Book Review: Pretty Reckless (All Saints High, #1)

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Author: L.J. Shen

Format: E-book

Pages: 338

Categories: Bully Romance, Angst, Enemies to Lovers, Revenge, New Adult

Book Blurb:

Penn

They say revenge is a dish best served cold. 
I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart was completely iced. 
I took her first kiss. 
She took the only thing I loved. 
I was poor. 
She was rich. 
The good thing about circumstances? They can change. Fast. 
Now, I’m her parents’ latest shiny project. 
Her housemate. Her tormentor. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much. 
Yeah, baby girl, say it—I’m your foster brother. 
There’s a price to pay for ruining the only good thing in my life, and she’s about to shell out some serious tears. 
Daria Followhill thinks she is THE queen. I’m about to prove to her that she’s nothing but a spoiled princess. 

Daria

Everyone loves a good old unapologetic punk. 
But being a bitch? Oh, you get slammed for every snarky comment, cynical eye roll, and foot you put in your adversaries’ way. 
The thing about stiletto heels is that they make a hell of a dent when you walk all over the people who try to hurt you. 
In Penn Scully’s case, I pierced his heart until he bled out, then left it in a trash can on a bright summer day. 
Four years ago, he asked me to save all my firsts for him. 
Now he lives across the hall, and I want nothing more than to be his last everything. 
His parting words when he gave me his heart were that nothing in this world is free. 
Now? Now he is making me pay. 

MY REVIEW

I have read only a few books by L.J. Shen and each time I am left saying “whoa, what did I just read?”. Same goes for this book, but maybe even more so. I read her books because I know it will be intense, hot, full of drama, and out of the realm of what I read on a weekly basis. Sometimes I just need a book to break up the monotony of reading the same thing over and over – to cleanse my palate, so to speak. This book did just that.

I can’t say it’s my favorite book from this author. I did keep reading well into the night after 2 a.m., so I can undoubtedly say it is riveting. But I had to process this book afterwards for a bit.

Where do I start? I didn’t read all the Sinners of Saint series, so I don’t know Jamie and Melody’s story just that it was a teacher/student affair but that whole trope is just not my thing.

Daria Followhill is Jamie and Melody’s daughter. She’s a mean girl, a Queen B, and though I didn’t like her I did feel for her because she was crying out for attention and approval. Daria carefully constructs her outside persona to hide what’s goin on the inside. She believes she is unloved and worthless which makes her become an ugly person towards others. So she doesn’t start off as an unlikable person, she has her moments of thoughtfulness but then it’s drowned in jealousy and pain. Penn Scully, is the boy from the other side of the tracks but he’s a survivor despite his circumstances. Penn and Daria make a mistake as kids – Penn did it unknowingly, but Daria was all in on what was happening. The consequences of that mistake come back to haunt them horribly.

This is set in high school, so cue the angst, lots of cursing, sex and drama. There is plenty of it! I like Daria and Penn’s verbal sparring but sometimes she can stoop to being so petty. And Daria has this thing going on with the school Principal 👀 which made me feel yucky, even if the rumors swirling weren’t true. It came close. Daria’s pain and the depths she thought she needed to sink to atone for her sins just made me want to look away. Not even her romance with Penn, which is dysfunctional in itself, could make me feel happy about this story.

I like how Daria’s character develops and when she is at the end of her rope, on the verge of being exposed – thank goodness she finally opens up. Daria needed help. I was mad at her parents, I was mad at Daria, the principal and Via. It was so frustrating. The strained mother/daughter relationship was written well also. It’s so real. Penn’s journey is fairly predictable. He’s the alpha male, he’s poor, falls for the rich girl (in this case, the alpha girl) and he comes out okay. I felt like this story was mostly about Daria and I’m so glad she got some chance to heal at the end.

