I love just about everything TJ Klune has written, and Somewhere Beyond the Sea is no different. The House in the Cerulean Sea was such a warm hug of a book. I loved the kids and how Linus blossomed in the light and love of the island. I expected more of the same with Somewhere…
Category: 5 star
Big Bad Wolf Series by Charlie Adhara
Description The big bad wolf series revolves around Cooper Dayton, a BSI agent (an offshoot of the FBI, that handles “special” crimes) and Oliver Park, an agent with the Trust, a werewolf organization. They meet when Park and Cooper have to work together to investigate a series of deaths. Park is a werewolf and Cooper…
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Book Description “Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose.” Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored…
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Book Description Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: stay busy, work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously…
In The Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
If you would have told me I’d be crying over robots, I wouldn’t have believed you, but T.J. Klune made it happen. In The Lives of Puppets is a Pinocchio retelling that had me feeling ALL the feelings. If you enjoyed The House in the Cerulean Sea and/or Under the Whispering Door, you’ll get the…
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater
I had such high hopes for my October Reading, but mood reading and book hangovers had other ideas. I started strong with the next Guild Hunter book, Archangel’s Storm, Mister Impossible, and finishing up my ACOTAR re-read. A Court of Silver Flames left me in a bit of a book hangover, but a couple of…
Platonic: The Surprising New Science of Making–And Keeping–Friends as an Adult by Marisa G. Franco, PhD
I initially heard of this book, Platonic: The Surprising New Science of Making – and Keeping – Friends as an Adult through Laura Tremaine’s Instagram. Laura speaks a lot about friendship and as someone who wants to be a better friend and maybe even find new ones, I was immediately interested. From Goodreads: A lively,…
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
I’m not sure where to start with The Dead Romantics – I loved it so much. It was heart warming, sweet, poignant, funny, and heart breaking. I laughed throughout, and cried throughout. And not just teared up, but full on crying, can’t see my puzzle enough to work on it, crying. The Dead Romantics synopsis…
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Remarkably Bright Creatures was sweet and comforting. It felt like a hug after a good cry. Synopsis: A novel tracing a widow’s unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped…