Harry Potter Themed Bridal Shower

This weekend I threw my best friend and bride-to-be, Becca, a Harry Potter themed bridal shower! I'm her maid of honor and we came up with this brilliant idea to make her bridal shower Harry Potter themed since we are both crazy Potterheads! It turned out much better than I had anticipated! I know this…

When the English Fall by David Williams (Spoiler-free!) Review

When a catastrophic solar storm brings about the collapse of modern civilization, an Amish community in Pennsylvania is caught up in the devastating aftermath. Once-bright skies are now dark. Planes have plummeted to the ground. The systems of modern life have crumbled. With their stocked larders and stores of supplies, the Amish are unaffected at…

Cake Flavored Book Tag

Hello everyone! I'm back with another book tag! I was tagged by the wonderful Megs over at Between the Pages! Thank you so much for the tag! CHOCOLATE CAKE: A dark book you absolutely love The very first book to come to mind is Lost Boy by Christina Henry. This is a dark Peter Pan retelling and…

When I Am Through With You by Stephanie Keuhn (Spoiler-free!) Review

"This isn't meant to be a confession. Not in any spiritual sense of the word. Yes, I'm in jail at the moment. I imagine I'll be here a long time, considering. But I'm not writing this down for absolution and I'm not sorry for what I did to Rose. I'm just not. Not for any of…

The Dying Game by Asa Avdic (Spoiler-free!) Review

A masterly locked-room mystery set in a near-future Orwellian state, in which seven people are brought to a remote island to compete in a 48-hour test for a top-secret intelligence position, and one woman must stage her death. The year is 2037, and on the tiny island of Isola, seven people have been selected to…

The TBR Tag

I was tagged by Vrinda from A Bookish Human. Thank you so much for the tag! Everyone go check out her blog!! She is just the nicest person ever! How do you keep track of your TBR pile? I use Goodreads. Every book I want to read gets added there. Right now it's due for…

The Fading of Lloyd by Kit Crumpton Review

The Fading of Lloyd embroils the reader in family history as members struggle through historic challenges: the end of the American frontier, the dawn of the railroad travel that wove Midwest communities together, World War I, and the social mores of the 1920s and 1930s. The Huttleston family, whose son, Lloyd, is mentally retarded, struggles…

How I Choose My Books Tag

I was tagged by Naty from Naty's Bookshelf! Thank you so much! Everyone go check out her blog! She's doing a great job! Find a book on your bookshelves with a blue cover. What made you want to pick up this book? The galaxy-like cover drew my eye straight to it! I mean come on,…

The Marriage Pact by Michelle Richmond (Spoiler-free!) Review

What if you were given the opportunity to ensure your marriage was a success? Jake and Alice are the perfect cadidates for the pact. They are young newlyweds who aren't completely sure they married for the right reasons. At the beginning, Jake is questioning whether he married Alice because he loves her or to make…

The Homecoming by Tammy Tate Review

Sydney is half human, half wolf, and has fallen in love with Kyle, a full-fledged shifter who for the last six months has been appearing in her dreams. The next full moon, Sydney makes her first shift from human to wolf. The transformation won’t be easy. Thanks to her human genes, it could leave her disfigured.…