Tag: Contemporary

Review: The Night We Said Yes by Lauren Gibaldi

Review: The Night We Said Yes by Lauren Gibaldi

How I felt reading this book: The Night We Said Yes by  reminded me of all the reasons why I do NOT read young adult contemporary but also reminded me of all the things I actually like about it as well. This story follows Ella and her friends on a one-time adventure, a night where they […]

Posted June 22, 2015 by Lillian in Reviews / 1 Comment
Blog Tour: Summer in Snow Valley – Review

Blog Tour: Summer in Snow Valley – Review

I am so excited to participate in the blog tour for Summer in Snow Valley! I loved the books associated with Christmas in Snow Valley, the first in this anthology set. All the books are clean reads and average 100-125 pages each, making them perfect for a quick summer read. Also I loved that the characters from previous books […]

Posted June 1, 2015 by Lillian in Features, Reviews / 1 Comment

Top Ten Tuesday #34 – My Beach Reads 2015

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists at The Broke and the Bookish. They’d love to share their lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists! Summer is in the air and so […]

Posted May 26, 2015 by Lillian in Features / 11 Comments
Review: Sugar on Top by Marina Adair

Review: Sugar on Top by Marina Adair

Initial Reaction: As the title suggests, this book is so stinking sweet!!! Sugar on Top by Marina Adair is book two in her Sugar, Georgia series and follows Glory Mann and Cal McGraw as they navigate the waters of their small hometown. While this is a series, each book is a standalone featuring new main characters that […]

Posted May 18, 2015 by Lillian in Reviews / 0 Comments
Launch-Day Blitz Carry Me Home by Lia Riley

Launch-Day Blitz Carry Me Home by Lia Riley

Happy Book Birthday to Lia Riley’s Carry Me Home! I’m so excited to participate on Launch Day. Keep reading for my review of the novella, an excerpt, and giveaways! Review Carry Me Home by Lia Riley is a short novella, a companion to the series Off The Map. I have to be brutally honest for a minute. This novella […]

Posted May 5, 2015 by Lillian in Features, Reviews / 2 Comments

Spotlight: The Wife Maker by Karey White

The Wife Maker by Karey White Charlotte has spent years as the husband maker, sending every guy she dates off to enjoy marital bliss with the next girl he dates. But things have now changed, and she’s determined to use her husband-maker abilities one last time–on herself. And she finally knows exactly who she wants. […]

Posted March 10, 2015 by Lillian in Features / 1 Comment
Mini-Review: Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay

Mini-Review: Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay

Oh wow! It’s not often that a book makes me sigh aloud at its ending, but this one did! Dear Mr. Knightley is a story about finding hope in our darkest time, overcoming our own weaknesses and stepping out of your comfort zone. Samantha Moore is a twenty-three year old foster kid turned adult who accepts a […]

Posted January 31, 2015 by Lillian in Reviews / 5 Comments
Review: Persuaded by Misty Dawn Pulsipher

Review: Persuaded by Misty Dawn Pulsipher

Persuaded by is a modern day re-telling of the Jane Austen classic Persuasion and follows the relationship of Hanna Elliot and Captain Derick Wentworth. Hanna is a school teacher, 28, and unmarried, heading to the beach to spend the summer with her younger sister and her family when she runs into her ex. Derick is an accomplished sailor, […]

Posted January 20, 2015 by Lillian in Reviews / 2 Comments