Hello, everyone! Has anyone else’s life been in complete shambles? Covid, quarantine, financial issues, boy drama–it’s like 2020 is conspiring against us in every way possible! But we will prevail! And don’t forget, although we have to social-distance, we’re all still in this together. I will say, throughout this quarantine I’ve read sooooo many books,…
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Book Review…Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Summary by Goodreads: What happens when America’s First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There’s only one problem: Alex has a beef…
Book Review…The Cliff House by RaeAnne Thayne
Summary by Goodreads: Three women—two sisters and their aunt—and the cliff house on the northern California coast that served as a beacon to them all… After the death of their mother, sisters Daisy and Beatriz Davenport found a home with their aunt Stella in the beautiful and welcoming town of Cape Sanctuary. They never knew…
Book Review…Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang
Summary by Goodreads: Orphaned, raised by wolves, and the proud owner of a horned pig named Merlin, Weylyn Grey knew he wasn’t like other people. But when he single-handedly stopped that tornado on a stormy Christmas day in Oklahoma, he realized just how different he actually was. That tornado was the first of many strange…
My Top 10 Favorite Books I Read in 2019
1. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah When I found out this book was published in 2017, I was shocked! It received such hype towards the end of 2018 and all of 2019! You know what that means, don’t you? It’s going to receive the attention it deserves for many years to come. If there…
Book Review…Christmas in Paris by Anita Hughes
Summary by Goodreads: Hughes will fill your heart with the sights, sounds, and flavors of new love, glamorous fashion, and decadent holiday cuisine. Isabel Lawson is standing on the balcony of her suite at the Hotel Crillon as she gazes at the twinkling lights of the Champs Elysee and wonders if she’s made a terrible…
Book Review…The Martian by Andy Weir
Summary by Goodreads: Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with…
Book Review…A Deadly Wandering by Matt Richtel
Summary by Goodreads: One of 2014’s most original and masterfully reported books, A Deadly Wandering by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Matt Richtel interweaves the cutting-edge science of attention with the tensely plotted story of a mysterious car accident and its aftermath to answer some of the defining questions of our time: What is technology doing to us? Can our…
Book Review…Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Summary by Goodreads: For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has…
Book Review…A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Summary by Goodreads: A grumpy yet lovable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict…