What really drew me to Permanent Record is the fact that it’s about someone who just has no idea what to do with their life as a twenty year old. It’s that stage after high school when everyone now views you as an “adult” and they ask you about your major and your career aspirations when really, a mere year or less earlier, you were just a kid sitting in class and getting through high school. It’s like an unspoken […]
Why Did I Read? I really enjoyed Brigid Kemmerer’s Letters to the Lost and was excited to see what her latest contemporary was like! My Thoughts: Well, I know one thing. I can always trust Brigid to really hit me in the feels with her contemporaries. She manages to craft such heartbreaking stories with realistic family relationships. The push and pull of family and societal expectations and what would you do for those that you love? Where is the line […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week we are talking about our favorite tropes! There are definitely certain tropes that reel me in if I see it mentioned in a book synopsis or book jacket! They’re like my catnip. I could read it a bunch of times and still want more stories with that trope! Here are my top five faves! (I couldn’t come up with ten…) Friends to Lovers: I […]
Why Did I Read? I love Jay Kristoff! Love his writing and his stories despite his tendency to always want to break reader’s hearts! My Thoughts: This is just my sort of thing! AI, nonstop space adventure, secret history, flashbacks, twists and surprising reveals: I was enraptured from the get go! The lifelikes are so complex! What/who exactly are they and all the gray morality questions that come up around them. Are they people? Do they have feelings? How should […]
Why Did I Read? Well, I love rom coms – especially those 90s and early 2000 rom coms! They’re my go-to movies when I want to rewatch a comfort movie, if I’m having a bad day or just need a fun movie to relax! This one had all the makings of a cute rom-com! My Thoughts: For fellow rom com fans, you’ll be treated to so many great rom com references and nods to classic romantic comedy films, and yes, […]