Archives for 2017

Book Review – The Reason You’re Alive by Matthew Quick

Book Review – The Reason You’re Alive by Matthew Quick

THE REASON YOU'RE ALIVE is another hit from Matthew Quick. Through an elderly right-wing, seemingly racist, Vietnam veteran and American patriot, Quick pens a story about finding common ground and unity in a politically polarizing world. Like in Forgive Me, Leonard ...

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Audiobook Review – Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

Audiobook Review – Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

OMGoodness! The ending of this book is so exciting! The knife Richelle Mead plunged into my heart in Shadow Kiss is pushed in even deeper and then twisted in this book. BLOOD PROMISE is equal parts thrilling and emotionally painful as we see Rose travel across the world for ...

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Giveaway — Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Giveaway — Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is one of my favorite reads this year! It's funny, heartwarming, and quirky with a female character you can't help but love. (Read my Review) I'm so excited to partner with Pamela Dorman Books to give away a copy to one of you! Details ...

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Book Review – Purple Hearts by Tess Wakefield

Book Review – Purple Hearts by Tess Wakefield

Tess Wakefield pens a modern day love story in PURPLE HEARTS, highlighting many of the problems Americans face today—access to healthcare, cost of medical care, issues with veterans benefits, mental health, and addiction. While her efforts to draw from real-life issues are ...

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Book Review – Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Book Review – Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

“...there is always, however remote it might seem, the possibility of change.” Gail Honeyman’s charming, quirky, and resilient Eleanor Oliphant might just be one of my favorite characters I’ve met in a long time. Eleanor’s transformation from the woman she was in the ...

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Cover Reveal – Unconditionally by Erin Lyon

Cover Reveal – Unconditionally by Erin Lyon

I am SO EXCITED to show you guys the cover UNCONDITIONALLY by Erin Lyon! This is the conclusion to I Love You Subject to the Following Terms and Conditions, which released earlier this year! It was addictive, funny, and definitely unique! (Read my review) Unconditionally ...

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Book Review – Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead

Book Review – Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead

There is a moment in each of Richelle Mead's series that is designed to emotionally slaughter you. In the Vampire Academy series, that moment is in the second half of SHADOW KISS. After suffering such a huge loss, Rose is determined now more than ever to finish school at ...

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Book Review – Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

Book Review – Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

WORDS IN DEEP BLUE hooked me from the beginning and I couldn't wait to get home from work to read more of Rachel and Henry's time inside Howling Books. The cast of characters was charming, lovely, and funny in all the right places. My only problem was that, ultimately, the ...

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Book Review – The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker

Book Review – The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker

Kayla Rae Whitaker's THE ANIMATORS is an absolutely stunning, visceral, and funny story about the friendship between two talented animators and business partners, Sharon Kisses and Mel Vaught, and their rise to fame in the world of animation and cartoons. Kentucky native ...

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Audiobook Review – The Weight of Lies by Emily Carpenter

Audiobook Review – The Weight of Lies by Emily Carpenter

The daughter of a famous author uncovers a decades-old murder mystery between the pages of her mother’s international bestseller in this thriller. THE WEIGHT OF LIES is a slow-building page-turner with a great setting, but the slower pace may not please all ...

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