L.J. Shen is good at what she writes – she pushes the angst, sex, boundaries and her characters are flawed to perfection. They are human. This book was intense and if you like bully romances with an alpha male and an alpha female – then this is definitely a book to pick up. It was just a bit too much for me with the whole punishment thing but still a good story. Now I’m ready for that Followhill family therapy session, because they so need it!😩😅

Book Review: Lady Smoke (Ash Princess Trilogy #2)

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Author: Laura Sebastian

Format: Hard cover

Pages: 496

Category: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance

Book Blurb:

The Kaiser murdered Theodosia’s mother, the Fire Queen, when Theo was only six. He took Theo’s country and kept her prisoner, crowning her Ash Princess–a pet to toy with and humiliate for ten long years. That era has ended. The Kaiser thought his prisoner weak and defenseless. He didn’t realize that a sharp mind is the deadliest weapon.

Theo no longer wears a crown of ashes. She has taken back her rightful title, and a hostage–Prinz Soren. But her people remain enslaved under the Kaiser’s rule, and now she is thousands of miles away from them and her throne.

To get them back, she will need an army. Only, securing an army means she must trust her aunt, the dreaded pirate Dragonsbane. And according to Dragonsbane, an army can only be produced if Theo takes a husband. Something an Astrean Queen has never done.

Theo knows that freedom comes at a price, but she is determined to find a way to save her country without losing herself.

MY REVIEW

The ending of Ash Princess, the first book in this trilogy, made me want to read Lady Smoke right away – but sadly, the sequel fell a bit short for me.

The writing is good. It flows great and I still get drawn into Theodosia’s world but this time they are on a ship, the Smoke, traveling away from Astrea. Theo has claimed her rightful role as Queen but she is a queen without any land. Theo’s character is resilient and she steps into her role as a leader when dealing with her aunt, Dragonsbane, and the leaders of other nations. The Queen of Astrea has never needed a husband to retain her rule but Theo needs an alliance if she wants to defeat the Kaiser and take back her country.

I’m not a fan of the love triangle and not because I don’t like love triangles. Usually I am drawn to one love interest in a love triangle, but with this one I feel like she could go either way and it would be okay. I’m not invested in it at all. But to complicate things more for Theo, she is trying to find a husband.

The political drama is still present in Lady Smoke but I wish there was more of Cress and the Kaiser since they were what made the first book so intriguing. The first part of the book is strategizing what Theo is going to do and so the action picks up in the later half of this book. I did enjoy Theo’s friends/Shadows, I like knowing she has people she can trust. Also, Theo gets to visit the refugee camps in Sta’Crivero and be around some of her people.

Even though this came off as an okay read compared to Ash Princess, I still found it enjoyable because I do enjoy books with political intrigue. I look forward to reading the third book only to see what will happen when Theo fights Cress for Astrea. That should be a good fight, at least I’m hoping it will be.

Book Review: In Bloom (The Brightside Book 1)

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Author: Katie Delahanty

Format: E-book

Pages: 428

Categories: Romance, Celebrity, New Adult

Book Blurb:

My name is Olivia Bloom and I. Am. Free.I left for LA with everything I owned piled into my old Volkswagen and dreams of becoming a costume designer. Little did I know I’d wind up designing for a lingerie company—yeah, not sure how I landed this gig—and taken under the wing of two young Hollywood insiders. The fashion shows and parties were great, but life really got exciting when the seriously hottest lead singer of my favorite band started to fall for me. How does someone like me, an ordinary girl from Pittsburgh, wind up in the arms of the world’s sexiest rock star—surrounded by celebrities, fashion, and music—and not be eaten alive? Berkeley is everything I’ve ever dreamed of in a boyfriend, but the paparazzi, the tabloids, the rumors, it’s all getting a bit too crazy. My life has become every girl’s dream come true, if only I don’t blink and lose it all… 

MY REVIEW

This was a fun romance story and a very quick read. I’m a sucker for the celebrity romance trope and this had everything I was looking for: romance and humor.

Olivia Bloom is a young woman from Pittsburgh who tries to make a living in L.A. and finds it challenging. Luck would have it she runs into the lead singer of her favorite band, Berkeley and the Brightside. It’s a fluke first meeting but then her new friends who are Hollywood insiders, turn her into project “It girl”. They teach her the rules of surviving life in L.A and see if they can turn a nobody into a somebody. This leads her to another chance meeting with Berkeley and soon things take off, in her career and love life.

