life & literature
In February, I opted for two selections via Book of the Month. One was a release from December 2017 (I think) and the other was a new release. My mother in law and I decided to buddy read the new release toward the end of the month. I thought The Winter Sister would end up…
By the time I picked up this book, my anger at Me Before You had almost subsided, but then Jojo Moyes decided to continue to stab me in the heart with Louisa’s story. I’ll say this, Me Before You was probably my favorite book in this trilogy, but that isn’t to say I disliked the…
I spent way too long after finishing Me Before You in a rage. In fact, the rage carried over into my enjoyment of this novel for the first half or so. As much as I tried not to let my anger shape the way I felt about this book, I’d be lying if I said…
Last year, I mistakenly ordered Still Me as one of my Book of the Month selections. I say “mistakenly” because at that time I didn’t know it was the third book in a series. When I finally realized my mistake, I headed over to Amazon and picked up a copy of Me Before You and…
Dumplin’ hasn’t been on my radar for long. It’s not really that talked about in the Booktune community – and I haven’t really seen it around bookstagram that much either. Maybe I’m not following the right people – those hidden Dumplin’ fans. Even when the movie dropped on Netflix, I didn’t really see a lot…
Tropes and archetypes make reading really fun for me. Okay.. back it up a little bit. I majored in English so picking apart and analyzing different pieces of literature is really a fun time for me. I’m definitely not against tropes and archetypes – if they’re done correctly. The Chosen One is a trope present…
Read more Book Review | The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
As a 28 year old lady, I understand when books aren’t written for me. That doesn’t stop me from reading them anyway. The Kissing Booth was definitely not for me in that it is probably more geared toward middle and high school girls, but I’d watched the movie (several times) and thought it was best…
