I received a copy of this novel for review, this does not influence my thoughts or the contents of this review. If you’ve ever wondered what a mishmash retelling of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Rappaccini’s Daughter, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Frankenstein AND Sherlock Holmes would be like – this is the book for […]
Octavia’s Picks: Honor by Jay Crownover Cole by Tijan Brainwashed by R. McGeddon, Jamie Littler Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews Shelly’s Picks: All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon […]
Octavia’s Picks: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Defiance by C.J. Redwine The Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey Shelly’s Picks: The Conqueror’s Saga by Kiersten White Cirque Americain by Gwenda Bond The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall The Dragon King Chronicles by Ellen […]
Octavia’s Picks – Paranormal Romance Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison Moonshadow by Thea Harrison Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost Shelly’s Picks – Contemporary Fiction Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman 10 Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig All American Boys […]
Winter is (theoretically) coming to a close. Hard to believe when it’s 18 freaking degrees outside out and snowing but whatever THAT’S WHAT THEY TELL ME. That means it’s time to go through all my unread books and start putting together a spring TBR that I’ll give up on by mid-April. This year I decided to […]
Welcome to today’s special Valentine’s Day edition of Top Ten Tuesday, where I’m discussing my favorite love stories. The books themselves might not be romances, but they all have beautiful, heart wrenching love stories contained within their pages, stories that made me believe in the magic of love and I refuse to believe these couples […]
Books Octavia Read: Bodyguard by Jessica Linden: Everywhere and Every Way by Jennifer Probst: DNF Dazzling by Elizabeth Hayley: Radiant by Elizabeth Hayley: Honor by Jay Crownover: A Wife in Every Sense by Joanne Walsh: Dance With the Billionaire by Charlotte Eve: Books Shelly Read: March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate […]
I’ve never been a Comic/Graphic Novel person. I read the BtVS Season 7 when they first came out but soon fell behind and never picked them back up. But my Shelly really loves them so I’ve been wanting to give them a real try this year. I did read and LOVE Nimona last year, as […]
This week’s TTT topic is the top 2016 releases I meant to read but didn’t, but let’s be real – my list should be basically all of them. I’ve talked about how 2016 was a craptastic reading year for me, and 2016 releases were the true victims. I only read 40 2016 releases, and 4 […]
So 2016 was not a good reading year for me. A lot of things factored into the why of it but I somehow only ended up reading 104 books and listening to 11 audio books. I also DNFed 21 books which is a new high for me (for reference by 2015 numbers were 131/23 and […]