering what new torment fate has in store. To her utter mortification, Quinn…
Posted inFeature Friday

20 Books I Plan to Read in 2020

One of my Reading Resolutions was to get control of my TBR, so I recently went through all the books I had on my Goodreads TBR and removed the ones I probably wasn't going to read.  Then I decided to make pick 20 books I plan to read in 2020.  Now I will certainly read more than 20 books this year, but these books are ones that I am committing myself to read. …
January 10, 2020
Posted inBook Review

Book Review: Ninth House

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Genre: Adult Fantasy - Magical Realisim Series: Book 1 in the Alex Stern Series Rating:  5/5 Synopsis Alex Stern wakes up after a horrific accident with a stranger sitting by her hospital bed.  The stranger offers her a chance at a new life, a life at Yale.  Alex has no idea what she's gotten herself into by agreeing to monitor the secret societies of Yale.    This…
Posted inTop Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2019

This week's Top Ten Tuesday is Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2019.  I don't know why this topic was so hard for me to figure out what to write about, but I would say the genre I really discovered in 2019 was the Romantic Comedy, so here are my top 10 Romantic Comedy reads from 2019. I have linked the book cover to my review of each as well in case you want…
January 7, 2020
Posted inBook Review

ARC Book Review: The Better Liar

The Better Liar by Tanen Jones Genre: Mystery/Thriller Release Date: January 14 Rating:  3/5 Synopsis Leslie’s sister Robin is dead. But her father’s will makes it clear that his money goes to both of them or neither of them.  Leslie needs the money and when she meets a woman who resembles Robin the two come to an agreement: Mary will impersonate Robin for a week in exchange for Robin’s half of the…
Posted inBook Review

ARC Book Review: Beyond the Shadowed Earth

Beyond the Shadowed Earth by  Joanna Ruth Meyer  Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Series: Book 2 in the Beneath the Haunting Sea Series Other Books in the Series:  Beneath the Haunting Sea Rating:  2/5 Synopsis To become Empress Eda makes a bargain with the gods.  A bargain that means giving away the soul of her best friend.  Now with her empire in crumbles and best friend dead Eda sets out to confront the god who…