I almost don't want to bother spending time with The Dead Queen's Club by Hannah Capin. It seems to be implying something along the lines of a beheading, a YA retelling of the actions of the King Henry VIII who had a bunch of his wives executed for one reason or another. While I've always loved…
I am reeling. The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang is such an amazing and lovely story! I wanted to read this book from the moment I first laid eyes on it. The cover was gorgeous, the plot enticing, and the excitement I felt at getting my hands on a copy before I’d even read…
It's Monday, which means it's time for a book tag. This time around I've been participating in a sort of modified alphabet challenge to include books that I've read as well as books that I'd like to read beginning with each letter of the alphabet. I've included a read for each star rating, a fun…
I'm going to begin by saying that Spin by Lamar Giles is 100% not my type of book. I don't typically bother with murder mysteries or any sort of thriller type book. I don't bother with them as movies, either, so it's not just a literary thing. The truth is that I just tend to dislike…
I hope this book doesn't end with the protection of a teacher who slept with his student, which while not explicitly stated in the synopsis seems to be what happened with some of the characters in this book. Goodbye Perfect by Sara Barnard features Eden whose best friend has just run away with her "boyfriend," an…
There was absolutely no doubt in my mind that I would be requesting Stephen Hawking by Isabel Sanchez Vegara and illustrates by Matt Hurst the second that I first saw it. I've always loved the man and the contributions he made for science and so to see how he's being introduced to and talked about…
Okay, I'm just going to jump right in and say it...That's Not What I Heard by Stephanie Kate Strohm sounds utterly ridiculous (why, Stephanie, why would you fail me in this way? Stephanies should not write awful books!). And maybe it's me, but I just could not give less of a damn about this ridiculous…
I was pleasantly surprised by Your Light by Jillian Aversa and illustrated by Marina Lezcano. A request made due to the unique nature of being a musical story, I was incredibly curious to see how such a book was written. And while I had my doubts, especially considering the book was in a PDF format and I had…
I was genuinely shocked at how dark Mia Kerick's The Princess of Baker Street was. For some reason, with such a light and happy title, I had genuinely expected there to be a lot less as far as the miserable situations went. And yet the story focuses largely around two characters, young Eric whose mother has…
I need to get my hands on a copy of The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan. I've not read any of Khan's other books, though they've all managed to get a place on my TBR last year, but of all the books this one sounds like the book I'm most going to…
