Wow!! As a rule, I don’t read fantasy, but Amy Harmon makes it so delectable time and time again. Her words completely transported me to the world of Saylok. I loved being able to head back to this world, with the concurrent storyline to The First Girl Child. We were able to visit the characters…
Category: Adventure
Rabbits – Review
I wasn’t familiar with the podcast, but I couldn’t resist reading the Rabbits book as soon as I read the synopsis. As a bit of a conspiracy nut, I can’t help but love a compulsive read like this one. This story was like Stranger Things, Ready Player One, The Adjustment Bureau, and Conspiracy Theory (Mel…
Happiness for Beginners – Review
BLURB: A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It’s supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother’s even-more-annoying best friend is also coming on the trip,…
The Gamble – Review
Wow, this book hooked me from beginning to end. I haven’t read such a hefty book as quickly in quite some time. I decided to pick this one up because I was in the mood for a lengthy romance. After Reads_Romance wrote one of her excellent blurbs of The Gamble in her Instagram Story I knew it…
Jet Girl – Review
Wow, Jet Girl was easily one of the most addictive memoirs I have ever had the experience of reading. I have greatly enjoyed reading military books, including Lone Survivor, American Sniper, and even American Wife by Taya Kyle. Interestingly, most of the military books I’ve read, including this one, have centered around the Navy. I…
The Wild Boy – Review
BLURB: A young man escapes his painful past by retreating to the rustic comfort of the Italian Alps in this gorgeously wrought memoir from the internationally bestselling author of the “exquisite” (Annie Proulx) novel The Eight Mountains. When life in the city becomes too overwhelming for Paolo, he decides to take refuge high in the Italian…
After the Green Withered – Blog Tour
I’m so excited to be a part of the first ever blog tour with The Write Reads gang on Twitter. My reading list is stuffed to the gills at the moment, making me opt to do a short review of the first few chapters of After the Green Withered. I can tell you straight away,…
Where the Crawdads Sing – Review
BLURB: 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 survived for…
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban – Illustrated Edition Review
Nearly everyone on the planet has read the Harry Potter books by now, so I’m not going to give this book a traditional review. I only want to talk about my reading experience with the illustrated edition of The Prisoner of Azkaban. More than any other books, the Harry Potter Series spurred my love of…
I See London, I See France – Review
One of the best ways to travel, as a mother of three children, who cannot take a month off from life to backpack around Europe is to read books! I love picking up books set in Europe because it is one of my greatest dreams to travel the continent someday and soak in the rich history…
48 Peaks – Review
As someone who aspires to hike the Appalachian Trail in my lifetime, the White Mountains are oftentimes a part of my research or the videos I watch, with over one hundred miles of the AT traveling through the range. This is one of the most grueling albeit beautiful parts of the hike. When I discovered…
The Stranger in the Woods – Review
After sitting on my “holds” list from the library for months, I was finally able to listen to the audiobook of The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit and it was absolutely fascinating. I don’t know if I’ve ever “read” a more interesting book before. I was completely captivated from the very…
A Walk in the Woods – Review
One of my dreams is to someday sell the majority of my belongings and live like a hobo. I don’t care how crazy it sounds, how stinky and dirty I become, or what anyone thinks because I think it would be the experience of a lifetime. I don’t want to simply become a vagrant, however. I want…
Love & Luck – Review
Many thanks to Simon Pulse / Simon and Schuster for the chance to read and review this novel early. I’m all for poor man’s traveling, also known as reading about teenagers traipsing around the Irish countryside. When I read Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch last year, I was already excited about this book, knowing it…
Caraval – Review
Like many of us, I bought Caraval because I kept seeing it everywhere and the cover is just SO pretty! It makes me happy to look at it. Much like the cover, the wonderful world of Caraval was whimsical and enchanting, feeling like a modern fairytale. The first half of this story was full of exciting potential…
Gods of Howl Mountain – Review
Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for the chance to read and review this novel. Gods of Howl Mountain has a lot of things going for it. I was drawn to this unique and beautiful cover, the Southern setting, and the subject matter. One of my best-loved movies is Lawless, featuring Tom Hardy and Shia…
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Review
Like certain songs and smells can trigger memories, I feel like the books I read can help me remember certain instances from my childhood or similar reading experiences I may have had years ago. This book was one of those welcome triggers for me. It made me feel almost childlike again, captivated by an exciting…
Walden – Review
One early morning, while enjoying the peace and quiet that came with everyone in my house still asleep, I began researching hermits and recluses. The things that go through my mind (and my Google search box) when I have a moment uninterrupted to think are usually quite comical. As strange as it may sound, however,…
Mists of the Serengeti – Review
Mists of the Serengeti is not the typical book I would ditch my TBR pile for. However, after a friend gifted me this book and I saw the overwhelming number of positive reviews, I decided to jump in. This book had everything I look for in a story– beautiful writing, plenty of emotions, educational moments, and love! …
Get in the Car, Jupiter – Review
I cannot even handle this book. After reading one dark and serious novel, and calling it quits before the end of another melancholy story, Sabrina suggested that I read Get in the Car, Jupiter by Fisher Amelie for a pick me up. I have had this book on my TBR since I saw the cover. Yeah, I…
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