Review ♥ Blind Kiss by Renée Carlino
The premise of Blind Kiss is intriguing, and I confess I expected there to be some angst. What I didn’t expect was for the book to leave me emotionally exhausted and exasperated.
Category: Contemporary
Review: Someone Else’s Ocean by Kate Stewart
For me, getting lost in a book is unmatched in its ability to soothe and excite. It was a joy to read Someone Else’s Ocean from cover to cover in one sitting. The story sucked me in from the emotional prologue and I was a goner.
July Ultimate Reading Challenge Review ♥ Tattered by Devney Perry
I read Tattered for July’s Ultimate Reading Challenge to read a book with a cover you love, and what a gorgeous cover it is! This book went down nice and easy. Tattered is such a delightful story that is filed with warmth. Single parent romances are my kryptonite, and this one comes with a strong woman, an honorable man, and an adorable little girl.
Review: Dr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid
The Winston Brothers series revolves around six bearded brothers who are completely distinctive, wonderfully complicated, and equally endearing. And the award for the sweetest, most sensitive Winston brother goes to Roscoe Winston. In Dr. Strange Beard he gets a chance to pursue his happily ever after.
Review ♥ Perfect by Judith McNaught
I’ve never read anything by Judith McNaught before but Perfect was highly recommended so I decided to check it out of the library. The story grabbed me from the first chapter and I found myself staying up until the wee hours of the morning desperate to see what the characters would do next and yet dreading the end of the story.
Review: The Upside of Falling by Meghan Quinn
I’ve never been so happy to be taken hostage by a book! Lately I’ve been feeling kind of funky. Book funky, that is. I’ve been disinterested in reading, and it’s been troubling me because I freaking love to read! I needed something to snap me the hell out of it, and The Upside of Falling did just that. I could not put this book down. And the cherry on top of this addictive sundae is that it’s only the first book in a duet.
Review ♥ With This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas
Wow. I am blown away by how much I enjoyed this book. I’m an anomaly—one of those readers who was never impressed with Jesse Ward. In fact, he really irritated me in the first two books in the series. Well, he finally won me over big time in With This Man.
Review ♥ Atticus by S. Bennett
You don’t have to be a dog lover to enjoy Atticus, but I dare you not to fall in love with this totally nuts, utterly loyal dog and a story that will warm your heart from beginning to end.
Review: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
The Kiss Quotient is Helen Hoang’s debut novel, and she slays the heck out of it. I was hoping for a nice feel-good romantic comedy, but I feel like I won the lottery. This book is complete perfection—every single sentence.
May Ultimate Reading Challenge Audiobook Review ♥ Nowhere but Here by Renée Carlino
May Ultimate Reading Challenge 2018: Set in a Place You’d Like to Visit My selection for May’s Ultimate Reading Challenge was Nowhere but Here by Renée Carlino, which is set in Napa Valley, California. Visiting the wine country is on my list of places to visit once I’m an empty nester. This month, I decided to listen to an audiobook.
Review ♥ We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
I love a good mystery, and by good I mean one that truly makes me think. I’m one of those smarty-pants readers who frequently figures out the secret long before it’s divulged. I pride myself on seeing plot twists coming a mile away. I start a mystery by throwing down the gauntlet to the author: okay, surprise me. E. Lockhart picked up my challenge. We Were Liars tested my intellect, kept me guessing, and had me on the edge of my seat until the very end.
Review ♥ Follow Me Back by A.L. Jackson
Everyone told me Follow Me Back was a gut-wrenching tearjerker, but it just didn’t move me the way it evidently did others. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy it, because I did.