Book Review: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

Title: The Family UpstairsAuthor: Lisa JewellPublication Date: August 6, 2019Publisher: Atria Books Pages: 340Add to GoodreadsSoon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am.She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. But what she can’t possibly know is that others...

ARC Review: Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

Title: Kingdom of the Cursed (Kingdom of the Wicked #2)Author: Kerri ManiscalcoPublication Date: October 5, 2021Publisher: Jimmy PattersonPages: 448Add to GoodreadsReview for book 1One sister.Two sinful princes.Infinite deception with a side of revenge…Welcome to Hell.After selling her soul to become Queen of the Wicked, Emilia travels to the Seven Circles with the enigmatic Prince of Wrath, where she’s introduced to a seductive world of vice.She vows to do whatever it takes to avenge her beloved sister, Vittoria...even if that means accepting the hand of the Prince of Pride, the king of demons.The first rule in the court of the Wicked?...

Top Ten Tuesday #305: Favorite reading spots

Today's Topic: Favorite Places to ReadHappy Tuesday! This week I have to admit that I won't have a top ten, but a top few. I just don't care to read in that many places!MY BEDMy number one place to read is in my bed at night before going to sleep. I do this every night (almost) without fail. I brush my teeth, do my skincare, grab a heating pad because I'm falling apart, and lay down to read for an hour or two.MY HOME LIBRARYNumber two is my home library, which I've gone out of my way to make extra cozy over the years. I love to curl up on my couch with a dog to read the afternoon away. If only I got to do it more often!COLUMBIA HARBOR HOUSEI...

Weekly Recap: 7/25 - 8/14

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOGHi, everyone! It's been a couple weeks since I've done a recap and it's even being posted late in the day. I swear, I am GOING to get back on track at some point. The past two weeks have been a bit of a mess and sometimes I think I just have to catch a break at some point with these dogs. Bella's crate training has officially ended. Between her new separation anxiety and possible dementia, her vet said it was time to call that quits. No anxiety drug we've given her so far has even touched it so next week we're trying a new quick acting medication combined with leaving her out in my office. Fingers crossed that she...

Book Review: Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Title: Red, White & Royal BlueAuthor: Casey McQuistonPublication Date: May 14, 2019Publisher: St. Martin's GriffinPages: 421Add to GoodreadsFirst Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. International socialite duties do have downsides—namely, when photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids and threaten American/British relations. The plan for damage control: staging...

ARC Review: The Bastard's Betrayal by Katee Robert

Title: The Bastard's Betrayal (Scandalous Scions #1)Author: Katee RobertPublication Date: September 13, 2021Publisher: Trinkets and Tales LLCAdd to GoodreadsPurchase: Amazon//I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review//She thought it was love.Rose Romanov is a mafia princess, and everything that entails. Violently over-protective parents. A giant extended family, all ready to kill anyone who looks at her wrong. Learning to run a business that isn’t exactly on the right side of the law. So, naturally, when she meets a nice guy who isn’t in the life, she falls hard… Right up until the she discovers her new boyfriend...

Mid-Year Freak Out Tag

Like everything else in my life in 2021, I'm running behind with this year's mid-year freak out! But I'm here and I'm ready to do this! Thankfully, 2021 is going better than last year (how could it not?). I have a new puppy, a vacation planned way out on the horizon, and I'm convinced things will keep getting better from here because they have to. Let's get to the books! BEST BOOK YOU'VE READ IN 2020 It was a little hard to choose, but For the Wolf definitely takes the cake for best book of 2021 so far! This book had everything and had me totally captivated for weeks after it was over.  BEST SEQUEL YOU'VE READ IN 2020 I...

Top Ten Tuesday #304: Cover buys

Today's Topic: Covers That Made Wantto Read/Buy the BookHappy Tuesday! I am an absolute sucker for a gorgeous or creepy book cover and this is evidenced by the books on my shelves. There are so many I've bought and haven't read yet, but these are ten that I bought for the cover and ended up enjoying! Stain by A.G. HowardCrimson Bound by Rosamund HodgeAn Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa TahirWilder Girls by Rory PowerTeeth in the Mist by Dawn KurtagichBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve TucholkeThese Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan SpoonerA Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Rosanne A. BrownLost in the Never Woods...

Book Review: Jay's Gay Agenda by Jason June

Title: Jay's Gay AgendaAuthor: Jason JunePublication Date: June 1, 2021Publisher: HarperTeenPages: 368Add to GoodreadsThere's one thing Jay Collier knows for sure—he's a statistical anomaly as the only out gay kid in his small rural Washington town. While all this friends can't stop talking about their heterosexual hookups and relationships, Jay can only dream of his own firsts, compiling a romance to-do list of all the things he hopes to one day experience—his Gay Agenda.Then, against all odds, Jay's family moves to Seattle and he starts his senior year at a new high school with a thriving LGBTQIA+ community. For the first time ever, Jay feels...