2018 was an okay reading year for me- I alternated between 8 book months and 3 book months, but they were filled with great books at least! I took a break from any challenges aside from my Goodreads challenge, but as usual there are too many good reading challenges to pass up this year and … Continue reading 2019 Reading Challenges Sign Up Post
Category: Contemporary Romance Challenge
Mini Reviews: Contemporary Edition
Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz Published by: St. Martin's Press Pub Date: October 17, 2017 Pages: 225 Format: hardcover | Source: gift Genres: adult, contemporary romance, retelling Rating: Darcy Fitzwilliam is 29, beautiful, successful, and brilliant. She dates hedge funders and basketball stars and is never without her three cellphones—one for work, one for play, and one to … Continue reading Mini Reviews: Contemporary Edition
Fall Bookish Bingo and November Update
Happy December, friends! I love the holidays and can't believe we're that much closer to 2018. I'm also excited that I'm one book away from my Goodreads goal and it's going to count for Rock My TBR, finally! As for November's wrap up, lots of contemp this month. Retellings Reading Challenge (1 book) #RetellingsRC2017 Ripped … Continue reading Fall Bookish Bingo and November Update
Review: I Believe In A Thing Called Love
I Believe In A Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo Published by: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux Inc. Pub Date: May 30, 2017 Pages: 325 Format: hardcover | Source: purchased Genres: young adult, contemporary romance Rating: Desi Lee believes anything is possible if you have a plan. That’s how she became student body president. Varsity soccer star. And it’s how she’ll get into Stanford. … Continue reading Review: I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Review: Prince In Disguise
Prince In Disguise by Stephanie Kate Strohm Published by: Disney-Hyperion Pub Date: December 19, 2017 Pages: 320 Format: e-arc | Source: NetGalley Genres: young adult, contemporary romance Rating: Someday I want to live in a place where I never hear “You’re Dusty’s sister?” ever again. Life is real enough for Dylan—especially as the ordinary younger sister of Dusty, former Miss Mississippi and the … Continue reading Review: Prince In Disguise
Review: The Simplicity of Cider
The Simplicity of Cider by Amy E. Reichert Published by: Gallery Books Pub Date: May 16, 2017 Pages: 313 Format: e-arc | Source: NetGalley Genres: adult, contemporary romance Rating: Fall in love with The Simplicity of Cider, the charming new novel about a prickly but gifted cider-maker whose quiet life is interrupted by the arrival of a handsome man and his young son … Continue reading Review: The Simplicity of Cider
Review: Queens of Geek
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde Published by: Swoon Reads Pub Date: March 14, 2017 Pages: 288 Format: paperback | Source: library Genres: young adult, contemporary, LGBTQ+ Rating: When BFFs Charlie, Taylor and Jamie go to SupaCon, they know it’s going to be a blast. What they don’t expect is for it to change their lives forever. Charlie likes … Continue reading Review: Queens of Geek
ReRead Review: Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Published by: Balzer + Bray Pub Date: April 7, 2015 Pages: 320 Format: hardcover | Source: purchased Genres: young adult, contemporary, LGBTQ+ Rating: Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at … Continue reading ReRead Review: Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda
Mini Review Monday: Letters and Pirates
Song of the Current by Sarah Tolscer Published by: Bloomsbury Childrens Books Pub Date: June 6, 2017 Pages: 373 Format: hardcover | Source: library Genres: young adult, fantasy, adventure Rating: Caroline Oresteia is destined for the river. For generations, her family has been called by the river god, who has guided their wherries on countless voyages throughout the Riverlands. At seventeen, Caro has spent … Continue reading Mini Review Monday: Letters and Pirates
Review: The One That Got Away
The One That Got Away by Melissa Pimentel Published by: Thomas Dunne Books Pub Date: July 18, 2017 Pages: 400 Format: e-arc | Source: NetGalley Genres: adult, contemporary, romance Rating: A smart, funny, and modern retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion, where a young woman comes face-to-face with a lost love, proving that the one that got away is sometimes the one … Continue reading Review: The One That Got Away
