Thanks to St. Martin’s Press for giving me a free digital copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This was a quick and easy read that I managed to finish with a day. I was eager to read a sexier NA romance because the two I’ve read previously simply failed to deliver there. While yes, this definitely was a bit more hot and heavy than the others, I still wanted more.
Continue readingYay for the library being open again so I can pickup all the books I’ve put on hold during the pandemic, lol! (Mostly NA romances but who cares?)
Content warning: attempted child sexual assault (talked about by the main character)
Continue readingI’m still on my NA romance kick, and have a few eARCs to read and review. I don’t even remember how this book came on my radar. I think I may have just been browsing NetGalley and thought this sounded good. Pleasant surprise! It was!
Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group for giving me a free digital copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to the author, Stormy Smith, for personally sending me an free physical ARC in exchange for an honest review. She also sent some swag and items that revolved around the story. 🙂 I’ll post a full picture of the items after the review.
Wow. Where do I even begin reviewing a book like this?
I self-harmed for a little over 5 years so I’m fairly open-minded when it comes to book with characters who also self-harm. The truth is there aren’t many of them but the ones I’ve read are quite good. Girl in Pieces is more than good. It’s harsh, brutal, raw, honest, and powerful. Sometimes I found it overwhelming, sometimes cliché, but it’s always nice to know you aren’t alone–that you were never alone in your pain. Continue reading
Guys, I really shouldn’t participate in NaNoWriMo this year.
If you don’t know what that is, it stands for National Novel Writing Month, where you commit to write a 50,000 word novel within the span of 30 days. I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo twice before and it’s actually where my current work-in-progress actually started.
Thank you to Netgalley and SOURCEBOOKS Fire for giving me a free copy in exchange for an honest review!
I know I say that contemporary YA novels aren’t my thing, but I’ve recently read a few that I really enjoyed and I thought I’d give this one a go. The cover makes it look creepy and thrilling. While it would fall under the “thriller” category, the whole concept lacked a few things for me to give it more than a 3 star or better than average rating.
Well, here I go with another contemporary YA book that I liked. I must be picking up a lot of good ones lately or something because wow! This book!
There’s been a trend in YA recently about writing believable characters with mental illnesses. I found myself falling in love with this book. I laughed out loud, I teared up, and I closed the book with such satisfaction, I didn’t want it to end. Not many books do that to me but I’m so glad this was one of them.
I picked this book up on a whim. I’ve seen it floating around the book community on Instagram. The cover is gorgeous but the synopsis just sounded meh to me. When I saw the book at the local library, I thought “Why not?” After all, it’s a rather short read and since work has been blessedly slow, I thought I’d go ahead and give it a read, knowing it wouldn’t take me too long.
Bad decision. A very bad decision.
Spoiler-free review below but possible ranting. 🙂
Ah, okay, so I should really start making monthly book hauls. I tell myself not to buy any more books but it’s hard to resist going into any store, seeing something you want, and then not buy it. Besides…it’s there…and it’s 50% off? I mean, c’mon. We all know I love deals. 😀 But even more so when it comes to books!
One of my favorite book stores (Half-Price Books) was having a Memorial Day sale of 20% off your entire purchase. Hastings also had a Memorial Day sale where if you buy 1 used book, you got 2 for $1 each. I mean, I couldn’t resist that really and I just found some great deals! It was a great weekend for books! 🙂 (I mean, what’s not a great weekend for books, really?)
a myriad of books 