Image Credit: Amazon.com I always feel bad when I write an unfavorable book review, like I did for The Upside of Falling. So to balance the scales, I decided to write a review for a book I did enjoy: Emergency Contact. Penny is an awkward girl that mostly lives in her own world. I completely relate to that. … Continue reading Book Review # 2 – Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
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Book Review: The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane
Image Credit: Amazon.com In the beginning, I was falling in love with The Upside of Falling Down. It had so much working for it: a beautiful setting (Ireland), an unusual premise (the aftermath of a plane crash) and it was wonderfully written. Then the boy entered the picture. I read a lot of novels with a… Continue reading Book Review: The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane
#Flashback Friday – Weekly Reader Books
Besides Barbie Magazine, (I need to write a post about that.) there was another thing I looked forward to receiving in the mail every month: my box of Weekly Reader books. For those not familiar with this magical box, it was a subscription of books based on the child's age. I would stop playing just so I could… Continue reading #Flashback Friday – Weekly Reader Books
Toni Morrison
I've been struggling to write this post. I've arranged and rearranged the words in my head but cannot seem to find the ones worthy of this phenomenal woman. My introduction to Toni Morrison was during the summer after 7th grade, which was the summer I pretty much spent on the front porch reading. I read… Continue reading Toni Morrison
Book Review: Only You by Melanie Harlow
Photo Credit: Amazon.com What happens when a wedding planner and divorce attorney fall in love? Emme and Nate's relationship is complicated from the start. He's a serial dater and she believes in happily ever afters. Then, a baby gets thrown into the mix when one of Nate's one night stands drops the baby he didn't… Continue reading Book Review: Only You by Melanie Harlow
Book Review: Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis
Tiffany Sly has a lot going on. She just lost her mother, has alopecia from stress and she was diagnosed with anxiety and OCD. As the story begins, she is moving to California to live with her birth father, whom she has never met before. As if that was not enough to deal with, she… Continue reading Book Review: Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis
Book Review: After The Night by Sandra Marie
Photo Credit: Amazon.com Another nearly sleepless night, another book finished. Between my cats and my thoughts, this hasn't been a good week for sleeping. After The Night was a lighthearted, quick read. Cassidy spends four magical hours with a mystery guy in a mask that she met at her office Halloween party. Due to the mask,… Continue reading Book Review: After The Night by Sandra Marie
Book Review: The Dating Dare by A.R. Perry
Image Credit: Amazon.com The Dating Dare is a fun, quick read. I finished it in one night when I couldn't sleep. Lily and Parker used to be best friends until they both had to deal with unfortunate circumstances that neither of them could cope with at the time, so their friendship ended. It's now four years… Continue reading Book Review: The Dating Dare by A.R. Perry
#Flashback Friday – The Baby-Sitters Club Book Series
Image Credit: Amazon.com Once upon a time, one of my mother's friends gave my sister and I an amazing gift: at least 200 books. Her daughter had outgrown them, so she passed them onto us. Among them were the first 50 books from The Baby-Sitters Club series. I started reading them that summer and I was hooked. … Continue reading #Flashback Friday – The Baby-Sitters Club Book Series