I adored Olivia’s friends, especially Parker, who reminded me of some of my own friends. He kept making me laugh throughout the book. The author captured the feeding frenzy of the celebrity lifestyle really well from dealing with tabloids and faking it until you make it in Hollywood.

The romance is sweet and tender as Olivia and Berkeley get to know each other and try to make it work in the crazy world of fame. With rumors flying everywhere, Olivia has to figure out if Berkeley’s attentions are real or fake, like everyone else in Hollywood. I enjoyed Olivia’s adventures in Hollywood. I wanted a light-hearted story with a happily ever after and I was not disappointed.

Monthly Wrap Up: April 2019

I think I did pretty good this month despite all the holiday events my family and I were busy with. I’ve read a lot of children’s books too but haven’t had time to write reviews for them. I’ll be adding more of them for May. So here’s what I read in April:


The Moon is a Silver Pond by Sara Cassidy – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Children’s Fiction)

Repeat by Kylie Scott – ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Honor Bound by. Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Gamer’s Guide to Getting the Girl by. Kristine Scarrow – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Priory of the Orange Tree by. Samantha Shannon – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Thirteenth Guardian by. K.M. Lewis – ⭐️⭐️1/2

Voice of Dominion by. Melanie Cellier – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2

The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by. Ally Condie – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

In Bloom (The Brightside Book 1) by. Katie Delahanty – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (review coming soon)

I also read these titles on NetGalley. But I’ll post reviews of these books near their publications dates:

  • The Storm Crow – by. Kalyn Josephson 😍
  • Spin the Dawn – by. Elizabeth Lim 😍
  • The First Girl Child – by. Amy Harmon 😍

Hope you all had a good reading month! Happy READING 😘

Book Review: The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Author: Ally Condie

Format: E-book

Pages: 328

Categories: Dystopian, Young Adult, Grief, Revenge

Book Blurb:

There is something Poe Blythe, the seventeen-year-old captain of the Outpost’s last mining ship, wants far more than the gold they tear from the Serpentine River. 

Revenge. 

Poe has vowed to annihilate the river raiders who robbed her of everything two years ago. But as she navigates the treacherous waters of the Serpentine and realizes there might be a traitor among her crew, she must also reckon with who she has become, who she wants to be, and the ways love can change and shape you. Even—and especially—when you think all is lost.

Ally Condie, the international bestselling author of the Matched trilogy, returns with an intricately crafted and emotionally gripping story of one young woman’s journey to move beyond the grief and anger that control her and find the inner strength to chart her own course.

MY REVIEW

I have to admit, I borrowed this e-book because I was seeing the title and cover everywhere. I didn’t know what it was about only that it was the same author that wrote the Matched Trilogy.

This book hit me in a place unexpected and not because of the setting or overall story. Poe Blythe, the main character was recognizable to me, painfully so. This character is a sharp blade whetted by grief and anger. I recognized her as someone I used to know: once upon a time, when I was 29 years old, I was made a young widow unexpectedly. Poe Blythe was me. It was like looking into a mirror. So as I kept reading, I became highly invested in Poe. I understood all her thoughts, her coldness, her detachment, her anger, her paranoia, her obsession with her ship – all the things that made her unlikable as a character. I knew how she became that person and I felt for her.

It’s a dystopian story set in a future when resources are scarce. Poe Blythe is part of the crew on a dredge, a gold mining ship for the Outpost. The world building is sparse, because it only focused on the Outpost, the river and Poe. Her grief is a landscape on its own. She had tunnel vision and seeing Poe struggling to see more outside of her grief was triumphant.

A raider kills the one person Poe loves and she is consumed with grief, hate, and thoughts of revenge. Her grief inspires her to build a dredge ship that is equipped with armor to kill as many raiders as possible. But then she is sent on a mission where everything goes wrong. This mission makes her face her inner demons. There is a lot of action in this story and events that challenges Poe from the get go. The secondary characters are there to put dents into her armor, both her ship’s armor and her own emotional armor. As Poe says, if you understand her ship – you understand her. Poe needs to trust someone eventually – but can she? And who can she trust?

