Hi friends! I’m not sure about you, but September flew by for me! I’m happy with the serious progress toward my Beat the Backlist Challenge this month, helping my Gryffindor team remain in the lead! Yay! I was bummed to have to DNF two books I was extremely excited about reading. I stuck it out…
Tag: Renee Carlino
Sweet Thing & Sweet Little Thing- Reviews
BLURB: “You have to teach your heart and mind how to sing together… then you’ll hear the sound of your soul.” Mia Kelly thinks she has it all figured out. She’s an Ivy League graduate, a classically trained pianist, and the beloved daughter of a sensible mother and offbeat father. Yet Mia has been stalling…
After the Rain – Review
“When we’re young, we want so badly to connect with others that we end up reflecting them, losing ourselves in the process.” I continued my Renee Carlino marathon with After the Rain, and like every book of Renee’s, I devoured this in no time. In many of her books, Renee dives deep into the grief…
Nowhere But Here – Review
I’m continuing to make my way through Renee Carlino’s backlist for my Beat the Backlist Challenge. I picked this one because the blurb sounded really exciting. A reclusive genius, sign me up! BLURB: A Chicago reporter in her mid-twenties unexpectedly finds love in Napa Valley when she’s assigned to spend a week with a famously…
Before We Were Strangers – Review
FINALLY! FINALLY – I understand the hype surrounding this book and I’m here to tell you it is warranted. I’ve had Before We Were Strangers on my TBR and Kindle for years but never made the time to read it. I’m kicking myself for my poor time management because I could have reread it by…
The Last Post – Review
BLURB: See you on the other side. Laya Marston’s husband, Cameron, a daredevil enthusiast, always said this before heading off on his next adventure. He was the complete opposite of her, ready and willing to dive off a cliff-face, or parachute across a canyon—and Laya loved him for it. But she was different: pragmatic, regimented,…
The Last Post – Cover Reveal
A brand new evocative and poignant standalone from USA TODAY Bestseller Renee Carlino releasing on AUGUST 20th, 2019! In this evocative and poignant novel from the USA TODAY bestselling author of Blind Kiss and Wish You Were Here, a young widow in the midst of grieving her late husband through Facebook posts learns to…
2019 Beat the Backlist TBR
2019 is here and it’s time to put my plans to work. At the end of the year, I decided I would participate in NovelKnight‘s Beat the Backlist Challenge and Hogwarts House Mini Challenge to clean up my TBR a bit and knock out the books I’ve been wanting to read for years on my…
2019 Beat the Backlist
Like any avid reader, I’m already prepping my 2019 to be read list, eagerly anticipating new releases from my favorite authors, like Amy Harmon’s What the Wind Knows. Though I’m eager for new releases, I desperately want to exercise self-control and finally check off the books that have been gathering dust on my shelves at…
Blind Kiss – Review
ARC was generously provided through a Facebook giveaway in Renee’s fan group. If you have been an avid reader for any length of time, you’re sure to have experienced the dreaded (possibly at times, coveted) book hangover. While I’ve read many awesome five star books this year, I’ve only experienced one book hangover until this point….
Wish You Were Here – Review
I have been struggling to formulate my thoughts for this review after finishing it almost two weeks ago! Usually, I try to write my reviews as quickly as possible, but I have the strongest writer’s block for this book! This is a novel I went into completely blind. I didn’t know much about the story,…
Lucian Divine – Review
I was anxiously awaiting the release of Lucian Divine since the cover reveal late last year. This book sounded so different and inventive to me- I couldn’t wait! After reading Swear on this Life earlier in 2016, I knew Renee could tug on my heartstrings in the best possible way. First, I have to say the creativity of this…
Swear on This Life – Review
“We can’t always control our circumstances, who our parents are, where we live, or how much money we make, but in those rare moments when we can shape our fate, when we do have the power to make our own happiness, we can’t be too scared to do it.” Books, like Swear on this Life, are…
Ashes Books & Bobs 