Quick Summary:  The book begins with Sophie Steinbeck standing on the alter, it's her wedding day and she's desperately hoping her plan works. She does not want to get married, her fiance has cheated once again, but her father works for her almost father-in-law and she feels stuck. When a man stands up, and objects to the wedding, calling out her fiance for cheating, she realizes her plan worked and a professional objector was the perfect ploy to get out of this.  Thoughts: I picked up Happily Never After after I DNF'ed a previous book I wasn't in the mood to read. I was afrai ..read more

The Tea Club (Dollar Tea Club) is a subscription service that I come back to over and over. I genuinely love their teas, and I love that I can try samples before I commit to a larger bag. This time of year, I drink copious amounts of tea and I restarted my subscription to The Tea Club. I had stopped over the summer to try to use up all the samples that I had but it was time to re-subscribe and top up my tea stock.  This tea company is based in Canada, but available in the US and Canada. I am subscribed to The Explorer subscription, for this selection you receive 3 samples for 3$, plus 3 ..read more

  As soon as we hit September, I'm ready for fall to arrive. I crave warm sweaters, copious amounts of tea and hot chocolate, and cozy blankets. Of course, I want all of those things while enjoying a fall read. The weather hasn't cooperated just yet, but the mornings are allowing me to wear a sweater. I'll take it. I'm a seasonal mood reader and during these months, I'm looking for atmospheric reads, mysteries, and witchy books. I love curating an autumnal reading list, and I want to share with you some of those books.  Let's get into the books! The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyto ..read more

The Two of Us by Taylor A. Torres (Purchase) Mara has no intention of returning home, facing what she ran away from, and coming back to a place that caused so much pain for her. However, when she learns her father's cancer is near the end, she decides it's time to go home. It's been seven years since she saw Ambrose and seven years since her terrible mistake and when she returns home, she quickly learns he's still living across the street and she might not be able to avoid him. Mara and Ambrose have many layers, they were childhood best friends and through the years they have a lot of histo ..read more

How to read more for less? If you're a part of the bookish community in any way, you'll notice many large book hauls and I want to tell you that you don't have to spend all of your money on books. If you want to, go ahead I won't judge but here are my tips on reading more for less. Yes, I'm a book blogger but more than anything I'm an avid reader and I love finding those five-star reads; jumping into new stories, and meeting new characters. Books are expensive, inflation is everywhere and I want to help those who want to read and want to do it with less money.  Library and Electronic ..read more

Friday is here, and it's the last week of summer break for us. My son will be starting school next Thursday, and I will admit I'm a bit nervous for next week. My son has an anxiety disorder and going back to school will be a hard transition for him. I'm hoping for the best, but expecting it not to go smoothly. There will be a lot of reassurance and coaching as we settle back into the school routine. If you have a child who struggles with anxiety and panic- I feel you. We have a plan set with his therapist and I'm hoping we get more answers this year. This last week, I've been feeling all t ..read more

Let's Talk About Books will be a new series on my blog. Instead of writing a full-length post for each book, I'll include a few books to talk about. You'll notice I like to read a different type of book once I finish a book. I think grouping them into groups of four will give readers a great recommendation selection. If I read the same genre over and over, I will get burnt out and fall into a reading slump. This way I can keep reading and keep myself engaged. Happy reading! Yellowface by R.F Kuang (Purchase) This was my first R.F. Kuang book, I had previously heard about Babel, and I was c ..read more

This is a book I had on my Kindle for a while and finally decided to read it. I went into this one not knowing anything about it, I'm sure I heard someone on Youtube mention it was a great book and I added it to my Kindle. Going in not knowing much about it was great and it really added to the experience. In short, I loved this book and you should read it too.  We begin the book with our main character, Kate Sedgewick arriving in Minnesota and about to start college. She drove across the country by herself, we know she's endured trauma, but she tends to be optimistic and to always loo ..read more

  The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Reading Blog / Book Journal Source: Purchased Rating: 5/5 Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the author of The Inheritance Games series which I'm sure most of you have heard about. If you haven't read that series, please do. I knew she had a backlist of titles and I had a few of them on my wishlist. When Larry Reads on Youtube recommended this series, I thought I would give it a try. It was the encouragement that I needed to try more of her books. This series is quoted to be a "Criminal Minds" for a young adult audience. I'll admit, I've never watched Crimin ..read more

  Crimson River by Devney Perry Reading Journal/Review Source: Purchased Spoiler Free The Eden series by Devney Perry has been a four or five-star series for me. I couldn't wait to pick up the fifth book in the series, Crimson River. In this romantic suspect novel, we have Lyla Eden, one of the Eden siblings who can always be found at her coffee shop. When her sister demands she takes the day off because it's been one hundred days since her last day off, no one could possibly imagine that Lyla would find herself the victim of an attack. When the local police department quickly has no le ..read more