First of all, thank you NetGalley for an e-ARC copy of this book in exchange for my review. I blasted through this book in two sittings (reading 80% in the first sitting)! So here we go! A congressman's daughter who has to be perfect. A star quarterback with a secret. A guy who's tired of … Continue reading ARC Book Review: Time Bomb
As if her mom dying wasn't bad enough, now Lina has to spend her summer in Italy with her father whom she's never met. Despite the beauty of the new country she's in, all she wants is to get out. But when she's given her mom's old journal that she kept when she was in … Continue reading Love & Gelato [book review]
"Where are you guys? Text me back." That was the last text Carver Briggs ever sent to his best friend Mars, who was driving back from the movies along with their other two best friends, Eli and Blake. He never got a reply to his text. The police found a half-written response to Carver on Mars' phone … Continue reading Goodbye Days [book review]
Lexi and Ava are identical twins, and when they were younger, they made up an imaginary triplet named Alicia. She was their way out of trouble when they were kids, and now that the girls are older, Alicia is their alter-ego for boys they'd never actually consider dating in real life. Things take a nasty turn … Continue reading The Third Twin [book review]
Mae Holland is given the opportunity of a lifetime when she is hired to work for the Circle. The Circle, based on a campus that even the most prestigious colleges are jealous of, links up users' emails, social media, banking, and just about any online account they have within a universal operating system. Mae is … Continue reading The Circle [book review]
My first book of the year was Wake Up Happy by Michael Strahan. I got this for Christmas and I thought it'd be a good book to start the new year off with. Wake Up Happy is part memoir and part self-help. As Strahan talks about certain events in his life he mentions what he … Continue reading Wake Up Happy [book review]
An auditorium packed full of students and teachers... and one of them has a gun. When picking up this book, I expected nothing less than to be on the edge of my seat and moved to tears while I read it. Unfortunately, this book was not as moving as I thought it would be. While … Continue reading This Is Where It Ends [book review]
Working in a library sounds like a pretty chill job, right? It’s quiet, you make some small talk about the books people are checking out and you get to sit in a chair when you’re not shelving books. That couldn’t be more wrong. The author of this book, Gina Sheridan, has been a librarian for … Continue reading I Work at a Public Library [book review]
Let me start off by saying that it is completely obvious that J.K. Rowling did not write this book. Sure, she had some creative input on the story since they were dealing with her characters and all, but this felt nothing like reading any of the seven Harry Potter books. The most obvious reason this … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child [book review]
Synopsis (via Goodreads): In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Those left behind face war, famine, plagues, and natural disasters so devastating that only one in four people will survive. Odds are even worse for enemies of the Antichrist and his new world order. Rayford Steele, Buck Williams, Bruce Barnes, and Chloe Steele … Continue reading Tribulation Force [book review]
Who doesn't want a second chance? A second chance for love, family, friendship and for faith in God. That's what we find in Karen Kingsbury's The Chance. Synopsis (via Goodreads): Years ago, the day before Ellie moved from Georgia to California, she and her best friend Nolan sat beneath the Spanish moss of an ancient … Continue reading The Chance [book review]
Katniss is the Mockingjay - the face of the revolution. With her cooperation, the refugees of District 12 along with the citizens of District 13 will take down the Capitol, save Peeta and kill President Snow. They just need the other eleven districts to join the revolution first. Going into this book I only knew … Continue reading Mockingjay [book review]
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Okay, I know I'm behind in reading this book, but to be fair I had planned on reading the books before I saw the first movie. It just so happened that a friend of mine was in town for one day and had … Continue reading The Hunger Games [book review]
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