For me, this was a surprisingly quick, intense read. When it ended I was shocked – because I had no expectations of finishing it so fast. I also had no words to describe what I just read, because I was so bound to Poe, I had to decompress a little. This book took me on an emotional and familiar ride down the river of heartbreak, grief and anger. In the end, I needed to know Poe would survive her last voyage…like I did. It’s a stand alone book but I can actually see reading more books set in this world. It was well written, compelling, and it punched me in the heart. It definitely left an impression on me.

Book Review: Voice of Dominion (The Spoken Mage 3)

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Author: Melanie Cellier

Format: E-book

Pages: 316

Categories: Young Adult, Fantasy, Magic

Book Blurb:

Elena may be the only Spoken Mage in history, but she struggles with limitations. Unable to stockpile written workings as her mageborn year mates do, she runs the constant risk of burning out. But when the Armed Forces draw the third years to the front lines of their war, Elena’s strength and flexibility may be necessary to keep them all alive.

As Elena wrestles with how much she will sacrifice for the war, Lucas must decide how much he’s willing to sacrifice for her. Faced with a greater threat than even they realize, Elena and Lucas must work together and either fight or be consumed by their enemies.

MY REVIEW

Elena is a Spoken Mage, whereas other mages write a composition of magic on paper and then tear it up in order for the magic to happen, all she needs to do is speak the words. In the first two books Elena is at an academy learning how to harness and expand her powers. Their kingdom, Ardann has been at war with neighboring kingdom, Kallorway. This time Elena and her classmates are sent to the front lines to observe the battle but gets caught in some skirmishes.

One reason I like this series is how the magic is created with the written compositions. It’s different! It would definitely be easier to speak out a command than spend time composing it but the author shows how writing could be beneficial in certain aspects as well.

There was a lot more action in this book now that they are at the front lines. Elena’s best friends are with her and still awesome. I’m glad she has good people around her. The romance has been a clean slow burn throughout three books now. It’s a back and forth thing between Prince Lucas and Elena. But I just wish they would just stay together. The twist in the ending, made me pause hard. It threw me off and made me wonder why that needed to take place. I’m not sure that I like it. I guess we will see how it works out in the next book – but it definitely surprised me!

All the books in this series are quick, easy, fun reads – this one wasn’t my favorite though.

Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2019

Image Source: POPSUGAR Photograph

I stumbled upon this hashtag on my Instagram feed #popsugarreadingchallenge2019 and got curious. I haven’t done a reading challenge before, other than the goodreads reading challenge which is basically a reading goal, so I thought this will be a fun first for me. 😊

Since I’m starting this list in April (yikes it’s almost May) – let’s see what I’ve checked off on this list so far:

  1. A book becoming a movie in 2019:
  2. A book that makes you nostalgic:
  3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction):
  4. A book you think should be turned into a movie: The Wicked King by. Holly Black (I want the whole series as a movie or tv series 😍)
  5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads:
  6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by. Brigid Kemmerer
  7. A reread of a favorite book: Traitor Born by. Amy A. Bartol
  8. A book about a hobby:
  9. A book you meant to read in 2018:
  10. A book with “pop”, “sugar” or “challenge” in the title:
  11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover:
  12. A book inspired by mythology, legend or folklore:
  13. A book published posthumously:
  14. A book you see someone reading in a TV or movie:
  15. A retelling of a classic: Pride by. Ibi Zoboi
  16. A book with a question in the title:
  17. A book set on a college or university campus:
  18. A book about someone with a superpower: Defy Me by. Tahereh Mafi
  19. A book told from multiple POVs: The Priory of the Orange Tree by. Samantha Shannon
  20. A book set in space: Nightchasers by. Amanda Bouchet
  21. A book by two female authors: Honor Bound (The Honors #2) by. Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre
  22. A book with a title that contains “salty”, “sweet”, “bitter” or “spicy”:
  23. A book set in Scandinavia:
  24. A book that takes place in a single day:
  25. A debut novel: The Storm Crow by. Kayln Josephson
  26. A book that’s published in 2019: Dark Shores by. Danielle L. Jensen
  27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature: Even the Darkest Stars by. Heather Fawcett
  28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire:
  29. A book with “love” in the title:
  30. A book featuring an amateur detective: Serious Moonlight by. Jenn Bennett
  31. A book about a family:
  32. A book written by an author from Asia, Africa or South America:
  33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title:
  34. A book that includes a wedding:
  35. A book with an author whose first and last names start with the same letter:
  36. A ghost story:
  37. A book with a two world title: Devil’s Daughter by. Lisa Kleypas
  38. A novel based on a true story:
  39. A book revolving around a puzzle or a game:
  40. Your favorite prompt from a POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE:

