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Archives for December 2018

Review | You’d Be Mine by Erin Hahn

12.31.2018 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free copy of You’d Be Mine by Erin Hahn through NetGalley for review purposes.  Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for this opportunity.

You’d Be Mine is the story of Annie Mathers and Clay Coolidge.  Clay is the quintessential country rockstar. He sings songs about beer, babes, and trucks; he’s a superstar.  Annie, on the other hand, is an up and coming country star whose deceased parents are country royalty. Clay, who has a bit of a bad boy reputation, is charged with recruiting Annie, and her band, to play on his summer tour so that he can put himself back in his label’s good books.  She reluctantly agrees and they end up touring the United States together. But while touring, country music isn’t the only thing that’s brewing. Could there be a bit of love in the air?

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Ashley’s 2018 Reading Wrap Up

12.31.2018 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

This year was a crazy year for me with reading!  I grew my bookstagram to over 1600 followers, I started a book blog with Kari, and I read a whopping 231 books!  It’s been an excellent year and I’m so thankful for all I’ve achieved.

I was trying to think of some way to wrap up my reading year, and trying to wrack my brain for ideas.  I saw a friend who did a one sentence review for every book she read this year, but I didn’t want to do that because I didn’t think anyone would want to read it!  231 is a lot of reviews! I decided, instead, that I would just go through my 2018 Reading Resolutions and let you know how I did on each one of them!

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Misc Monday | 27 Books to Read in my 27th Year

12.03.2018 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

Today I turn 27! It is both exciting and terrifying because I feel like now I’m fully into my late 20s and that’s scary.  It doesn’t help that I feel like I haven’t achieved a lot in my life, though people who know me will give me a pep talk and tell me that teaching isn’t nothing.  And that’s very true, it isn’t nothing. I am very proud of my teaching and love my job very much. That doesn’t make 27 any less scary and that doesn’t stop me from making comparisons to other people in my life.

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Ashley’s Goodreads

The Complete Works
The Complete Works
by William Shakespeare
The First Part of the Contention Between the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster, &c., 1594
The First Part of the Contention Between the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster, &c., 1594
by William Shakespeare
All the Stars and Teeth
All the Stars and Teeth
by Adalyn Grace
I Am Still Alive
I Am Still Alive
by Kate Alice Marshall
Blood of Elves
Blood of Elves
by Andrzej Sapkowski

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Kari’s Goodreads

The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
Contagion
Contagion
by Erin Bowman
Crown of Midnight
Crown of Midnight
by Sarah J. Maas
Queen of Shadows
Queen of Shadows
by Sarah J. Maas
Ruthless Gods
Ruthless Gods
by Emily A. Duncan

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Ashley’s Bookstagram

Where’s your favourite place to read? . . One of Where’s your favourite place to read?
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One of my favourite places to read is in the tub.  I know it’s a little bit weird but there’s something really relaxing about shutting out the rest of the world and escaping into a book.  It’s a small piece of perfection.
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The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd was a book that I read for my staff book club.  It was a fascinating read with wondrous elements of magical realism that felt marvellously woven into the narrative.  I felt like I learned a lot about maps as well.  The characters were interesting.
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#booksbooksbooks #bookworm #book #readersofinstagram #reading #thecartographers
Q: Long books or short books? . . A: I feel like l Q: Long books or short books?
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A: I feel like lately I’ve been really preoccupied with the number of books that I read per year as opposed to reading the long books that pile up on my shelves.  I get scared by how big the book is and how it’s a much bigger time commitment.  However, I often find that when I finally commit myself to the big book I end up loving it. 
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#reading #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #booknerd #booklover
Q: What’s in the recipe for your perfect book? . Q: What’s in the recipe for your perfect book?
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A: I find it’s hard to fully answer this question even though I am the one who is asking the question.  However, I find that sometimes the perfect book for me will hit me in my nostalgia for books that I read as a kid or in my interests from when I was little. 
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I found out about this book, Daughters of a Dead Empire, through #booktok and it was an instant buy for me when I figured out the plot.  I loved the premise of what if Anastasia Romanov survived the execution of her family and how that might have played out.  I loved this story!  The dual points of view were really well done and I loved the story arc.  It was well written and I highly recommend it.
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#bookstagram #booksofinstagram #daughtersofadeadempire #readersofinstagram
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Kari’s Bookstagram

𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡ What is 𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡

What is a book you’re dying for a show/movie adaptation of?

I just wanted to get the chance to show off one of the three Thrawn trilogies out there. I’m so excited for Ahsoka because I love her and my girl Sabine Wren is gonna be in it. Also, Thrawn hahaha

Ah, tomorrow I’m seeing Taylor Swift and I still can’t believe it! If you want a pic/media spam of my adventure, just let me know and I’ll send it your way.

Have a wonderful Friyay!
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#timothyzahn #thrawnascendancy #chaosrising #greatergood #lesserevil #starwars #thrawn #bookstagram #bookish #shelfie #readstarwars #coverlove #booksbooksbooks
𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡ What’ 𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡

What’s a book that was recommended to you?

My friend Liz read the first book by Piper CJ and really recommended it! I love getting book recs from friends!

Thanks so much to @read_bloom for sending me these copies of The Night and Its Moon and the sequel, The Sun and Its Shade! I’ve heard a lot about this story so I’m very interested to see what it’s about. The covers are so pretty!

Right now I’m currently rereading Garden Spells and it’s helping my slump. @love.books.and.coffee thanks for the idea 💙
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#pipercj #thenightanditsmoon #thesunanditsshade #bloombooks #romance #booksandflowers #bookstagrammer #bookishphoto #lovetoread #alwaysreading
𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡ Any pla 𝐡𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 ♡

Any plans for the weekend? Any good book you’re reading? Tell me everything!

I don’t plan on doing much this weekend except chillin. It’s been nice not being extremely busy lately!

Thanks so much to @penguinteen for sending me these finished copies of Chloe and the Kaishao Boys and When You Wish Upon A Lantern! So very excited to dig into these 😍
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#maecoyiuto  #chloeandthekaishaoboys #gloriachao #whenyouwishuponalantern #PenguinTeenPartner #asianrep #shelfie #bookstagram #readya #yalover
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