Many thanks to BookSparks for my copy of The Printed Letter Bookshop for the Read Around Town Challenge and Netgalley for my e-galley. What a cozy read this was! It was the perfect book to take with me on vacation, allowing me to easily imagine the quaint bookshop this story features. I wish I could…
Tag: 3 stars
Something in the Water – Review
Like many readers, I first learned of this book through Reese’s Bookclub, Hello Sunshine, and was hooked by the blurb. Thanks to Overdrive, I was able to listen to this audiobook narrated by the author herself. Catherine Steadman has a lovely reading voice, making it easy to get lost in the story. BLURB: If you…
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…
Waiting for August – Review
Many thanks to the author for providing an advanced copy for my honest review. I loved the idea of heading back to late 90s Michigan summers with Jessica Shook’s characters Maggie, Levi, Juju, and more in Waiting for August. I grew up in Michigan in the nineties myself, making this novel have an extra touch…
The First Mistake – Review
I have to thank my friend, Michele at The Oxford Comma Momma, for my copy of The First Mistake and St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for the ebook. Unlike many of my fellow readers, I haven’t read The Other Woman by Sandie Jones yet, so her writing was unfamiliar to me as I started this…
The Passage – Review
While perusing the shelves of my library, I discovered they had a copy of The Passage, a book that has been sitting on my TBR shelf for over three years. That day, I decided not to check it out because I felt like I already had too much to read. When I returned home, I…
Braving the Wilderness – Review
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone – what an empowering title that is, right? When someone on Instagram recommended this book to me, I knew it would be right up my alley. In fact, this whole year, my mission has to be more authentically me. After a…
A Bend in the Road – Review
BLURB: Miles Ryan’s life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. Missy had been his first love, and Miles fervently believes she will be his last. As a deputy in the North Carolina town of New Bern, Miles Ryan not only grieves for Missy, but also…
The Rules of Burken – Review + Blog Tour
Debut author, Traci Finlay, took me on a crazy and nostalgic ride with her release, The Rules of Burken. Strangely enough, this book is set 10 miles from where I grew up for the first few years of my life. Cadillac, Michigan was a place my family visited nearly every weekend, my brother was born…
In Another Life – Review
Many thanks to Wednesday Books and Netgalley for the chance to read this novel! BLURB: Chloe was three years old when she became Chloe Holden, but her adoption didn’t scar her, and she’s had a great life. Now, fourteen years later, her loving parents’ marriage has fallen apart and her mom has moved them to…
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…
Somewhere Between Us – Review
I was lucky enough to meet Holly Hall almost exactly a year ago before I even knew she was an author. Since that time I’ve come to enjoy occasionally chatting with her on social media and I just really like her as a person. Ironically, we grew up about 35 miles from one another and…
Be the Girl – Review
Thank you to K.A. Tucker for the chance to review an ARC of Be the Girl. BLURB: Almost sixteen-year-old Aria Jones is starting over. New postal code, new last name, new rules. But she doesn’t mind, because it means she can leave her painful regrets behind. In the bustling town of Eastmonte, she can become…
When We Were Young – Review
Many thanks to Howard Books for a review copy of this novel! Karen Kingsbury can write a page-turner, that’s for sure. This is only the second book I’ve read of hers but it’s clear each story she writes is a quick read. I was eager to read this modern rendition of A Christmas Carol this…
Without Merit – Review
Originally published October 2017. Thank you to Atria books and Netgalley for allowing an ARC for review. I feel completely conflicted and expect this will be one of the most difficult reviews I’ve ever written. I’m a huge Colleen Hoover fan and have read every one of her novels, I met her last year at The…
Settling the Score: The Summer Games – Review
R.S. Grey is one of my favorite authors and a go-to when I’m looking for something light and funny to read. As part of my Kindle Unlimited binge this month, I wanted to catch up on her previous books published before I was avidly reading. I’m not super keen on sports romance novels, but I…
The Mother Road – Review
The second book on my Kindle Unlimited binge was The Mother Road by Meghan Quinn. This was another book that has been sitting on my TBR for over two years and I was eager to finally read it. I was initially drawn to the pretty cover and high ratings. I also love a good road…
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…
How to Kill a Rockstar – Review
Is it just me, or are the books with the biggest hype the hardest to read? I’ve been holding off on How to Kill a Rockstar for months because I simply wasn’t ready after having my heart stomped on by God-Shaped Hole. Tiffanie DeBartolo can write heartache like nobody’s business. I wish I could borrow her brain for…
The Light We Lost – Review
If there ever was a novel to describe the growing pains we feel as we transition into adulthood, it would be this one. This story had one of the most nostalgic, melancholy, and at times, philosophical feels I’ve ever experienced from a Romance novel. I really enjoyed those aspects and was interested in the story…
Ashes Books & Bobs 