March 2018

On the one hand, I cannot believe it's officially the last day of March. On the other hand, so  much has happened this month that I shouldn't be surprised at all. It's been one hell of a time, and I'm so, so glad that I've been blessed with the ability to experience all of these…

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Abbreviations #46 | London Belongs to Me, Roomies + In Search of Us

London Belongs to Me  caught my eye last year when folks on Instagram and YouTube mentioned in in their hauls and recaps. I was intrigued by the cover, and the title, and when I heard what it was about, well, it sealed the deal on my interest. It's about Alex, who has moved to London after gradu…

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Sequel Spotlight #3: Restore Me

There are just so many incredible sequels coming out in 2018! After a lot of flailing with Kristin of Super Space Chick over the many upcoming sequels we're excited for, we decided it could be fun to start a monthly feature where we got to spotlight the ones we're most excited about. And t…

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Things So Complicated • A Kiss in the Dark

It all started with a kiss. Specifically, it starts with one hell of a kiss that senior Macy Atwood receives when the lights go out at a high school football game from a boy that feels familiar to her. As Macy tries to discover his identity, she'll find herself entangled in new relationships (…

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ApollyCon 2018

It's been three years since the last time I got to attend ApollyCon , so I was looking forward to being there for this year's three-day event in the Washington DC area. While it might have started as an event where Jen celebrated the release of her new Titan series with author friends, it&#…

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3 Things I Want To Do With My Photos This Year (+ Flash Drive Giveaway)

During  my trip to Iceland , I took a lot  of photos. It's such a gorgeous country, with plenty of landscape scenery that draws the eye and I wanted to capture it as best I could (though nothing really does it justice because seeing it in person is an entirely different thing). Anyway, it's b…

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Tunes & Tales 2.0 | The Iceland Edition

Before we set off for Iceland, Rachel & I both curated playlists for the trip. (Here's mine , and here's Rachel's !) It's interesting to me that we had very different ideas of what we wanted our playlists to sound (or to evoke), but I love both of them equally! Inspired by songs …

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Sirens, Princes & Hearts • To Kill a Kingdom

If I could have bottled up my exact volume and level of verbal flailing I did in front of Macky and my sister Rachel, or even transcribed my screaming texts at my friends DJ and Rachel upon finishing To Kill a Kingdom  and had that translated into a written review, I probably would have just used t…

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Gift Guides for Penny & Sam | Emergency Contact (+ Giveaway)

Thanks to the lovely folks at Simon Teen for partnering with me for a giveaway! Book in question  Emergency Contact , y'all. I'd been looking forward to reading this one ever since I'd seen my friend DJ talk about it. It's another novel with an Asian (specifically Korean-American) ma…

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Gift Guide for Freya, Harun & Nathaniel | I Have Lost My Way Blog Tour

It is an incredible honor to be part of the blog tour for I Have Lost My Way . I've been excited to read this novel ever since it was announced, and Gayle Forman has successfully written something raw and real with this story. My review will be going up eventually, but today, I have the pleasur…

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Table for Two #15: Kol Restaurant

Rachel of Hello, Chelly and I decided to do a special Iceland edition of Table for Two  for the month of March! We had the most amazing trip (check out my recaps for more - part 01 / part 02 / part 03 ) and  we got to eat at some pretty delicious places. It took us both a while to narrow down which pl…

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Macky Reads Aldo and Futura

Every so often, Smith Publicity gives me a chance to review a couple of their books. As part of my bid to venture out of my comfort zone, broaden my horizons and just learn a thing or two by reading things I won’t normally read (but won’t drive me batty), I said yes to reviewing these books and I …

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