ADVANCED

  1. A “cli-fi” (climate fiction) book:
  2. A “choose your own adventure” book:
  3. A “choose your own adventure” book:
  4. An “own voices” book:
  5. A LitRPG book:
  6. A book with no chapters, unusual chapter headings, or unconventionally numbered chapters:
  7. Two books that share the same title (1):
  8. Two books that share the same title (2):
  9. A book that inspired a common phrase or idiom (e.g., Big Brother from 1984):
  10. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage or convent:

There are so many books I’ve read in the past that would fit all these criteria but what’s the fun in that? So I’ll try my best! And if you have any titles to recommend to help me meet my challenge – please leave them in the comments below. Thanks! Happy Reading 😘

Book Review: The Thirteenth Guardian

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️ 1/2

Author: KM Lewis

Format: E-book

Pages: 295

Categories: Apocalypse, Secret Societies, Suspense

Disclaimer: **I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

Book Blurb:

Da Vinci’s secret pales. Michelangelo concealed an explosive truth in his famous Creation of Man fresco in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. Everything we have been taught about Eve is wrong—she didn’t cause the fall of man. Instead, Eve carried a far more devastating secret for millennia; one that will change the world forever.

As the modern-day world suffers the cataclysmic effects of the “Plagues of Egypt”, Avery Fitzgerald, a statuesque Astrophysics major at Stanford, discovers that she is mysteriously bound to five strangers by an extremely rare condition that foremost medical experts cannot explain. Thrust into extraordinary circumstances, they race against time to stay alive as they are pursued by an age-old adversary and the world around them collapses into annihilation. Under sacred oath, The Guardians—a far more archaic and enigmatic secret society than the Freemasons, Templars, and the Priory—protect Avery as she embarks on a daring quest that only legends of old have been on before. Avery must come to terms with the shocking realization that the blood of an ancient queen flows through her veins and that the fate of the world now rests on her shoulders.

MY REVIEW

Thank you NetGalley for an e-arc of this book for an honest review.

I was curious about this book because it mentioned the Plagues of Egypt. Usually apocalyptic stories go the way of a comet headed straight for Earth or the most obvious, climate change. When the story revealed that the Plagues of Egypt didn’t only happen in Egypt but around the world at the same time, I thought that was a fascinating take on it.

Though the plagues in this story is exciting, the whole story itself didn’t work for me. The book introduces us to these main characters who are scattered all over the world and each of them has a special trait. These special people need to survive the days of the plague. The story lost me because it kept adding more characters and locations. Throw in all this information from various religious texts, secret societies, plus the scientific aspects of these unusual events taking place, and geographical data, there was a lot going on.

Maybe with more focus on giving the main characters depth, and less on adding side characters this would have worked better for me. That way I could have actually connected to a character. Although I did enjoy some of the geographical information given (especially when the events happen) I felt like the writing became mechanical in these areas. Overall, it wasn’t a book for me but I appreciated the ideas in this book and it has a lot of potential.

Book Review: The Priory of the Orange Tree

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Author: Samantha Shannon

Format: Hard cover

Pages: 830

Categories: Fantasy, Romance, Adventure, Dragons, Court Politics

Book Blurb:

A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction–but assassins are getting closer to her door.

Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.

Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.

