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Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli Read from 4/24/18- 7/16/18 Goodreads Rating: 4.09 stars (****.9) My Rating: 5 stars (*****) “Imagine going about your day knowing someone’s carrying you in their mind. That has to be the best part of being in love- the feeling  of having a home in some else’s brain.” Summary from Goodreads Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst. When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. An anomaly in her friend group, she’s the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends—not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. So Leah really does...

Hey Everyone, Steph here and I am going to continue my Musical Monday's post, today’s musical is Bandstand. As usual, all information comes from Wikipedia.  Bandstand has a music composed by Richard Oberacker with book and lyrics by Oberacker and Robert Taylor. Our story follows Donny   Novitski, a soldier who is returning home from World War 2, and he is struggling to fit into his life, as many other soldiers feel when they return home. Donny finds out about a contest for the radio, and he forms a band to compete in New York City. The prize will be fame for the winners, and by performing as a band together they must all deal with their own personal struggles and personal problems that each member has. Donny sees the key to their success, and a contest win is a band that is composed of veterans who have fought in the war.   However, the complicated relationships, the demands of competition, and the after-effects of war may just tear this band apart. Personal tho...

Hey, everyone Steph here and I’m back with another Musical Monday’s blog. I wanted t talk about Carousel today, it’s on my favorite classics, and I don’t’ think it is mentioned enough. I loved this musical for years, and I feel like other people might as well, it what I would call a musical theatre standard. All information comes from Wikipedia.   Plot Fifteen years ago, Julie Jordan and Billy Bigelow fell in love, and this is their story. Billy was a carousel barker and Julie was a mill worker who would go to the carousel after work. Although her friend Carrie warned against it, Julie fell hard for Billy and the two of them lost their jobs on the same night, he for mocking the carousel owner, and she for staying out late. A month later, the two of them are married and Julie ends up pregnant with their daughter Louise. Once this happens     Billy must think about how he is going to provide for his growing family, and so he starts doing crimes. Once Billy ho...

Rating: 5 /5 stars Read from: December 4, 2017- March 11th, 2018. Summary from Goodreads Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The finest boarding schools in England and the constant disapproval of his father haven’t been able to curb any of his roguish passions—not for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men. But as Monty embarks on his Grand Tour of Europe, his quest for a life filled with pleasure and vice is in danger of coming to an end. Not only does his father expect him to take over the family’s estate upon his return, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling companion, Percy. Still, it isn’t in Monty’s nature to give up. Even with his younger sister, Felicity, in tow, he vows to make this yearlong escapade one last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. But when one of Monty’s reckless de...

Hello everyone! I'm still here and reading a lot. For some reason I thought that I had lost this blog, it was odd. Anyway, here id what I'm reading right now. I wll try and get a new Musical Monday's post up this week. A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of T… by  Sarah J. Maas 268/699 (38%) Update progress Heart of Iron (Heart of Iron, #1) by  Ashley Poston 178/480 (37%) Update progress Hamilton and Peggy!: A Revolutionary Fr… by  L.M. Elliott 149/448 (33%) Update progress War and Peace (Barnes & Noble Classics … by  Leo Tolstoy 770/1962 (39%) Update progress The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and th… by  Rick Riordan 254/381 (67%) Update progress P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys … by  Jenny Han 40% Update progress

Hey, everyone Steph here and today I am going to continue with Musical Mondays. Today’s show is currently on Broadway, and the cast recording came out on Friday. I am speaking of Once On This Island. Information comes from Wikipedia. This is a one-act musical, and it has a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty. This show is based on the book My Love, My Love, or, The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy. The show is set in the French Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The has elements of Romeo and Juliet and elements of The Little Mermaid. The original production ran from 1990=1991, with a West End production opening in 1994, and the revival opened on November, 9th, 2017, and is still currently running. Productions The original production opened on October,18th, 1990 at the Booth Theatre in New York City. It closed in December, 1,1991, after 469 performances, and 19 previews. The European premiere took place in 1994 and was hosted by Birmington Rep,...