New {Post} Releases
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…
Book Settings to Visit
Do you ever read a book and dream of visiting the setting? We do! We’ve compiled our list of book settings we’d like to visit for vacation. A previous Top Ten Tuesday post about characters to vacation with inspired this…
Alyssa’s May Stats
I had a lot going on in May and decided to cut myself some slack on my 2024 reading goals and challenges. I mostly stuck to books that wouldn’t offer a lot of surprises or emotions. Which means Meagan is…
Top Ten VERY Strong Emotions
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl with a new prompt each week. This week’s prompt is Books I Had VERY Strong Emotions About. When I saw this prompt, I told Meagan “hold my hard cider.” I had…
Book Haul – May
It’s May and of course I have another book haul. I swear I won’t buy any books next month. I don’t have a book sale as an excuse like I did last month, I just have a book buying problem.…
Top Ten Hurry Up and Wait
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl with a new prompt each week. This week’s prompt is Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read AKA Top Ten Hurry Up and Wait…
Book Review – The Bird and the Sword
Published 8 years ago,The Bird and the Sword is a YA fantasy with plenty of intrigue and romance. Lark is a young noblewoman with a gift most people fear. As a child, Lark’s mother sets a protective curse into motion…
Top Ten Author Wish List
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl with a new prompt each week. This week’s prompt is Authors I’d Love a New Book From. We curated our author wish list for this post. To do this, we each…
Intro to our Little Free {Download} Library
Long before we joined the same book club or started RBF, Meagan and I were always texting each other about books we’ve read. I love getting random texts from her about the juiciest or most outlandish things she reads. Which…
Top Ten Favorite Book Quotes
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl with a new prompt each week. This week’s prompt is Favorite Book Quotes. If you haven’t already read some of our reviews, we regularly include our favorite quotes from the book,…
Book Review – The House in the Cerulean Sea
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is a beautiful story about found family, love, and challenging your own thoughts and behaviors. Linus was one of the most endearing characters I’ve read. He is a rule-follower, to a…