MY REVIEW

This 800+ pages standalone saga is epic in scale. The world building is complex with a lot of information to absorb: names, titles, positions, and places. The beginning is all about world building so this story didn’t click for me until almost halfway into the book! And when I say click, I mean that’s when everything started flowing better – that’s about almost 300 pages into the story. The build up of the story took time because there are four different perspectives being told by: Ead in the West at Inys, Niclays Roos and Tané in the East, and Lord Artheloth on a ship headed South to Yscali.

Queen Sabran is the ruler of the Queendom of Inys which lies in the West. There is a woman named Ead Duryan who seems to be the eyes and ears at her court. We find out she is much more than that. The Queen needs an heir because continuing the House of Berethnet would protect their lands from their enemy, the Nameless One. He is a huge evil wrym (dragon) who was bound a thousand years ago but is about to awaken soon. The wyrms in the West are fire-breathers and feared by all.

Many of the kingdoms in this book seem to be based off on the histories of various countries in our own real world. Inys reminds me of England, Queen Sabran reminded me of Queen Elizabeth I. The East basically pulls from China and Japan. The South seems similar to the middle east and Africa.

Tané’s story anchored me to this tale because it starts with her and also because the East reveres their dragons and I wanted to read about dragons. Tané is a Sekiinese young woman who is training to be a dragonrider and she achieves that goal. Her dragon is wonderful and so wise, I loved their bond. But Tané’s past comes back to haunt her. On the other side, Ead’s story flourishes as we learn about her amazing skills. Out of all the characters, I think Ead’s story is the most fleshed out and what a story it is. Both of these women are fearless and fierce but with quite different journeys.

There is a lot going on in this story. There is court politics, mages, religion, alchemy, myth, lore, magical beasts, pirates, quests, magical artifacts, adventures across oceans, and treks across desserts. There are battles, there is loss, love and hope. This story is female driven, from the villains to the heroines and there is diversity represented in the characters and romance, which I appreciated. It touched on issues we deal with as women: love, marriage, child birth, our fears, our ambitions, our responsibilities, and our power.

This story is not perfect. I’d rather have had more of Tané’s story and less of Niclays Roos. I felt at times I wanted to read more of one perspective than another, so I would think…okay, hurry up, just get on with it. Like the quest for immortality, was that really needed? I just wanted to read more about how they were going to defeat the Nameless One.

Also, though I didn’t think I related to any one character deeply, that was okay. Each character had something I could relate to and admire: Queen Sabran with her strength and vulnerabilities, Ead with her protectiveness and knowledge, Tané with her insecurities, love for her dragon and courage, and Loth – who wants to hold onto all his beliefs but braves the open waters to try and help the people he loves. Even Niclays Roos – who I disliked the most, his resentment and bitterness from heartbreak – I could relate to that as well.

I’m still thinking about this story after finishing it two days ago. I think I may even pick it up again later when I have nothing else to read (when is that? haha) just to see if I missed anything. It’s one of those tales I won’t be forgetting anytime soon so I think overall, this book has done it’s job. It is unforgettable.

**On a side note – if you don’t want to lug around a 3 lbs hard cover book (yes I weighed it 😂) – get the ebook version! **

What I’m Reading:

What a week! Did you have a good week? I know it’s a holiday weekend but I’m exhausted. I hosted an early Easter Egg hunt at my house this past Sunday and I don’t know if I have recovered yet. To top it all off, I’m trying to keep on reading! I have The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon as my priority right now to finish because I have to return that to the library next week. It’s been slow going on that one, but I am determined. I actually read two awesome books from NetGalley, but I can’t post my reviews yet until nearer to their publication dates.

But here are the titles I’ve picked up to read next…

These are some E-books I’ve borrowed through Amazon Kindle Unlimited:

And from NetGalley I have these:

I’m finally on Edelweiss Plus! I’m working on getting approved for Arcs there. So I just got this one…

And I just got a notification on my Overdrive online library that I have this book ready to read:

What are you reading right now? What’s next on your TBR list? I hope all of you have a nice weekend and to those who celebrate Passover, Happy Passover (we do) and those who celebrate Easter, Happy Easter (we do as well haha). Happy Reading! 😘