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Everything, Everything

1 / 26 / 211 / 31 / 21
Everything, EverythingEverything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Published by Random House Children's Books on September 1, 2015
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, New Experience, Friendship, Romance, Contemporary
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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four-stars

Risk everything . . . for love with this #1 New York Times bestseller. 
What if you couldn’t touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face . . . or kiss the boy next door? In Everything, Everything, Maddy is a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly is the boy who moves in next door . . . and becomes the greatest risk she’s ever taken. 
My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.  But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly. Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.
Everything, Everything will make you laugh, cry, and feel everything in between. It's an innovative,  inspiring, and heartbreakingly romantic debut novel that unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, illustrations, and more. 
And don’t miss Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also A Star, the #1 New York Times bestseller in which two teens are brought together just when it seems like the universe is sending them in opposite directions.

Hello!
I’m back with yet another book review. The next post I write will be a life update and what I hope to happen to the blog in the coming year. Let’s get back to the reason you are here.

I recently finished my third book of the year technically. I also finished a self-help book, which I don’t post about on social media because I read those purely for personal reason. I had the opportunity to pick up Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon at a local used bookstore so of course I jumped at the chance. I had heard much hype surrounding the book especially since it was made into a movie in recent years, so I was definitely interested in what the hype was about.

This YA fiction delves into the world ask seen through Madeline Whittier’s eyes. The book serves as a journal exploring her life around her 18th birthday and the year that follows. It is in this year that Madeline meets and falls in love with her next door neighbor Olly as well as discovering the truth about her past.

I won’t spoil the ending for you, while I did love the journal entries throughout Madeline’s year at the end of the book I am left wondering about Madeline’s future. While the book leaves you with a happy ending you are also left wondering what might come next. I did enjoy reading the book and probably could have read it all in one sitting if I had let myself and get lost in the short entries and the brushes with first love I let myself stretch it out a bit, so I could soak it in.

I would recommend reading this book if you are interested in a quick rather lighthearted read.

four-stars
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The Summer I turned Pretty

12 / 28 / 2012 / 21 / 20
The Summer I turned PrettyThe Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Published by Simon and Schuster on December 21, 2010
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, Dating & Sex, Romance, Contemporary, Girls & Women
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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Belly has an unforgettable summer in this stunning start to the Summer I Turned Pretty series from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (now a major motion picture!), Jenny Han.
Some summers are just destined to be pretty.
Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer—they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.

Hey!
We’re down to the final days of 2020 and that’s finally a relief after the crazy year that it has been. In an upcoming posts I will talk about my new resolutions, hopes and goals for the coming year as well as sharing several other things.

Right now though, let’s get back to the review that you are here for. If you have been following the blog for a while you know that I read Jenny Han’s To all the Boys I ever loved series back in 2018. I was on such a reading high back then. I recently found the first book in Jenny Han’s other series The Summer I turned pretty.

I love reading YA books because you can dive back into highschool and relive all those emotions all over again. I especially loved that this book is portrayed through a summer with flash backs from other summers. I loved that you really got to feel the summer and the enjoyment of a beach town and all that comes with it.

Let me know if you have read this book or if you have read any other books in Jenny Han’s repertoire. I can’t wait to tell you all about my goals and dreams for the upcoming year and other new things that maybe coming to the blog in the future. I can’t wait to really get back to blogging again. I hope that you’ll come back again to read more posts and see more things to come here in the future.

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Happily At Christmas

12 / 21 / 2012 / 21 / 20
Happily At ChristmasHappily This Christmas by Susan Mallery
Published by HQN Books on September 29, 2020
Genres: Fiction, Romance, Holiday, Contemporary, Small Town & Rural, General
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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four-stars

Treat yourself this Christmas by staying in with this holiday read!
Susan Mallery, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fool’s Gold romances, proves there’s no place like Happily Inc for the holidays…
There’s no place like Happily Inc for the holidays…
Wynn Beauchene has a thriving business, a great kid and a mildly embarrassing crush on the guy next door—local cop Garrick McCabe. She’s a strong, independent woman who can’t help dreaming what-if about a man she barely knows. Until he needs her help…
Garrick’s pregnant daughter will be home for Christmas, and his house needs a woman’s touch. Garrick and his little girl were tight once and he’s hoping a small-town Christmas will bring her back to him. But thawing his daughter’s frosty attitude will take more than a few twinkle lights. Maybe sharing the holiday with Wynn and her son will remind her of the joy of family.
As the season works its magic on these wounded souls, Wynn realizes it’s time to stop punishing herself for a painful secret, while Garrick remains haunted by the ghosts of past mistakes. Will he allow Wynn to open the only gift she truly wants—his heart?
Don’t miss Susan Mallery’s most irresistible novel yet, The Vineyard at Painted Moon, and join one woman as she searches for the perfect blend of love, family and wine.
Read more in the reader-favorite Happily Inc series:Book 1: You Say It FirstBook 2: Second Chance GirlBook 3: Why Not TonightBook 4: Not Quite Over YouBook 5: Meant to Be YoursBook 6: Happily This Christmas

Hey!
It’s been a while since I have written a book review here, honestly these past couple of weeks in real life have been crazy. I’ve been missing the real world super hard since the world hasn’t been participating very well in the pandemic as of lately. I can’t wait to get back to actually seeing and hanging out with people again. Let’s get back to the real reason to why you are here.

To celebrate the season I have only read one serious holiday book this season. This book was Happily At Christmas: Happily Inc. This book is a typical lovely romance which you are looking for a light fluffy quick holiday read. Let me know what you have been reading this holiday season and other books that you would recommend. Also if you have any book clubs that you would like to recommend I would love to hear about them.

four-stars
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Night Shift

12 / 4 / 2011 / 29 / 20
Night ShiftNight Shift by Charlaine Harris
Published by Ace Books on 2016
Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary, Urban, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, General
Pages: 308
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three-stars

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels--"the Mark Twain of things that live under your bed"*--comes a new novel of Midnight, Texas, the town where some secrets will never see the light of day... At Midnight's local pawnshop, weapons are flying off the shelves--only to be used in sudden and dramatic suicides right at the main crossroads in town. Who better to figure out why blood is being spilled than the vampire Lemuel, who, while translating mysterious texts, discovers what makes Midnight the town it is. There's a reason why witches and werewolves, killers and psychics, have been drawn to this place. And now they must come together to stop the bloodshed in the heart of Midnight. For if all hell breaks loose--which just might happen--it will put the secretive town on the map, where no one wants it to be.."--

Hello!
I am back again with yet another book review, you know for those you who want a more in-depth review than what my instagram says. This book is the last book in the Midnight Texas series. If you haven’t read my reviews on Midnight Crossroad or Day shift please feel free to read them. This novel refers to some of the incidents that have happened in previous novels especially referencing Olivia’s backstory.

I had originally got into the book series because Marine Goldberg had talked about the books after the books became a short lived series on NBC. It’s now available on Hulu in case you still want to watch it. The series finisher in me, enjoyed that I was finally able to complete all the novels in the Midnight Texas series and I was also excited to find out more about Manfred and Olivia’s backstory.

We did also learn a little bit more about Chuy & Joe, but not much. I won’t spoil the book for you since I would definitely recommend reading it if you are a series finisher or if you are a fan of the tv show. I would love to have another novel in the series that talks more about Chuy & Joe and how they ended up in Midnight. I also loved the thought of town where all the weird strangers some with powers and some with strange backstories all come to live together.

I hope that you enjoyed this short review and hopefully I will see you again in another post.

three-stars
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