The Books that Made Me a Reader (Get to Know Me #1)

Hi all, I’ve had this blog for over a year, and I feel like ya’ll don’t know very much about me. I want to start doing more personal posts so you can get a better idea of the woman behind the reviews. One way I thought would be fun to do that is to share …

Review: A House at the Bottom of a Lake by Josh Malerman

Published: This is Horror, 2016 Genre: "Horror," fantasy, young adult My rating: 1/5 stars "Both seventeen. Both afraid. But both saying yes. It sounded like the perfect first date: canoeing across a chain of lakes, sandwiches and beer in the cooler. But teenagers Amelia and James discover something below the water’s surface that changes their lives …

My Summer 2017 TBR

Hi all, It's been a while since I bought new books, and I'm slowly trying to dwindle down my TBR shelf. Most of these books have been sitting on this shelf collecting dust for some time now, especially since I didn't have much time for leisure reading during the semester. This summer, my reading list …

Homesickness: A Rambling

I’m writing this from my aunt’s spare bedroom. By the time you read it, I’ll probably be home, curled up in my bed, petting my cat and sipping coffee. The AC will be on, and a candle burning. The string lights will be twinkling around our room, and I’ll probably be reading. I’m trying to …

Review: How to Ruin Everything by George Watsky

Published: Plume, 2016 Genre: Nonfiction, essays My rating: 2/5 stars "In this brutally honest and humorous debut, musician and artist George Watsky chronicles the small triumphs over humiliation that make life bearable and how he has come to accept defeat as necessary to personal progress. The essays in How to Ruin Everything range from the …

Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Published: St. Martin’s Press, 2013 Genre: YA Romance My rating: 4/5 stars “Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan...But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they …

Top 5 Most Anticipated Summer 2017 YA Releases

Hi all, It was a busy semester, but I'm back from hiatus with some new content for you all! I'm going to try to spend the summer getting ahead on posts so I don't have to take a break again. For now, here are the YA summer releases I'm most looking forward to this year! …