• Lists

    12 YA Couples for Valentine’s Day

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    Valentine’s Day is around the corner and today I’m sharing 12 of my favorite YA couples. This year I’m working toward reading more YA books because I love a good YA romance, but I don’t read too many of them. I usually spend so much time reading middle grade books,…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Awaken the Travel Bug

    So… I seem to have done it again… jumped ahead a week for Top Ten Tuesday theme, so if you’re looking for beach reads, check out last week’s post. And if you’re interested in my list of travel inspired books, take a look below! In a Perfect World by Trish Doller…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Beach Reads

    I love a beach theme week and since I’ll be heading to a week at this beach in July, this was the perfect excuse to pull together some books for vacation! I’m choosing 2018 YA reads for this Top Ten list as I rarely pick up YA titles, but who…

  • Reviews

    The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue

    Synopsis: After being kicked out of Eton, Henry “Monty” Montague has one last chance to drink, gamble, and sleep around before his ever-disapproving father teaches him to run the family estate or so he thought. Armed with everything you could possible need for a trip to the continent (mainland Europe) with…

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    2017 Goodreads Choice Awards – And the Winner Is…

    With over 3,000,000 votes cast, Goodreads has announced this year’s winner of the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards – And the Winner Ss… in the following categories: Fiction Mystery & Thriller Historical Fiction Fantasy Romance Science Fiction Horror Humor Nonfiction Memoir & Autobiography History & Biography Science & Technology Food & Cookbooks…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Book Boyfriends/Girlfriends

    I know, the first thing you’re going to say is, “There’s only 8 covers on your Top Ten list this week.” And there are, but coming from the perspective of an adult female where most of my reading involves characters who are children ages 8-16, I found this Top Ten Tuesday…

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    VACATION TIME

    I’m on vacation! I’ve got a bunch of posts that will be published while I’m away, but I won’t be on social media too much – too much to see and do! My boyfriend and I are heading to London, Paris and Venice for two weeks on our first true…

  • Reviews

    Book Review: Calling My Name

    Calling My Name by Liara Tamani is the story of Taja a young teen growing up in Houston, Texas with her family and friends. Taja knows what her parents expect of her – spend quality time with the family, get good grades, go to church every Sunday and abstinence is…

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    YA Beach Reads

    We Were Liars by e. Lockhart The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler The Summer After You + Me by  Jennifer Salvato Doktorski Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Sixteenth Summer by Michelle Dalton Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland Be True to…