★ 20 pgs: THIS BOOK ROCKS MY SOCKS. 50 pgs: Let me get my rainbow flag and shout it from the rooftops. 100 pgs: I don't know why everyone is hating on this glorious superhero book. 150 pgs: Ohhhh...now I get it. The Full Review : The strongest power above all is a living heart. Humanity is what makes heroes,… Continue reading Infinity Son – Adam Silvera
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Golden Curse – M. Lynn
★ He hated her magic for making her an enemy of Gaule. Persinette. His childhood friend. Ohhh Nelly. The only Golden Curse here is the bad writing. That's right, it's another YA book chock full of teen tropes and tired writing. "My boys," he boomed. "We are going to have a tournament...It is time we find… Continue reading Golden Curse – M. Lynn
The Cracked Spine – Paige Shelton
★★ I often say that we should only be judged on two things: if we’re kind, and if we read books. Delaney made the change of a lifetime - she picked herself up from Kansas and plopped herself back down in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was hired, sight unseen, to work at the Cracked Spine - a rare… Continue reading The Cracked Spine – Paige Shelton
My Squirrel Days – Ellie Kemper
★★★ Plans, schedules, and structure make me feel secure in a world that - let's just say it - is going straight to hell. Ellie Kemper - aka Erin Hannon on the Office and Kimmy from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - is best known for her amazing comedic timing and quirky characters. She's written a memoir of… Continue reading My Squirrel Days – Ellie Kemper
Grandma Gatewood’s Walk – Ben Montgomery
★★★★ Her chest full of crisp air and inspiration, her feet atop a forgettable mountain where the stars make you feel insignificant and important all at once. Emma Gatewood is many things - a wife, a mother, a grandmother and a world-renowned walker. When she was sixty-seven years old, she told her family she would… Continue reading Grandma Gatewood’s Walk – Ben Montgomery
Snow & Rose – Emily Winfield Martin
★★★★★ Snow and Rose didn't know that they were living in a fairy tale--people never do. Snow and Rose once had the perfect family - a beautifully grand house, a loving mother and an adoring father. But then one day, their father disappeared. He went into the woods and never came back. And without their nobleman father, their… Continue reading Snow & Rose – Emily Winfield Martin
Educated – Tara Westover
★★★★★ “You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them,” she says now. “You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.” Tara Westover lived her life like everyday was her last - literally. Her dad was a doomsday prepper. She spent her childhood… Continue reading Educated – Tara Westover
Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
★★★★★ There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. Kya Clark - the Marsh Girl - led a lonely life. Her mother left her, her siblings left her, her father went out and never came home. The townspeople abhorred her and left her well-alone. But when you are only a child yourself, how… Continue reading Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
What We Will Become – Mimi Lemay
★★★★ God did not make mistakes, therefore it was I who must be fundamentally flawed. It never occurred to me that my rabbis could be wrong. Being a mother of a transgender child is a controversy in and of itself....now imagine if the transgender child is under the age of five. Mimi spent much of her… Continue reading What We Will Become – Mimi Lemay
Girl, Stop Apologizing – Rachel Hollis
★★★ You are allowed to want more for yourself for no other reason than because it makes your heart happy. Okay, right off the bat, this book is catchy. It's like super catchy. She knows how to say something and frame it in a fabulous way to keep the audience glued to this book. She knows… Continue reading Girl, Stop Apologizing – Rachel Hollis
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