The Summer I Turned Pretty gets at the heart of young love in a way that only author Jenny Han can. Now an Amazon series from the author of the best-selling YA novel To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, The Summer I Turned Pretty is another example of how growing up can come in Read more
I’m only slightly embarrassed to say it, but I picked up The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis thanks to TikTok. Scrolling through people’s book ideas, a certain Parisian-styled cover kept jumping out at me. Or maybe it was the intriguing title (because who doesn’t want a “happy ending” to their story). Whatever subconscious Read more
In Reminders of Him (as with all books by Colleen Hoover) love is central to the story. As a #1 New York Times Best-selling author, it’s obvious to see why her work is so popular. She is incredibly skilled at weaving strands of doubt, passion, and hurt all together in a way that feels so Read more
It’s easy to see why Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me was (and still is) one of those books everyone talks about. Let’s put aside the fact that Apple TV has turned this novel into a limited series starring Jennifer Garner and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (and is produced by Reese Witherspoon no less). Since Read more
Ever since finishing the sequel novel to It Ends with Us, I have been itching to get into these It Starts with Us book club questions. While definitely not my favorite Colleen Hoover novel (and I go into the reasons why in more depth in this It Starts with Us book review), it actually does Read more
Chances are if you read A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, you immediately started reading A Court of Mist and Fury (bonus points if it was for a book club)! In my opinion, the second installment of this book series was not only captivating, I think it might have actually been Read more
It Starts with Us is the long-anticipated sequel to Tik Tok darling novel, It Ends with Us. Eager fans around the world have waited for the conclusion of Lily Bloom and Atlas Corrigan’s love story from the first book (myself among them)! What we got left me with some complicated feelings about the book (a Read more
As soon as I read Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarity, I knew immediately I would be writing book club questions for it. There is just so much to discuss! And given who the author is, I can’t say I was all that surprised. A Major Author Known best as the writer of Big Little Read more
Whenever I’m at any kind of crossroads (good, bad, or just plain confusing), I naturally turn to books to help process and guide my thinking. And with a new year nearly upon us, it’s the time of year a lot more people than just me choose to look back and reflect. To meditate on the Read more
When it comes to sequels of popular novels, it’s hard to not get nervous that it will be disappointing compared to the first book. Luckily, Fly Away, the sequel to the New York Times best-selling Kristin Hannah novel (and now Netflix show) Firefly Lane, is a beautiful continuation of the heartbreaking story of best friends Read more