January 2022 Wrap Up

As far as reading goes, this was the most successful month i’ve had since 2020! I never read this many pages in a month in 2021! January is usually my best month for reading so I kind of expected this. I need to wind down from the busy holiday season so I sit and read….

I Must Betray You

I MUST BETRAY YOU Written by Ruta Sepetys Published by Penguin, February 1, 2022 My star rating – 4.5 stars THE SYNOPSIS: Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship…

Malibu Rising

MALIBU RISING Written by Taylor Jenkins Reid Published by Ballantine Books, June 1, 2021 My star rating – 4 stars THE SYNOPSIS: Malibu: August, 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel;…

She Who Became The Sun

SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN Written by Shelley Parker-Chan Published by Tor Books, July 20th, 2021 My star rating – 4 stars THE SYNOPSIS: In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness… In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the…

The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones

THE INVINCIBLE SUMMER OF JUNIPER JONES Written by Daven McQueen Published by Wattpad Books, June 16, 2020 My star rating – 5 STARS! ALL THE STARS! THE SYNOPSIS: It’s the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he’s sent…

My Calamity Jane

MY CALAMITY JANE (The Lady Janies #3) Written by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows Published by Harper Teen, June 2, 2020 My star rating – 3.5 stars THE SYNOPSIS: Welcome ​to 1876 and a rootin’-tootin’ America bursting with gunslingers, outlaws, and garou. JANE (a genuine hero-eene) Calamity’s her name, and garou hunting’s her game—when…

The Nightingale

THE NIGHTINGALE Written by Kristin Hannah Published by St. Martins Press, February 3, 2015 My star rating – 4 stars THE SYNOPSIS: In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in…

The Fountains of Silence

THE FOUNTAINS OF SILENCE Written by Ruta Sepetys Published by Philomel Books, October 1, 2019 My star rating – 5 stars THE SYNOPSIS: Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine….

Pan’s Labyrinth

PAN’S LABYRINTH: The Labyrinth of the Faun Written by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke Published by Katherine Tegen Books, July 2, 2019 My star rating – 4 stars THE SYNOPSIS: Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro and New York Times bestselling author Cornelia Funke have come together to transform del Toro’s hit movie Pan’s…