Really Loved Narration by Katherine Kellgren YA Historical Fiction/ Fantasy Soundtrack: Six by Six Immediately charming and humorous with a warm narration and a fast-moving plot, My Lady Jane is an imaginative re-telling of the events surrounding King Edward VI’s death, Lady Jane Grey’s brief rise to the throne, and the end of Mary Tudor’s […]
Romance {open door} Soundtrack: What I Am – ZAYN A sweeping, sensual, second-chance romance, Forget Me Not gripped from the first word to the end! Sometimes romance is an escape, and I loved being caught up in this grumpy florist, Elliot, meets romantic in denial wedding planner Ama. Julie Soto is one of my favorite […]
Really Loved Contemporary Literature Published 2024 by Henry Holt Books Audiobook – advanced copy gifted by publisher Learning to Fly – Tom Petty Can one conversation, one chance encounter in an elevator, change someone’s life? Have you stopped to wonder what happened to a stranger you met in a waiting room or shared a table […]
Really Loved sci-fi with romance/mystery undertones For Real This Time – Gracie Abrams At the surface level, this appears to be a time travel novel where those from the past, known as expats, have a bridge “or escort” to help assimilate to the twenty-first century. From the perspective of one such bridge, we follow the […]
After the publication of the New York Times Best Books of 21st Century, I loved seeing everyone pick their own best books of the twenty-first century. I read 7.5 off the New York Times list (I am technically in the middle of Warmth of Other Suns), and this was significantly harder than I expected (I […]
Really Love Genre: Romance /open door slight detail Format: Ebook from Libby Soundtrack: Kiss Me- Sixpence None the Richer A travel nurse who is afraid to commit to a town/place/person slides into Reddit(!!) DMs of a sunshine man facing life-changing circumstances. Man and woman discover they suffer from the same “curse” where all their exes […]
Liked it LGBTQ + Romance {one scene-open door} Format: library paperback Soundtrack: Shut Up And Dance – WALK THE MOON Filled with lots humor, pop culture references and a well done age gap, A Dash of Salt and Pepper has all the elements of a fun rom com. Unfortunately, I was a little bored by […]
Like It Romance /Romcom/ open-door/ minimal details/ Soundtrack: Dance the Night — Dua Lipa I have been waiting to read this arranged meeting turned into commitment of convenience novel since February as I adored the gorgeous colors on the cover. I mostly enjoyed it and am looking forward to her next book publishing in January. […]
So, I am a big believer that not every book is for every person, yet not loving a book is still incredibly frustrating. There were several things I felt this book did well:
Really Love LGBTQ+ / YA /Coming of Age Published: 2012 Soundtrack: Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx I know this book came out in 2012, but I had never heard of it until two weeks ago so I needed to share it here! Two Mexican-American boys. Two kids who don’t know how lonely they are […]
