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. I read a lot of new authors and 2020 was … Continue reading Top 10 Tuesday: New to Me Authors in 2020
Author: laurel • the suspected bibliophile
Book Review: A Pho Love Story
A Pho Love Story by Loan Le 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 The Mai and the Nguyen family have been rivals forever, since long before the Mai family set up a rival Vietnamese restaurant across the street from the Nguyen's restaurant. Bao Nguyen and Linh Mai have been forbidden to speak to each other, but when Bao sees Linh in … Continue reading Book Review: A Pho Love Story
Book Review: Winter’s Orbit
Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Trigger Warning: Domestic Abuse, Mind Control Playboy Prince Kiem is doing just fine thankyouverymuch. That is, until he's forced into an arranged marriage with recently widowed Count Jainan, who was previously married to Kiem's cousin, Taam. But the empire of Iskat is held together by marriage treaties, and they're going … Continue reading Book Review: Winter’s Orbit
The Nope! Book Tag
I was tagged by A Couple of B's in November, and um, am finally doing it. Thank you for the tag! And um, I guess get ready for a whole lot of 𝓝𝓞𝓟𝓔! and salty opinions. 𝓝𝓞𝓟𝓔! 𝙴𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘 𝙽𝙾𝙿𝙴 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊𝚕, 𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 … Continue reading The Nope! Book Tag
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Read in 2020 But…Did Not
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. Well isn't this a fun prompt to really dime myself … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Read in 2020 But…Did Not
Book Review: Much Ado About You
Much Ado About You by Samantha Young 🌺🌺🌺/5 After being passed over for promotion (again), stood up by her flirt of four weeks and feeling like her life has taken a left turn and missed a few key markers, Evie Starling is ready for a break. When she sees an advertisement for a vacation rental … Continue reading Book Review: Much Ado About You
Book Review: The Wolf of Oren-Yaro
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by KS Villoso 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Let them speak ill of the bitch queen who brought ruin to the land with the same gilded tongue they praised the uncrowned king who was just as responsible. Talyien was supposed to reunite her nation by marrying the son of her father's rival, but on the … Continue reading Book Review: The Wolf of Oren-Yaro
Book Review: The Forever Sea
The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson 🌺🌺🌺.5/5 Kindred has just returned from a near-devastating journey on the Forever Sea when she learns her estranged grandmother has stepped into the grass and killed herself. Or has she? "Let us escape again," the storyteller says, clapping his hands to gather their attention, "to a story of … Continue reading Book Review: The Forever Sea
Top Ten Tuesday: 2021 Resolutions
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. It's been a rough first week of 2021, and all … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: 2021 Resolutions
Book Review: The Ex Talk
The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Shay Goldstein has always wanted to be on radio. Never mind that she doesn't have a voice for radio. She's determined to make it on the air. She's put in the time (ten years), she's the producer of a talk show, and she's got a plan. Until her nemesis … Continue reading Book Review: The Ex Talk
The Suspected Bibliophile 