{Bookish} Travel Buddies: A Court of Thorns and Roses (+ Flights of Fantasy April Linky)

I wanted to come up with a way to combine my love for books with my love for travel, and thus  {Bookish} Travel Buddies  was born. It's quite simple, really, as I'm pairing up characters from books I've loved + the places that I'd love to go visit with them. I've  hung out with th…

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Six Impossible Things • Queen of Hearts

Queen of Hearts  is a recent book inspired by Alice in Wonderland that caught my eye with its snazzy cover and fun premise focused heavily on one character that I feared and found fascinating in the original: the Queen of Hearts. It is the story of Dinah, princess and future queen of Wonderland, who…

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Like a Row of Dominoes • Where We Fall

Where We Fall has four different characters: Abby (the coach’s wife who is suffering from depression), Ryan (the coach who wants to do right by his family and his team), Juliana (their daughter who is in love with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks) and Lauren (Abby’s ex-BFF and Ryan’s ex who …

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What I Love About A Court of Thorns and Roses

It is very difficult to really discern what I loved so much about A Court of Thorns and Roses because I pretty much loved everything  about this tale. I was very interested in the setting, particularly when Feyre finds herself taken to Prythian. I was swept up in this tale of love and anguish, with…

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A New Dawn • Rebel of the Sands

I went into Rebel of the Sands with high hopes. And I’m pleased to report that it delivered! Every time I cracked open the novel to continue reading, I was immediately swept up in this story. Amani’s adventures held me spellbound from start to finish, and I finished feeling both satisfied and want…

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The Sunday Mix (28)

Another Sunday, another line-up of links to share with you, my dear readers (even while I'm off in Paris on an adventure with my family)! I hope you enjoy them as much as I did, and find something that you can use for inspiration, encouragement or advice. If you've found any fascinating li…

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Tunes & Tales: The Spirit Room

I have a deep love for Michelle Branch, particularly her first album. I was obsessed with Everywhere when it was first released, and that was quickly followed by an obsession with every single song. (Fun fact: The first time I ever sang for a school assembly, I actually sang All You Wanted.) I rec…

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A Matter of Perspective • Two Summers

I really like reading books set in places I love. Two Summers fits the bill perfectly, as it weaves together parallel timelines – one set in New York and one set in France. While this novel and I got off to a shaky start, it definitely recovered from that. By the time I had turned the very last pa…

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Bonjour! Ciao! Hola!

In a matter of days, I shall be boarding a plane and embarking on an adventure that I’ve been waiting ages for: I’m finally going to be visiting Europe! Even though I (sadly) won’t be hitting up the UK (fun fact: London has been my dream travel destination for a long time now), I am still so freak…

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Book BFF Roulette

Last year, I teamed up with my friends Rachel , Kelly & Hannah to bring you Book Boy Roulette , where we talked about some of our favorite boys from our favorite books. We had so much fun putting it together that we thought it’d be a great idea to do it again – only this time, we were going to ta…

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{Bookish} Style Files: Jodi Meadows

One of my favorite authors and human beings in the whole entire universe is Jodi Meadows . I've been a big fan of hers since her debut novel Incarnate came out in 2012, and I've been a loyal reader of her books ever since then. This month marks the end of her second series with the release …

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My Favorite Childhood Book

I was a voracious reader, even as a child, so trying to pick a favorite should be a difficult exercise in theory. But in the middle of the Laura Ingalls Wilder and Ann M. Martin, the Dr. Seuss and the Berenstein Bears, the fairy tales and the fables, there is really one book that stands out for me…

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