By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! One of my absolute favorite tropes is grumpy vs. sunshine, so I thought it'd be fun to share broody/grumpy characters we love. For a full list of the Friday Favorites prompts, click here. Bloggers, the linky to add your post is at the bottom! Alec Lightwood from The Mortal Instruments... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! This week we're talking about mental health rep in books. Good rep in books is really important to me and so many others. Not only can it help readers connect to characters and stories similar to their own, but it can help fight harmful stigmas. For a full list of... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown My library got this brand new collection of books in the YA section, and I was very intrigued by them because of the covers and titles. I couldn't believe Serena created a whole series of books based on the perspective of the "villians" in the Disney universe. The Beast Within is about... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! Today's all about young adult books! Now, the definition of YA varies depending on who you ask, so to help me narrow down the list, I'm just including books with main characters 18 or younger (to my recollection). I primarily read YA, making it really hard choosing which to include!... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Blurb They say that those who can’t do, teach. Lahey Johnson is notorious for helping her friends and classmates find love. Sure, she’s never had a boyfriend herself. But she could. If she wanted to. Right? She just hasn’t had a reason to focus on her own love life—but now, with her... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! This week, I thought I'd keep the prompt a little more open to give a shout out to our favorite authors. Here are just some of mine (in no particular order). For a full list of the Friday Favorites prompts, click here. Bloggers, the linky to add your post is... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Hello! It's that time again. WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? I read multiple books at a time, so I'm only going to... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Hello! It's time for another TBR Tuesday! I read six books last month, one of which was my own while editing. This month, I'm including two of mine because I need to edit them both, and I count them. I have a lot of writing to do as well, so I don't... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Blurb Saine Sinclair knows a little something about what makes a story worth telling. Your childhood best friend refuses to kiss you during a pre-adolescent game of spin the bottle? Terrible, zero stars, would not replay that scene again. The same ex-friend becomes your new best friend's ex? Strangely compelling, unexpected twist,... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown I haven't read this book before listening to it, so this is an honest and a fresh review on this story. First, I want to express how much I loved this book, especially knowing how the relationships end up. I enjoyed the tension between characters and how they could bicker about things... Continue Reading →
Functionally Fictional 