Author: Heather DowellGet it here! He doesn’t back down nor does he want to be saved. Cue the feisty girl who has nothing to lose but a broken heart. He’s always looked at her as his ex’s little sister. After the breakup, they became instant enemies and never gave each other a chance. But when... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2023 To-Read List
By: Cait Marie Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in 2018. This week’s prompt is books on my spring TBR! So, here is a somewhat chaotic and random list based on what I currently want to read. Shadow and Bone (and... Continue Reading →
TBR Tuesday: March 2023
By: Cait Marie Hello! It's time for another TBR Tuesday! I have four books to edit or proofread this month and am trying to finish writing my next one, so I don't think it's going to be a big reading month. A few of these, I have already started, but the list is tentative. Chain... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Romance Books
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! It's almost Valentine's Day, so it's time to talk about favorite romance books! Now, for the sake of this post, I'm only including contemporary romance. I feel like I post about fantasy romance most of the time, and these books need some love. (Pun unintended.) PS it was extremely difficult... Continue Reading →
TBR Tuesday: February 2023
By: Cait Marie Hello! It's time for another TBR Tuesday! I read 13 books in January, and I'm in such a big reading mood. That being said, I'm re-reading the first two books in The Last Hours series so I can start the new book, and those are pretty big books. I also have a... Continue Reading →
Heather’s Review of “Tomboys Don’t Crush On The Captain” by Christina Benjamin
By: Heather Dowell *Originally posted on Heather's blog. Love is like water. Sink or swim. Tomboy Nicole Fraser is used to crushing her competition. Crushing on them? That’s a different story. Her passion has always been soccer, but when she gets roped into joining her brother’s crew team, her connection with crew captain, Ian Cruz,... Continue Reading →
Cait’s Review of “Fade into the Bright” by Jessica Koosed Etting and Alyssa Embree Schwartz
By: Cait Marie Blurb Five Feet Apart meets Tell Me Three Things in this YA contemporary novel about two sisters, one summer, and a diagnosis that changes everything. Abby needs to escape a life that she no longer recognizes as her own. Her old life--the one where she was a high school volleyball star with a textbook-perfect future--has... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Asian-American Authors
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! With today being Korean American Day and Chinese New Year taking place on the 22rd, I wanted one of the prompts this month to show appreciation for Asian-American authors. I read quite a bit of books featuring Asian-American characters, and have even more on my TBR, so I'm excited to... Continue Reading →
Heather’s Review of “Sleepover with the Enemy” by Maggie Dallen
By: Heather Dowell *Originally posted on Heather's blog. Locked in a school overnight with her arch nemesis? Nope. Nothing could go wrong with this plan. Chaperone the middle-school co-ed sleepover, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. Too bad they forgot to tell Max that the boys’ chaperone was none other than Alex Luven, AKA the... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books & Series Read in 2022
By: Cait Marie Can you believe it's already the end of the year?? It blows my mind a bit I'm currently at about 80 books for the year, though Goodreads says a lower number since some of the books I edited aren't on there yet. So, it's time to narrow it down to my top... Continue Reading →