Happy New Year! I'm so happy to be rid of 2021 forever—we can only go up from here, right? Just before the end of the year, I asked around to see if anyone recommended any "New Year" themed books, since I didn't get to read a holiday story around Christmas this year, and there was … Continue reading Book Review: Oona Out of Order
No matter how much older I get or how much more I seem to need to "adult," YA always has my heart. The characters are well developed, the world-building is usually very well done, and young people tend to emote and feel things in a way that adults just aren't allowed to do (or feel … Continue reading Book Review: Where It All Lands
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
When I saw on NetGalley that there was a new Jill Mansell novel coming out, I didn't even read the synopsis before I requested it. And I was even more shocked when I got accepted. It is only then that I realized that Kiss is a new release, technically, but it is a reprint from … Continue reading Book Review: Kiss
It should come as no surprise that I hadn't read an Elin Hilderbrand novel until I picked up Summer of '69. And as soon as I started following what people were saying about it, I realized that, similar to when I read Jennifer Weiner's Mrs. Everything a few weeks ago, the style was not typical … Continue reading Book Review: Summer of ’69
In a weird turn of events, this is the second week in a row that I'm reviewing a Christina Lauren novel, but this is the book I actually read first, so this is my first experience with their writing. (Yes, I say their because I didn't realize it was a duo penning these stories.) Though … Continue reading Book Review: Roomies
The Modest Reader 