Paiges of Books

  Hi! Can't-Wait Wednesday is hosted by Tressa  @wishfulendings . This meme is an offshoot of Waiting on Wednesday, which was hosted by Jill  @breakingthespine . The purpose of this meme is to feature a book, usually unpublished, that we can't wait to read. This week I am featuring a new Middle-Grade Novel that I plan to start when my preorder comes in next week. All information comes from Goodreads.  Title: Fearless (Fearless Series Book 1) Author: Mandy Gonzalez Genre: Middle Grade, Mystery, Contemporary,  Expected Publication: April 6th, 2021 Add to Goodreads:  Here Goodreads Summary Better Nate than Ever  meets  Love Sugar Magic  in this spooky middle grade novel from  Hamilton  and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez about a group of young thespians who must face the ghost haunting their theater. The Ethel Merman Theater is cursed. No one is sure how or why, but the evidence speaks for itself. Show after show has flopped and the theater is about to close. Enter twelve-year-old Mo

Hello! Jana hosts Top Ten Tuesday @ thatartsyreadergirl . This meme was born out of a love of lists and bringing the book blogging community together. Each week, Jana will post a prompt, and we book bloggers come up with a list as a response to that prompt. We also have the option of going off the prompt completely.  This week the prompt is places in books I want to live. I didn’t really know where I wanted to go with that, so I deiced to dig into the archives, and I found this old prompt on The Broke and the Bookish. I’ve been wanting to reread favorites, so this is the perfect opportunity to use this prompt.   Physical Books 1- Pride & Prejudice Maybe it’s reading Pride right now, or maybe it’s having the two books below. It’s been years snice I’ve read it. 2- The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennett I was in love with this YouTube series and I read this book. I enjoyed it so much, but it’s been years since I read it. I loved Lizzie in this book, and I want to reread it t

  Hi! As a break from the E-Arcs, I reviewed the books I read for the 2021 New Releases challenge as well. I reviewed You Have A Match by Emma Lord last month, which you can read  here . I read this book last month and it was such a gem. This has made my list of favorite reads of the first half of 2021. All information comes from Goodreads.   Title: This Will be Funny Someday Author: Katie Henry Published January 19 th , 2021 Pages 400 Edition Read: Kindle Ebook Trigger Warnings: Deception and abuse Rep: w/w relationship (side characters), Characters of Color (side character) Rating: ***** (5 stars) Add to Goodreads  here   Characters I gave the first star for this book for the characters. They filled this book with characters who were so much fun, and such raw and honest characters. The principal character Isabel, sometimes called Izzy, was the most fun to read about because she was finding herself, and what she wanted from life, and I loved seeing her journe

  Hi! Can't-Wait Wednesday is hosted by Tressa@wishfulendings here. This meme is an offshoot of Waiting on Wednesday, which was hosted by Jill @ breakingthespine . The purpose of this meme is to feature a book, usually unpublished, that we can’t wait to read. This week I’m featuring Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo. This is the highly anticipated conclusion to The Grisha Verse. All Information comes from Goodreads. Title: Rule of Wolves Author: Leigh Bardugo Genre: YA, Fantasy Expected Publication: March 30 th , 2021 Add to Goodreads  Here   Goodreads Summary The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series!   The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times-bestselling King of Scars Duology.   The Demon King. As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm—and even the mo

Hi everyone! Welcome back! Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by- Jana@thatartsyreadergirl . This is a weekly meme which was born out of a love of lists and bringing the book blogging community together. Each Week, Jana will post a prompt, and we all will create a list as a response to that prompt. We also have the option to not follow the prompt and do our own thing. This week, the prompt is funny book titles, but I’ve been reading a lot this year. I wanted to do a top favorites list because I don’t know if I will talk about them again. Read on to see my top ten list! All of these books are 5 stars! January 1- You Have a Match by Emma Lord This was one of my anticipated releases, and I read it when it was released. I loved this story. It differed from Tweet Cute, which I enjoyed. The characters were great, and the plot was a mix of light and heavy topics.  2- King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo We love the Grisha Verse here!! Omg, this book was so good. I believe that Leigh Bardugo really hit her s

