By: Cait Marie *I received an ARC of this book from the author for my honest review. Scylla is the second book in the Lunar Medallion series by Lela Grayce. You can find the review for book one, Areion, here, and the review for the short story, Child of Water, here. In Areion we learn... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Geekerella is a modern Cinderella retelling set in a world of fandoms, conventions, and the internet. Elle grew up watching Starfield with her father, who started a convention specifically for it. After his death, her love of the show continues. When soap opera, teen heartthrob Darien Freeman gets the leading role of... Continue Reading →
Has anyone every been to summer camp? I’ve experienced a few camps throughout my younger years. Every year not only did I make new friends, but it also taught me many important lessons in life. In the book Trusting You & Other Lies, it is about a seventeen-year-old girl, named Phoenix. She recently broke up... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie To All The Boys I've Loved Before has been on my TBR for years. With the recent release of the movie adaptation on Netflix, I knew I needed to read it before watching. So, that was the plan: to read it last week, then watch the movie over the weekend when it... Continue Reading →
By: Jenny Gardner Charlaine Harris is known for her ability to write romance novels involving other-worldly creatures, entwining the dark and the light. Her Sookie Stackhouse Series is a wonderful one surrounding vampires. Though the Midnight Pawn series is in the same universe, the crossover is minimal. In this series, the focus is on the... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie This tag was originally started by PBS Digital Studios, and I saw it over on meltotheany's page! Without further ado: - If your life were a book genre, what would it be? Realistically, probably a YA contemporary that's slightly comedic. I would prefer it be something awesome like fantasy or sci-fi, though.... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Last week, I talked about my favorite book-to-movie adaptations. This week, I thought I'd share my favorite adaptations based on books I haven't read: 1. The Wizard of Oz This is my favorite movie of all-time and I've never even kind of read the book. I was confused by the different versions... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Well, July was an awful reading month. I thought the previous couple months were slow, but I only finished two books this past month… and one of those was an audiobook that I had finished most of the month before! It wasn't awful because of the books; I enjoyed what I did... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie If you are a book lover, odds are you have experienced the disappointment of a bad movie adaptation. We've all been there: you read an incredible book and are crushed by the changes in the movie. However, every once in a while, there is one that doesn't completely destroy what you envisioned.... Continue Reading →
By: Hayley Green This book has dark themes but is intriguing and a great story. It is a short read, and ends with a cliffhanger (as most series do), but is worth reading. The writing style is unique. Detailing the beginning of the story of Elena, a high school queen bee, and Stefan, a vampire... Continue Reading →
Functionally Fictional 