Hello, beautiful people! I've finally done it --- I've succumbed to the hype surrounding Crazy Rich Asians! Some lovely bookstagrammers let me join their buddy read, so I obviously couldn't say no. Though it took me a couple weeks longer to finish it, I really enjoyed reading Kwan's drama filled novel! Source: Goodreads Title: Crazy Rich Asians [...]
"The whole time, I'm here and only here. We're an hourglass on its side, the sand suspended, hanging in temporary eternity." Synopsis: A boy desperate to hold on, a girl ready to let go. Fitz Holton waits in fear for the day his single mother's early-onset Alzheimer's starts stealing her memory. He's vowed to stay [...]
"'But I will always find my way back to you,' he whispers against my lips." Synopsis: Calla Fletcher returns to Toronto a different person, struggling to find direction and still very much in love with the rugged bush pilot she left behind. When Jonah arrives on her doorstep with a proposition she can’t dismiss, she [...]
"Up here it's about having enough food to eat, and enough heat to stay alive through the winter. It's about survival, and enjoying the company of the people that surround us. It's not about whose house is the biggest, or who has the nicest clothes, or the most money. We support each other because we're [...]
"It was always wise to be polite to books, whether or not they could hear you." Synopsis: All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on [...]
"Roses have both petals and thorns, my dark flower. You needn’t believe something weak because it appears delicate. Show the world your bravery." Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads [...]
Hello beautiful people! It's a Sunday and I'm posting?! Well, there's a reason for this madness! Today is March 8, which means it's International Women's Day! International Women's Day is a glorious event, "an opportunity to reflect on the progress made towards achieving gender equality and celebrate the acts of courage and determination by individuals [...]
"I may not have been born in the sea, but I was born to rule it. I am the daughter of the siren queen." Synopsis: Alosa's mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are [...]
"What I really want is someone who will wake me up early so I don't miss a sunrise." Synopsis: Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her [...]
Hello beautiful people! It's that time of year again ... the one and only, Valentine's Day. To be honest, the history of Valentine's Day isn't the most romantic ... which is WHY I'm not going to get into that with this post (trying to NOT sound like a Pessimistic Polly over here or anti-Valentine's, because [...]