Hi! This book is coming out in Paperback, and I saw it on Edelweiss + a few months ago. I read it and so I wanted to put out my review. I downloaded this book for free in exchange for an honest review.   Title: You Were Made For Me Author:  Jenna Guillaume Genre: YA, Contemporary, Retelling Edition Read: EARC Expected Publication: April 1 st 2021 by Peachtree Publishing Company Pages 336 Add to: Goodreads- here  and The Storygraph-  Here Rating: **** (4 stars) Overview I didn’t know what this book was before I downloaded it. The book looked like a cute romcom, and I really love that genre. What I didn’t know was that this was a feminist retelling of the movie Weird Science, so I can’t speak on how accurate this book is to that movie. I decided to have a new review system, where I discuss what this book did to earn a star in the rating from me.  Plot I’m giving the plot of this book a star because it was different. The plot of the story follows two girls who make a bo

  Hi! Can't-Wait Wednesday is hosted by Tressa   @wishfulendings . This meme is an offshoot of the meme Waiting on Wednesday, which was hosted by Jill @ @breakingthespine . The purpose of this meme is to feature a book, usually unpublished, that we’re excited to read. This week I’m featuring Lost in the Never Wood by Aiden Thomas. All information comes from Good Reads. Title: Lost in the  Never Woods Author: Aiden Thomas Genre: YA Fantasy, Retellings, LGBTQ+ Expected Publication: March 23 rd , 2021 Add to Good Reads  Here   Good Reads Summary When children go missing in the small coastal town of Astoria, people look to Wendy for answers.   It's been five years since Wendy and her two brothers went missing in the woods, but when the town’s children start to disappear, the questions surrounding her brothers’ mysterious circumstances are brought back into light. Attempting to flee her past, Wendy almost runs over an unconscious boy lying in the middle of

  Hello! Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana@  thatartsyreadergirl . This meme was born out of a love of lists and bringing the book blogging community together. Each Week, Jana will post a prompt, and we will all write a response to that or do our own thing if we decide. This week, our topic is Spring TBR, and I’m very excited to talk about the reads I have planned for May and June! In case you missed it, I did my TBR for April last week for the Spring Cleaning Freebie. Read part one of this post: right here . I picked 12 for this post so I could talk about all the books I want to read. I have one open slot in June, I think this will be filled closer to the date, or if I find a readathon for Pride Month.   May Physical 1- 10 Truths and a Dare by Ashley Elston (Out May 4 th ) I loved 10 Blind Dates, and I can’t wait to see this companion story. 2- All For One (Alex & Eliza 3) by Melissa de la Cruz This is for my project of the ranked list of Hamilton Historical Fict

  Hello! I miss doing a book tag and so I thought I'd do this one on my blog today. Today, I'll be doing the Meet the Blogger Booktag by Lauren from Lala's Book Reviews.  Rules: Thank the blogger who tagged you Mention the creator Lauren @  Lala’s Book Reviews Tag as many (or as few) people as you’d like Have fun and get to know one another! Introduction Introduce yourself! Hi! I'm Steph and I'm a blogger from New Jersey. When I'm not blogging about books or reading, you can often find me talking about books, listening to musicals, and watching TV.  Something most everyone wants to know… do you have any pets? We have two cats! This is Maverick.  And this is Kyle What is your favorite thing to drink? I love tea, diet soda, and water What is your favorite season? I'm going to say Fall because I was born in the Fall.  I also really enjoy Spring! Do you have any special talents? I sing and I'm ok at piano and sight-reading.  I'm also one of those people

