Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's challenge is books with colors in the title! … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Colors in the Title
Author: laurel • the suspected bibliophile
Book Review: FINNA
Finna by Nino Cipri 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 A grandmother goes to fake IKEA and accidentally stumbles into an interdimensional portal. Two employees (and exes), upon learning that this is kinda a thing at this place and that budget cuts have removed the highly trained retrieval teams designed for such things, are voluntold to go retrieve her. This … Continue reading Book Review: FINNA
August 2020 TBR
I almost didn't do an August TBR. I think it has to do with a lot of this month's ARCs. I'm excited for them, but also feel a slump coming on? I'm excited for books, but I don't want to put in the effort to...actually read them. Plus July wasn't as great of a reading … Continue reading August 2020 TBR
July 2020 Wrap-Up
I had hoped to read more in July, but it just didn't happen. I had three books lined up to crush in the last week, and it's now Friday the 31st and I still have three books to read. Which is fantastic because there are several ARCs releasing on August 3 and 4th that um, … Continue reading July 2020 Wrap-Up
Book Review: Real Men Knit
Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson 🌺🌺🌺/5 The Strong brothers rally to continue the family knitting shop after the sudden death of their beloved foster mother, Mama Joy, but run into complications. They've all got their own commitments, aside from Jesse, who's reputation is for running after women, not running a business. But the boys … Continue reading Book Review: Real Men Knit
Top Ten Tuesday: Backlist Women Fantasy Authors!
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's theme is a freebie! A couple months ago, … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Backlist Women Fantasy Authors!
Book Review: You Deserve Each Other
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle 🌺🌺🌺/5 Naomi and Nicholas are the perfect couple. Their social media is pristine. They never fight. They are getting married in three months in an all-out wedding. And Naomi wants out. She's sick of Nicholas, sick of his family, sick of pretending everything is perfect when it was … Continue reading Book Review: You Deserve Each Other
Book Review: Juliet Takes a Breath
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Juliet is a baby dyke about to enter her second year of college. Puerto Rican and brown and from the Bronx, she comes out to her parents just before stepping off a plane to begin a summer internship with Harlowe Brisbane, the Pussy Power feminist who is … Continue reading Book Review: Juliet Takes a Breath
Book Review: Six Angry Girls
Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Raina is going to demolish her senior year—until her boyfriend breaks up with her, and the heartbreak causes her to forget to submit her cause for a new school play and the sophomores select Our Town. Fed up, grieving and wanting more, she quits drama and joins a knitting … Continue reading Book Review: Six Angry Girls
Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Events I Want to Attend
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's prompt is Bookish Events I'd Like to Attend. … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Events I Want to Attend
