I adored this book. The dynamic between Eleanor and Park was so adorable, I wanted to throw up at times but obviously in a good way.
However, I wish I had a *little* more closure at the end. What happened with Eleanor‘s family? And I wish there was a little more justice involved for the way richie treated them all. I also was not a fan of the ending. It left me heart broken and disappointed.
In all though the book was definitely a memorable read.

Starting the morning off with book 35 of the year.

My full review is on my goodreads mostly because there‘s so much to say about this book and there‘s no way I can condense it to this app. Best book I‘ve read in a good while, I absolutely loved every second of it.

Starting this audiobook now. 👍

Starting book number 33 of the year, and i sure as heck am excited for this one.

Got my very first #botm and I‘m so excited to read it!

This has been on my #tbrlist for what seems like ages.

First: I will gladly be Nikolai‘s queen.
There were times I wanted to rip pages out of frustration since I couldn‘t do Alina‘s tether power into the book to bitch slap someone.
Have I mentioned my undying love for Nikolai? I don‘t think I‘ve ever loved a support character more than the main character. UGH this series destroyed me, I need more to feed the merzost that is my soul. #finished

Halfway through, and I can‘t get over how much I love Nikolai. If Alina doesn‘t end up with him, then I‘ll be his queen. 👸👑

Finally got a bookshelf; built it last night and started organizing today. What a soothing activity 😊

I love Nikolai so much.

Thanks to @britt_brooke who accidentally order this twice, I get a chance for a free copy now. #pgvol4giveaway

So excited to have gotten my copy of Circe in the mail today. ❤️❤️😍

A lot has been going on lately to answer for my lack of updates. However, I did just start the final of the (main) Grisha verse books.

I am totally ordering mine! Thanks @LauraBeth for the heads up!

I chose “goiters” because it‘s funny. 😂 I love how these two interact with each other.
Edit: I just discovered this was an event I had to sign up for, but it was still fun to do despite not being entered to win. 😂
#freakyfridaychallenge @monalyisha @Clwojick

I admit, the book cover got my attention with this one.

I‘m helping create a library for a recovery organization in my town, and I get first dibs on some of the books. 😂😁

The Kane Chronicles were just.. weird to me. Didn‘t quite fit Riordan‘s style with any of his other series. Sadie and Carter, the main characters, also seemed selfish and dangerously emotional at times. Also, the whole Walt/Anubis thing, wtf? Overall, still a decent series but not Riordan‘s best. #finished

About a third through and enjoying the story quite a bit

The language, the emotion, the agony and grittiness of kids killing kids was so powerful it‘s still giving me goosebumps now. This happens, and it happens far too much in a country that‘s supposed to support life. This is where it SHOULD end. It‘s not going to, though, unless we listen to the kids who went through this and finally realize, this is a problem. #finished

Time to get back to this series while the house is quiet 🤫

I had a pre-conceived notion this book would be a smart, witty teenage love story. What I got instead was run-on sentences, 4th grade level vocabulary, countless number of characters to keep track of, and some events that made absolutely no clue.
I wanted to believe the simplicity was on purpose. But if your main characters are supposed to be geniuses, don‘t have them ramble on like a 2 year old telling a story. (Full review on goodreads)

The lovely @VelvetSpade is doing a giveaway just because she can. That Little Fires Everywhere has been on my list to check out for some time 😊

I‘ve never listened to an audiobook before, but so far I‘m enjoying this one.

I‘ve had this on my #tbr tower for some time now, figured I‘ll finally get to it.

Enjoying some Blueberry Cheesecake ice cream with a book tonight 🍦📔

This is Vonnegut book number 24 for me. I inhale everything he writes that I can get my hands on, and it‘s not enough. 😫

This is the last Riordan book I‘ve yet to read. Until he comes out with more, that is.

I‘ll write a better review when I gather my thoughts. This was a gang up on my heart, brain, and psyche all at once. I cried, so I didn‘t beat the challenge yet, either. Damn this book was a rollercoaster of epic measures.

My next set of #tbr from the library

Boy oh boy oh boy. I don‘t know what to say right now. I have some questions I feel the author failed to elaborate on and some of the terms (seem really Russian) confused me a bit with very little description of what they meant. But, overall, I love the story and I cannot wait to get the second book! #finished #ontothenext

Relaxing tonight with Shadow and Bone and some chamomile tea 🍵

They mention this book in Everything, Everything and apparently the main character cried every time she read it. So, being the masochist I am, time to cry my eyes out.

Compared to Riordan‘s other stories, the narrators (Sadie and Carter) have a tendency to repeat themselves at times. It‘s not exactly bad, but it does get my attention and it‘s one of those little annoying habits some authors get into. Also feels like Game of Thrones, don‘t like any characters because you‘re going to hate what happens. Still was a decent read, and part of me is excited to move onto the last book, and see how this plays out.

Currently on the 2nd book of the Kane Chronicles. I have read everything else by Rick Riordan (except for the short cross-over stories), and have loved everything so far, but something about this trilogy doesn‘t seem to have the same power as his other series. Riordan does an amazing job with mythology though, that‘s for sure.

When I was younger, I could only read one book at a time. Now, I have 4 going at the same time because there‘s so many books to read and not enough time. 😭

Picked this beauty up from the library recently after a while of hearing friends rave about the Grishaverse series. Pretty excited to start it, and I got the whole weekend free.

Some parts of the book had me entranced, especially when they would introduce a new tent and the creativity behind it, scenes that were truly new to me, not exactly borrowed from other stories or movies, but true original ideas.
Other parts were needlessly confusing, and though I understand the author‘s reasons for not making the chapters exactly linear, it still bothered me to jump around a timeline.
Overall, it was a decent book.

I was disappointed, this didn‘t have the magical feel of being in the wizardry world. Nothing stood out to me, and everything seemed to just happen, eliciting no response from the audience. It felt like some characters were thrown in there only to appease the original Harry Potter fans, but it was almost cheesy. The plot was merely “okay”, didn‘t quite connect to any characters, overall giving it a score of 3.

This is a story of love that I love. I‘m not one for romantic novels, but this is beyond the shallow level of love with no true meaning. This is real, this made me feel the heartache and joy and despair as Madeline. The humor complemented and fit the book so well, as did every other emotion that Nicola Yoon poured into these pages. It simply made sense.