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How we Rate
Don’t let our RBF expressions fool you. We rate nicer than we look, or do we? We’ve been meaning to work on explaining how we rate for a while. We came up with the following simple, rating scale. This is…
Favorite Memoirs
I am a huge fan of memoirs. I don’t rate them how we rate our other books, but I wanted to share some of my favorite memoirs. Memoirs are really the only non-fiction I consume, and usually the only time…
Top Ten Tuesday Escape
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl with a new prompt each week. This week’s prompt is Books That Provide a Much-Needed Escape (bonus points if you tell us why!) For this prompt, we each included 5 books…
Alyssa’s August Stats
Ok, August was my Kindle-Unlimited-Romance-Binge-Reading spree that happens every year. Every. Year. I did start a book that would go towards my 2024 reading goals and challenges. But I did not finish it. You can only read about the effects…
Book Haul – August
Surprisingly, I haven’t had a book haul since May. Not that I need an excuse, but August is my birthday month and all I wanted was the freedom to buy whatever books I desired – it was the best gift.…
Summer Vacation Recap
I was very strategic with my vacation TBR list this year and it totally paid off. I managed to finish 5 books on our week away and they were the perfect backdrop for a warm, sunny vacation. Honestly, they were…
A Man Called Ove – Book Review
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is wildly popular and has even been adapted to a movie (more on that later). It deserves all the popularity it has, this book was amazing. It’s only the second of Backman’s I’ve…
Alyssa’s July Stats
I got so much enjoyment out of my July TBR list making my July stats just as satisfying. Which is likely how I managed to read 15 books. A week off from work didn’t hurt either. I read so many…
Alyssa’s July 5 Star Reads
I really lucked out with some amazing book choices in July. Not only did I rate four books as 5 Stars, but I had six 4 Star reads. I read three of the below books on vacation, so it was…
Book Review – Twisted Games
Twisted Games by Ana Huang is the second in the Twisted Series. The book follows the story of Bridget (Ava’s friend in the first book), a princess, and her new bodyguard, Rhys. Rhys takes his job very seriously and Bridget…
Top Ten Great Debuts
This week for TTT we’re discussing Great Debuts. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl with a new prompt each week. This week’s prompt is Debut Novels We Enjoyed. We each selected 5 novels we thought were great…