  Hi! Can't-Wait Wednesday is hosted by Tressa  @wishfulendings.com . This meme is a rebrand of Waiting on Wednesday, which was hosted by Jill @breakingthespine . The purpose of this meme is to feature a book, usually unpublished, that we can't wait to read. This week, I'm featuring a YA Modern Day Shakespeare Anthology. All info comes from Goodreads!  Title: That Way Madness Lies Authors:  Dahlia Adler  (Editor) ,  Lily Anderson  (Author) ,  Brittany Cavallaro  (Author) ,  Patrice Caldwell  (Author) ,   Emily Wibberley  (Author) ,  Austin Siegemund-Broka  (Author) ,  Amy Rose Capetta  (Author) ,  Cory McCarthy  (Author) ,  Joy McCullough  (Author) ,  Anna-Marie McLemore  (Author) ,  Tochi Onyebuchi  (Author) ,  Lindsay Smith  (Author) ,  Kiersten White,  (Author) ,  Ibi Zoboi  (Author) ,  Samantha Mabry  (Author) ,  Mark Oshiro  (Author) ,  Melissa Bashardoust  (Author) ,  K. Ancrum  (Author) Genre: YA, Retellings, Anthology  Expected Publication: March 16th, 2021 by Flati

  Hi! Welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday. Each week, Jana @thatartsyreadergirl  posts a prompt, and we all make a list based on that prompt, a similar prompt, or pick a topic of our own for the list. This meme was born out of a love of lists and bringing the book blogging community together. This week, we’re doing a spring cleaning freebie, and because I want to read over 10 books this spring, I decided to do this post this week, and talk about books I want to read in May and June before the summer next week. I’ll put them in sections because that’s easier to navigate.   April Pre Orders (Physical) 1- Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo (King of Scars # 2)   This is my first of four pre-orders I plan on starting when they get here. I’m so looking forward to this book after enjoying King of Scars last month. I’m also sad because this is the last book in the Grisha Verse. 2- Fearless (Fearless # 1) by Mandy Gonzalez I pre-ordered this book because it looked like a fun book.

 Disclosure: I downloaded this book for free in exchange for an honest review. Title: Queer Icons and Their Cats Author: Alison and PJ Nastasi Genre: Non-Fiction, LGBTQ+ Page Count: 112   Edition Read: E Arc Expected Publication: May 4 th , 2021   Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55340413-queer-icons-and-their-cats?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=L8higBIMXq&rank=2 Rating:4 stars Overview I found this on Edelweiss + a few months back. I enjoyed reading it and learning about the people discussed in the book. Being a lover of cats, I knew I would need to get a copy of this book, and I was so happy to see this on Read Now.   Writing The writing of this book reads just like any other Non-Fiction about a celebrity does. You get to know what the person did, and how they qualified to be featured in this book. Where this book went in a new direction was just as the title said, it talked about the relationship the person had with their cats. Read

  Hi there, I am Chelle and I will be guest blogging today. I am a twenty-eight-year-old young woman who lives in a moderately sized market town in England. I suffer from multiple chronic pain conditions and mental health issues which is something that you need to know with what this blog post will be focussing on. I work part-time, volunteer for a youth group and my church (pre-pandemic). Around that I read, write, binge-watch tv online and scroll through social media or chat on Discord. This is where I met Steph, in a server for Books & Quills Magazine .  My blog post is going to focus on reading, as Steph has a lovely book-themed blog I thought it was right to do so. Though more particularly it is going to focus on reading and building a solid reading habit whilst contending with chronic health issues.  Dealing with health issues on a daily basis isn’t fun in the twelve years I have had to contend with them, most of them unmedicated and undiagnosed, I found relief in my books an

  Hi! Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana @ thatartsyreadergirl Each week Jana will post a topic, and we will make a list based on that prompt or one of our own liking. This meme was created out of a love of lists and bringing the book blogging community together. This week, our topic is characters whose job I wish I had. I don’t read a ton of Adult novels, so this is an expansion of the topic, and including some YA!   Theatre You all know I love theatre and finding theater in stories brings me so much joy. Here are a few of my favorite YA books and characters that involve theatre.  1- Simon and Abby from The Simon Universe   2- Claudia, Gideon, Iris, and the rest of the cast from Foolish Hearts   3- Arthur from What if It’s Us    Music Music is another passion of mine, and the fact that Zoe also loves music makes me very happy. 4- Zoe from Dear Evan Hansen   Writing I’m a writer, so of course, I love writers in stories. Each one of these characters is