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Book Review | Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler

06.02.2022 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free early access copy of Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this opportunity.

Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler is a young adult contemporary novel about a cheerleader and a high school’s first female quarterback and their undeniable attraction to each other. Of course, things aren’t quite as simplistic as that, and they get quite complicated as the story progresses. It is set to be published on June 7th, 2022. I rated it four stars on Goodreads.

Blog Tour | Creative Tour – Zeus by Carly Spade

05.16.2022 by Kari // Leave a Comment

Hello everyone! I’m very pleased to be the first stop on the Creative Blog Tour for Zeus by Carly Spade hosted by MTMC Tours! This is the sixth book in the Contemporary Mythos series, an Adult Mythology/Contemporary Romance published on April 25, 2022!

Book Review | Cheer Up by Crystal Fraser and Val Wise

08.03.2021 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free early access copy of Cheer Up by Crystal Fraser and Val Wise through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to them and to the publisher for this opportunity.

Cheer Up by Crystal Fraser and Val Wise is a YA contemporary graphic novel. It’s about Bebe and Annie who are former friends but reconnect when Annie joins the cheerleading squad. It deals with some serious issues, but also features a very sweet romance. It is set to be published on August 10th, 2021. I rated it 5 stars on Goodreads.

Book Review | Smash It by Francina Simone

09.19.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced reader copy of Smash It by Francina Simone from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to them for this opportunity.

Smash It by Francina Simone is a young adult contemporary novel. It is an #ownvoices coming of age story, and also a retelling of the Shakespearean play Othello. The book publishes on September 22nd, 2020. I rated it four stars.

Book Review | More Than Maybe by Erin Hahn

07.17.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free early advanced reader’s copy of More Than Maybe by Erin Hahn in exchange for a honest review through NetGalley. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

More Than Maybe by Erin Hahn is a YA contemporary romance novel. It features a dual point of view with both of our main love interests, and takes place in Michigan. The novel features Hahn’s signature mix of music and romance, and was a sweet and fun read. I gave it 5 stars on GoodReads. It publishes on July 21st, 2020.

Ashley’s June Wrap Up

06.30.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

June has come and gone and so has this very strange end of the school year. I’m looking forward to my summer vacation and some reading and relaxing. Before I can jump into that, however, I have to look back on my reading month in June. I read 23 books this month, which I feel pretty good about. You’ll find everything I read below the cut.

Book Review | #bestiemademe | Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

06.28.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

June’s book for the #bestiemademe challenge is Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Kari has also reviewed this book, and you can find that here. She absolutely loved it, and honestly, this is another recommendation that she knocked out of the park. I really, really had a good time reading this book and I ended up giving it 4 stars on Goodreads.

Ashley’s June TBR

06.01.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

I’m so excited about June because Kari and I are hosting another round of The Loyal Book-a-Thon. I really have a lot of fun planning these readathons with her, and I always have a lot of fun reading for them. We try to keep them flexible and allow for doubling up of prompts and maximum flexibility. People always have things going on and we don’t want it to be overwhelming. I know for me that I will probably have less reading time than usual because as of today, I’ll have to start going back to work and being in the building part time during the week. I’m excited to see my students, but it does mean less listening to audiobooks as I work through the day.

Ashley’s May Wrap Up

05.31.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

May marked another month of me working from home, so it meant that I listened to a lot of audiobooks again. However, I also got to read some physical books, and I checked some of the beefier reads off my TBR. Overall, it was a really good reading month and I felt like I really enjoyed a lot of the things that I read. Everything that I read can be found below the cut!

Book Review | The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

05.15.2020 by Kari // Leave a Comment

The fact that anyone can pass up a story that is described as a “Slytherin romance” is beyond me. Maybe it’s a guilty pleasure, but all I know is that it’s fun and enjoyable, and that’s all that matters.

I really enjoyed Daughter of the Pirate King. While Levenseller’s other books are on my ongoing TBR list, this book reminded me of how fun her writing is while simultaneously reminding me that I need to read her other two books as soon as possible!