When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own—scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined [...]
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Review: All’s Fair in Love and Cupcakes by Betsy St. Amant
Kat inspected rows of the same old cupcakes. They seemed to blink back at her, as if they knew she was capable of so much more.Kat Varland has had enough of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.At twenty-six years old, Kat is still living in the shadows of her family in Bayou Bend, Louisiana. Still working shifts [...]
Waiting on Wednesday #6
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. There are a lot of books that I simply cannot wait for that are released in October so I'll share some of them right here! October seems to be the jackpot for me. [...]
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Need (but don’t own yet)
Top Ten Tuesday is a lovely original feature/weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.This week we're talking about the books that we'd love to get our grubby little paws on, but, unfortunately, do not own yet. I don't believe I'll get to 10 this week, but I'll try my best! :)1. UnWholly by [...]
Review: The Winter People by Rebekah L. Purdy (DNF)
An engrossing, complex, romantic fantasy perfect for fans of Kristin Cashore or Maggie Stiefvater, set in a wholly unique world.Salome Montgomery fears winter—the cold, the snow, the ice, but most of all, the frozen pond she fell through as a child. Haunted by the voices and images of the strange beings that pulled her to [...]
Vlog Book Review: Being Audrey Hepburn by Mitchell Kriegman
In Being Audrey Hepburn, Clarissa Explains It All-creator, Mitchell Kriegman, tells the story of a 19-year-old girl from Jersey who finds herself thrust into the world of socialites after being seen in Audrey Hepburn’s dress from the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s.Lisbeth comes from a broken home in the land of tube tops, heavy eyeliner, frosted [...]
Waiting on Wednesday #5
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.I wasn't really looking forward to this one, but now that I've received an ARC from the publisher... I'm very interested.Can you hear Atlantia breathing?For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamt [...]
Top Ten Tuesday: Books that people have urged me to read!
Top Ten Tuesday is a lovely original feature/weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week deals with books that I've been encouraged (threatened, by some) to read. When more than five people tell me to read a book, I usually don't read it. And, then, years later, when I chose to finally [...]
Review: Correlation by Mia Grace
When the past and the present collide…Hailey Kent knows how she wants to spend the summer before her junior year in high school: hanging out at the pool with Jenna, her BFF; riding her new trail bike on Vermont’s country roads; and flirting with Jenna’s hot older brother, Cody.Hailey’s plans are shattered when a post-graduation [...]
Waiting On Wednesday #4
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.I'm so pumped for this week's WoW!~*~*~*~*~In Kat Spears’s hilarious and often poignant debut, high school senior Jesse Alderman, or "Sway," as he’s known, could sell hell to a bishop. He also specializes in [...]
"I Think I'm Obsessed" 