Emotional and Heartfelt: Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer

Posted August 26, 2019 by Wendy in Reviews / 0 Comments

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 […]

TTT: Top Favorite Tropes

Posted August 20, 2019 by Wendy in Top Ten Tuesday / 6 Comments

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 […]

AI Space Adventures: Lifel1k3 by Jay Kristoff

Posted July 26, 2019 by Wendy in Reviews / 0 Comments

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 […]

For Those Rom-Com Fans: Waiting For Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey

Posted June 25, 2019 by Wendy in Reviews / 0 Comments

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, […]

Monthly Recap! May 2019

Posted June 11, 2019 by Wendy in recap / 0 Comments

Hello summer! I’m looking forward to the summery weather and just can’t believe May flew by! It was packed with SO many exciting and fun events! And I have lots of other exciting things to look forward to in the summer! There are so many books releasing this summer and I have to say that I’m getting some anxiety because I simultaneously want to read all the things and also just don’t have enough time to actually get to them […]