Do you get along with your neighbors?I have the weirdest neighbors ever and tend to avoid at all costs 😆What I do not avoid is anything written but these two! @alliandasha have become one of my most favorite author duos - they write the most fun stories, and seamlessly flow so many themes together that … Continue reading Never Meant to Meet You by Alli Frank & Asha Youmans
Would you want to run a bookshop? I’m not sure I would - I love being lazy and dreamy around books. I don’t know if I’d want to make them my job so they felt like work. I want them always to be for pleasure! But, I mean - I probably wouldn't say no. (ha!) … Continue reading Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
💙💛💙Are you a historical fiction fan?I love when a fictional story can draw you in to help you learn and understand the past, while also have you on the edge of your seat.What Passes as Love is the story of Dahlia Holt, mixed-race daughter of a plantation owner who passes as white to escape enslavement, … Continue reading What Passes as Love by Trisha R. Thomas (Review & Excerpt)
🎬🤴🏼❤️Do you have a favorite reality TV show?Drama makes me so anxious 😬 so I don’t really watch it - but I DO have a new favorite book! I loved the show UnReal that was on Lifetime a few years ago. It showed how these shows are produced behind-the- scenes and all the in-and -outs … Continue reading The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
Who loves a page-turning family drama here!?This one opens with a bang... literally. And has you scrambling to reach the end to find out what that bang brings.It opens in courtroom, where a verdict is about to be announced, but something interrupts the trial. Meredith's 18-year-old son Zach has been accused of sexual assault and … Continue reading Mother of the Accused by Leanne Treese
Imagine waking up from a coma and having expert level skills that you never had before.You can suddenly speak fluent Mandarin or play the piano like a boss.Or, like Stella - acquire startling artistic talent.Slight reconfigurations or activations of the brain from injury. Sounds cool right? Well, except for the coma part, of course. … Continue reading With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt
Blame it on the vodka. How many times have we said THAT before?? 😆 Hahhah totally kidding (maybe) … but for Celeste and Wendy - BLAME THE VODKA. “Freaky Friday for the mom set, this novel by Harms (The Bright Side of Going Dark) is full of fun, relatable, and cringe-worthy moments, as each woman experiences … Continue reading The Seven Day Switch by Kelly Harms
I have has so much fun sharing all of the incredible new titles from the food and drink library for this season of the ABRAMS Dinner Party! I previously shared the Fall 2020 releases and have loved trying new recipes for food and drinks from them, while also being inspired by other cultures, traditions, and … Continue reading Spring 2021 Abrams Dinner Party
🌿🌸🌵Do you have a favorite plant?I love maiden hair ferns and Japanese toad lilies! We’ve been slowly curating our garden to attract more butterflies and hummingbirds just like Goldie in this book, so I loved her most in this story! The plants pictured in my photo are all from my garden. 🥰 "A story world … Continue reading The Sound of Wings by Suzanne Simonetti
☀️🏖😷Ideal quarantine location? (If we HAD to do it again, of course, but cross fingers we NEVER do!)Mine? A beach house like in this story - for sure!And yes, you read that right ... this book is set in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak. My first pandemic story! “The perfect kickoff to summer!” … Continue reading The Summer of Lost and Found by Mary Alice Monroe
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