Last month I read the non-fiction book I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara. Michelle wrote this book before the Golden State Killer was identified and unfortunately she died before the was able to finish her book. It did get published and we did a group read in the TBR and Beyond group. Today I want to tell you my thoughts about it! Continue reading “Review | I’ll Be Gone In The Dark – Michelle McNamara”
My reading month in October turned out completely different than planned. A lot of my TBR was thrown out the window. I’ve noticed the pressure of reading for deadlines was starting to get to me and I need to let that go a bit. So my November TBR still has a few ARCs, but I’ll be reading a bit more freely as well. I’m letting myself be more of a mood reader, so let’s see what my November plan will be.
Normally we do tags on Thursdays, but lately both of us have been having a harder time finding tags we want to do or think are fun. That’s when I stumbled upon this new bookish meme: #MGTakesOnThursday created by BookCraic. Middle grade books have become a bigger part of our TBR, so this looked like a lot of fun. Let’s take a look at what this is all about! Continue reading “Bookish Item | #MGtakesonthursday : The Trials of Morrigan Crow – Jessica Townsend”
We’re always looking for new types of posts and we’ve been thinking about doing a kind of recommendation post for a while now. After reading the Liked This? Read That! post over at And On She Reads we knew what we wanted to do. So every now and then we’ll share some book recommendations based on another book we enjoyed. Let’s take a look at today’s book. Continue reading “If You Liked…Try… | I Hope You’re Listening – Tom Ryan”
We have been having fun with Top Ten Tuesday, so we decided we will do one every week. This bookish meme was hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and has been going since June 2010! Since January 2018 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is Books I Read Because Someone Recommended Them to Me. Bookish friends are a lot of fun, because of all the recommendations. Even if they can be overwhelming, haha. Here are some books I picked up after a friend recommended them!
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There are so many interesting books releasing lately that I really need more hours in a day. Or maybe even a few extra days in a week, haha. One of these releases is Winter, White and Wicked by Shannon Dittemore. Today during my stop on the book tour hosted by TBR and Beyond Tours I’ll tell you a bit about the book. Keep on reading to find out more!
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A couple of weeks ago we started doing the 5 On My TBR bookish meme and it was a lot of fun, so we want to bring this meme to the blog more regularly! This bookish meme is hosted by E from Local Bee Hunter’s Nook. This week’s prompt is Enemies to Lovers. So I took a look to see which books on my TBR have enemies that will turn lovers <3. Continue reading “Five on My TBR | Enemies to Lovers”
We thought it was time for a fun new post every week. In the Royal Update one of us updates you about our personal life, bookish news, what we’re reading, watching and listening to and anything else that might apply to this post. We thought it would be fun to share a bit more about our personal lives and hope you think so too!
Mysteries are always interesting to read, but even more so when it’s dark, rainy and cold outside. October is the perfect month for those ingredients and we were both excited about I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan. Today is our spot on the book tour hosted by TBR and Beyond Tours. Keep on reading for our review, favorite quotes and information about the giveaway running for US readers!
Continue reading “Blog Tour | I Hope You’re Listening – Tom Ryan”
Last week a new show dropped on Netflix and yes, I watched the whole show in a day haha. I already watched the trailer and was excited for this new show but I never expected to enjoy it as much as I did. Of course I’m talking about Emily in Paris, so let’s jump right in! Continue reading “Show Sunday | Emily in Paris”
