21 I Must Betray You- Ruta Sepetys

December 24, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. […]

Goodreads Monday 12/20/21 Anatomy: A Love Story- Dana Schwartz

December 20, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Goodreads Monday was hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners. It’s now hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading. A gothic tale full of mystery and romance about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, […]

First Line Friday 11/13/20 Little Threats- Emily Schultz

November 13, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Both a taut whodunit and a haunting snapshot of the effects of a violent crime, Little Threats tells the story of a woman who served fifteen years in prison for murder…and now it’s time to find out if she’s guilty. In the summer of 1993, twin sisters Kennedy and Carter Wynn are embracing the grunge […]

First Line Friday 10/30/20 A Deal with the Elf King- Elise Kova

October 30, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and Uprooted, this stand-alone, fantasy romance about a human girl and her marriage to the Elf King is impossible to put down! The elves come for two things: war and wives. In both cases, they come for death. Three-thousand years ago, humans were hunted by powerful races with […]

First Line Friday 9/04/20 The Fell of Dark- Caleb Roehrig

September 4, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

The only thing August Pfeiffer hates more than algebra is living in a vampire town. Located at a nexus of mystical energy fields, Fulton Heights is practically an electromagnet for supernatural drama. And when a mysterious (and annoyingly hot) vampire boy arrives with a cryptic warning, Auggie suddenly finds himself at the center of […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 8/31/20

August 31, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Hello and happy Monday! Wow! Okay! This post is super late but better late than never. I didn’t have a great start to the week. Started it with severe foot pain and being stuck in bed for a few days. Fun! (Detect the sweet sarcasm!!) But this week I’m going to read a book my […]

First Line Friday 8/21/20 Horrid- Katrina Leno

August 21, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores themes of mental illness, rage, and grief, twisted with spine-chilling elements of Stephen King and Agatha Christie. Following her father’s death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 8/17/20

August 17, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Hello and welcome back to another Monday! I hope everyone is doing well! This week I’m going to read an ebook that a publisher sent me, an arc of an older book, and two books that just recently arrived in the mail. What are you reading this week? The Witching Stone- Danny Weston Beneath […]

First Line Friday 8/14/20 Star Daughter- Shveta Thakrar

August 14, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

The daughter of a star and a mortal, Sheetal is used to keeping secrets. Pretending to be “normal.” But when an accidental flare of her starfire puts her human father in the hospital, Sheetal needs a full star’s help to heal him. A star like her mother, who returned to the sky long ago. Sheetal’s […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 8/10/20

August 10, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Hello and welcome back to Monday! Is anyone else counting down the days until fall? I know I am. I can’t wait! What’s your favorite season? This week I’m going to read a book that I just received in the mail, a book that I just picked up at Dollar Tree, and a book that […]