The rich writing and worldbuilding of Chloe Gong is back and better than ever. Foul Lady Fortune [Buy Bookshop Amazon] takes place a few years after the events of These Violent Delights [Buy Bookshop Amazon] and Our Violent Ends [Buy Bookshop Amazon]. Those two books were a Romeo and Juliet [Buy Bookshop Amazon] retelling, setContinue reading “Chloe Gong and “Foul Lady Fortune””
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“The Ballad of Never After” by Stephanie Garber
Ok y’all. Full disclosure: I read an ARC of The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber [Buy Bookshop Amazon] and needed a minute to process it before I wrote my review… and then forgot to come back to it. It’s now been nearly four months, so my memory might be a little fuzzy inContinue reading ““The Ballad of Never After” by Stephanie Garber”
Dr. Travis Langley and “Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down”
If you haven’t figured out that I’m a big nerd yet, this will surely paint that picture for you. I’m 100% okay with that. I first learned of Dr. Travis Langley while attending my first San Diego Comic Con. He was on a psychology of cult TV shows panel with an author who worked onContinue reading “Dr. Travis Langley and “Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down””
“Daisy Jones & The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I can’t decide if this is a ‘Bookstagram made me do it’ read or not. I picked up the book because I had the opportunity to watch the Daisy Jones and The Six TV adaptation before its release, and I felt like I should probably read the book first. So I did. (Check out myContinue reading ““Daisy Jones & The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid”
Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us”
There are those books all over booktok and bookstagram that make you wonder if they really are worth the hype. It Ends With Us [Buy Bookshop Amazon] by Colleen Hoover is one of those. But this book doesn’t just come with positive hype, and that’s part of why I procrastinated picking it up. Like, IContinue reading “Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us””
Ann Liang’s “This Time It’s Real”
Brace yourself for a boatload of cuteness. Ann Liang has gifted us a dang good time in the form of her YA novel, This Time It’s Real [Buy Bookshop Amazon]. Our protagonist in this novel is Eliza. She’s moved around a lot over her short life due to her mom’s job and that’s caused herContinue reading “Ann Liang’s “This Time It’s Real””
“Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun” from Elle Cosimano
Why are there cheese fries in the picture with the third installment of Elle Cosiman’s Finlay Donovan series, you ask? Well, there’s one kinda throwaway line in Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun [Buy Bookshop Amazon] that mentions cheese fries and it became all I could think about. So, I drove 15 minutes to get someContinue reading ““Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun” from Elle Cosimano”
Jarrod Shusterman and Sofia Lapuente Go “Retro”
You’ve probably heard of Neal Shusterman, since he’s a pretty prolific and popular YA author. Neal published a couple books with his son, Jarrod, and now Jarrod is striking out in the writing world with his wife, Sofia Lapuente. They reached out to me about their YA novel, Retro, [buy Bookshop Amazon] and once theyContinue reading “Jarrod Shusterman and Sofia Lapuente Go “Retro””
“A Thousand Heartbeats” by Kiera Cass
I’ve been a Kiera Cass stan for at least a decade. I binged The Selection while on a bike at the gym, which I later only regretted the location in that situation. That series has been finished for a while, and now she’s releasing book number ten, A Thousand Heartbeats. We’re following two characters throughContinue reading ““A Thousand Heartbeats” by Kiera Cass”
Lauren Graham Asks “Have I Told You This Already?”
Calling all Gilmore Girls fans! Lauren Graham has a new book on shelves now! It’s called Have I Told You This Already? and is another essay collection from the actress best known as Lorelei Gilmore. Her first memoir/essay collection Talking As Fast As I Can was more focused on her time on GG, and thisContinue reading “Lauren Graham Asks “Have I Told You This Already?””
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