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Games by Christopher Paul High on Unsplash: Make Your Move by Laura Heffernan (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: Make Your Move

2nd Jan 20203rd Jan 2020Leave a comment

Ah! I've officially fallen behind in my reviews. I'm going to try to make it my 2020 resolution to stay on top of it, but with the baby coming in 6-ish weeks, I can't promise I'll be great at it at the beginning. I will do my best! That being said, I was drawn to … Continue reading Book Review: Make Your Move

Kids by Ben Wicks on Unsplash: The Dating Charade by Melissa Ferguson (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: The Dating Charade

16th Dec 2019Leave a comment

I will admit I've been a little slower at the posting lately—sorry, everyone!—but as I write this I'm almost 32 weeks pregnant, and I'm finding it takes a very specific kind of story to keep me from falling asleep...and I'm having a harder and harder time finding the right plot. I was hoping The Dating … Continue reading Book Review: The Dating Charade

Astrology by Anastasia Dulgier on Unsplash: Star-Crossed by Minnie Darke (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: Star-Crossed

25th Nov 201913th Mar 2022Leave a comment

As much as I'm not the type of person who reads my horoscope religiously, I am someone who is married to the type of person who reads his horoscope every day. As far as I can tell, he doesn't base any major life decisions on what the stars are telling him, but I've learned a … Continue reading Book Review: Star-Crossed

WWI Ambulances: Mercy Road by Ann Howard Creel (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: Mercy Road

12th Nov 201925th Feb 2022Leave a comment

When I saw the cover for Mercy Road by Ann Howard Creely on NetGalley, from the same publishing house that published one of my favourite books of this year, The Beantown Girls, I knew I had to read it. Instead of being about women helping during World War II, this one was about women ambulance … Continue reading Book Review: Mercy Road

Wilted by Annie Spratt on Unsplash: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: It Ends With Us

4th Nov 201928th Oct 2019Leave a comment

I have never read anything by Colleen Hoover. I know. You should be shocked. I had actually never even heard of her until I started poking around the bookstagram community... and I don't know how I managed it. When I asked where a good place to start was, I was told It Ends With Us. … Continue reading Book Review: It Ends With Us

Hollywood by Martin Jernberg on Unsplash: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

28th Oct 201925th Oct 2019Leave a comment

I have so many books in my To Be Read pile that I didn't even know where to start, so I made a little poll and asked my bookclub which book I should tackle next (thank you, Spivesters!). Although it wasn't a unanimous decision, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid won … Continue reading Book Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Moon by Ryan Holloway on Unsplash: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: Twice in a Blue Moon

21st Oct 201921st Oct 20191 Comment

By some weird coincidence, this is the third book in a row I've read by a Lauren, though this one is much more familiar to me, since I seem to devour anything Christina Lauren have written in a day or two. And their latest, Twice in a Blue Moon (out tomorrow, October 22), is no … Continue reading Book Review: Twice in a Blue Moon

Memories by Jon Tyson on Unsplash: The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: The Memory Thief

18th Oct 2019Leave a comment

It had been a while since I read a good-old dystopian YA fiction. Books like The Hunger Games series and Kiera Cass's The Selection series are some of my favourite examples of stories that I will keep coming back to, even as I continue into my 30s. I've mentioned before that YA doesn't really only … Continue reading Book Review: The Memory Thief

Cupid's Arrow by Mick C on Flickr: Cupid's Match by Lauren Palphreyman (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: Cupid’s Match

25th Sep 201925th Sep 2019Leave a comment

When I saw that there was a romance novel about Cupid that was doing so well on Wattpad that they were publishing it, I was definitely intrigued. I mean, when that many people already love it, it has to be a good read! So I took a read of Lauren Palphreyman's novel (in stores October … Continue reading Book Review: Cupid’s Match

Rock band by Chad Kirchoff on Unsplash: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: Daisy Jones and the Six

11th Sep 201911th Sep 20192 Comments

I'm always hesitant to read books that have a ton of hype behind them, especially when it's from an author that I am unfamiliar with. I worry that I will have such high expectations and that there is no way I can be anything but disappointed. I just kept hearing from people everywhere (including my … Continue reading Book Review: Daisy Jones and the Six

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