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  • Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon – Review and Trailer!

    Happy belated Valentine’s Day, y’all! The internet gifted us the other night with the new trailer for Everything, Everything and I’m in love! I didn’t plan for the trailer to be released at the same time I was finishing this book. Since that’s the way it goes, I’ve decided to post both my review of the…

  • Swing Time by Zadie Smith

    I’ve never seen Swing Time in full. I’ve only seen the parts where Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dance. Their moves are so hypnotic and envious. However, a frequent theme throughout Old Hollywood that no one really knows about is the awful hours, the struggles to support yourself, and the drug abuse to stay up through the…

  • 2017 Valentine’s Day Reads

    I don’t know about you, but I had a lot of fun watching 50 Shades Darker this weekend as my own little Valentine’s Day gift! With the opening of 50 Shades Darker over the weekend and a very popular romantic holiday coming up, I figured I’d give you a few of my favorite Valentine’s Day reads.…

  • Celebrate Black History Month with Some Amazing Fiction

    Welcome to February! What is with February and being all romantic and lovely and all those good things in the world? It’s like December is all about Christmas even though there’s so much more going on in December than just Christmas. But February is also Black History Month and being an advocate for diverse reads,…

  • The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

    I’ll admit, I picked up this book believing that Nicola Yoon was a young Korean woman. The name seemed like a dead giveaway, but I took another look. What I found was a story with more power than a simple love story. Synopsis (from Goodreads.com) Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts.…

  • 2017 Sabbatical Reading Challenge – An update

    Hey folks! I’m finally back from my two-week long vacation, which basically extended to three weeks because the week we came back was such a jet lag black hole. I just sat around for a few days watching enormous amounts of TV and eating every single snack I bought in Hawaii. But now I’m back.…

  • Grisha Universe Announcement!

    I’m so excited to hear the good news! The World of Grisha won’t be going anywhere soon because Leigh Bardugo announced a new series within the same universe! The book will be called The Language of Thorns:  Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic. As described in the LA Times, “It’s a collection of stories,” Bardugo said. “The kind of stories…

  • Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins

    I love when you’re on vacation, you don’t want to get bogged down by heavy stories or morose endings. You want something light and fluffy to make the vacation more enjoyable. It’s like pairing a wine with your dinner. You don’t want something heavy to go with something light. You want them to equally match…

  • Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller

    *Swimming Lessons will be published February 2017. I purchased my advance copy of this book through my Book of the Month Club membership. All opinions here are my own and not in any way influenced by the author or publisher. I’m sitting on the airplane flipping through the final pages of this book and I’m…

  • The 2017 Sabbatical Reading List

    Ok, so here’s the deal; I’m taking a six-week paid sabbatical from work and it starts TODAY. I work for a pretty awesome company that allows their long-standing employees to take a six-week paid vacation after five years of service. Well, I’ve been there for seven years so here’s my reward. You must be wondering…