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Misc Monday | Fae Crate Thorns and All Hangover Recovery Crate Unboxing

03.09.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

I was so excited when I found out about this box. A Court of Thorns and Roses is a really cool series and I enjoyed the world building and the characters. Lately a lot of my friends are reading this and it’s giving me a lot of need to reread it. I especially need to reread it after getting this box.

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Selfie Saturday | Burnout?

03.07.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

This is a weird thing to write about.  I have to admit that as I start this post, I’m not 100% certain about where I’m going with this.  You’re going to have to bear with me as I explore my thoughts and feelings.  I’m not going to get too personal on this, but I just want to talk about how I’ve been feeling lately.

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Ashley’s February Wrap Up

03.01.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

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February was a weird reading month for me.  I had several things on my TBR that I really wanted to get to, but I didn’t get to most of it.  Without officially saying it, I kind of threw my TBR out the window.  I finished some things I started in January, but anything physical that I started in February that wasn’t a graphic novel was pretty much a no go.  I was definitely feeling slumpy, despite the fact that I read 19 things.  Most of what I read were audiobooks and graphic novels.  That’s not a bad thing, but it’s not really a great thing either.  I need to work on my physical TBR some more, but that’s probably a next month kind of thing.  However, without further ado, you’ll find everything I read below the cut.

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Book Review | You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

02.29.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced reader’s copy of You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to them and the publishers for this opportunity.

You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen is an adult mystery/thriller set in New York City. The events in the book center around the protagonist, Shay Miller, who is a data analyst unsatisfied with her lot in life and who gets caught up in a mystery. I gave this book 4 stars on Goodreads. It publishes on March 3rd, 2020.

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Book Review | January’s #bestiemademe – The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

02.21.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

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Welcome to a new segment that Kari and I are introducing to the blog: #bestiemademe!  This is where we each recommend a book to the other for the month to read and review.  This month I read The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowksi, which is 0.5 in The Witcher series.

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Book Review | Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin

02.12.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced reader’s copy of Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to them and the publishers for this opportunity.

Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin is a Macbeth retelling as a YA contemporary novel. All the characters from the iconic Shakespearean tragedy have been translated into well off high school students in sunny California. I gave this book 5 stars on Goodreads.

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Ashley’s January Wrap Up

01.31.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

I love the feeling of a fresh year of reading. There’s always so much anticipation when it comes to the new books I’ll pick up or even the old books that I’ll revisit.

I’m off to a good start when I comes to reading this year. In January I read 21 books, of a variety of qualities. One was pretty low in the rating departments, but one will be one of my favourites of the year.

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Book Review | How To Build a Heart by Maria Padian

01.24.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced readers copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

How To Build a Heart is a YA contemporary novel about a girl named Izzy. She is struggling to walk the fine line between her Catholic private school and her home life where she lives in a mobile home with her single mother and little brother. It comes out on January 28th, 2020. I gave it 4.5 stars on Goodreads.

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Shelfie Sunday | Unboxing – Fae Crate Wicked Nothings Mini Hangover Kit

01.12.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

One of my favourite series of this year was The Cruel Prince series. I loved and hated the characters. I loved the books. I was SO excited when I heard that Queen of Nothing was being published earlier than anticipated because the ending of The Wicked King had me angsting for the next book.

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Top 5 Thursday | Ashley’s Worst of 2019

01.09.2020 by Ashley // Leave a Comment

I am someone who is rather easy to please when it comes to books.  I often fall in love with the books that I read, and it’s not very often that I find a book that I don’t like or even a book that I rate lower than a three stars.  I always try to find something redeeming, and maybe that’s a bad thing, but it’s just the kind of reader that I am.  I tend to fall deeply into whatever book I’m reading.  However, I can’t say that every book I read in 2019 was a positive experience for me.  Below the cut, you will find the five worst books I read in 2019.

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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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