Books Read in May: 14
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Reread: Dumplin' (#1) by Julie Murphy
Summary from Goodreads:Dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom, Willowdean has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked...until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.
Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Waiting on Wednesday # 187 and Wishlist Wednesday # 187
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Monday, May 28, 2018
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Review: A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab
Summary from Goodreads:Witness the fate of beloved heroes - and enemies.
THE BALANCE OF POWER HAS FINALLY TIPPED...
The precarious equilibrium among four Londons has reached its breaking point. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise.
WHO WILL CRUMBLE?
Kell - once assumed to be the last surviving Antari - begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. And in the wake of tragedy, can Arnes survive?
WHO WILL RISE?
Lila Bard, once a commonplace - but never common - thief, has survived and flourished through a series of magical trials. But now she must learn to control the magic, before it bleeds her dry. Meanwhile, the disgraced Captain Alucard Emery of the Night Spire collects his crew, attempting a race against time to acquire the impossible.
WHO WILL TAKE CONTROL?
And an ancient enemy returns to claim a crown while a fallen hero tries to save a world in decay.
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Saturday, May 26, 2018
Stacking the Shelves/Weekly Update #196
Friday, May 25, 2018
Friday Meme: Things Coming Out This Month That I Want To Read/See/Play # 114
Books: Week of 5/28
Movies: Week of 5/28
Movies: Week of 5/28
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Review: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
Summary from Goodreads:Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can’t stomach the idea of rejection. So she’s careful. Fat girls always have to be careful.
Then a cute new girl enters Cassie’s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly’s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly's totally not dying of loneliness—except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie's new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. If Molly can win him over, she'll get her first kiss and she'll get her twin back.
There's only one problem: Molly's coworker, Reid. He's a chubby Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there's absolutely no way Molly could fall for him.
Right?
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Waiting on Wednesday # 186 and Wishlist Wednesday # 186
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Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Monday, May 21, 2018
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Review: Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
Summary from Goodreads:A searing #OwnVoices coming-of-age debut in which an Indian-American Muslim teen confronts Islamophobia and a reality she can neither explain nor escape--perfect for fans of Angie Thomas, Jacqueline Woodson, and Adam Silvera.
American-born seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There’s the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college close to their suburban Chicago home, and being paired off with an older Muslim boy her mom deems “suitable.” And then there is the world of her dreams: going to film school and living in New York City—and maybe (just maybe) pursuing a boy she’s known from afar since grade school, a boy who’s finally falling into her orbit at school.
There’s also the real world, beyond Maya’s control. In the aftermath of a horrific crime perpetrated hundreds of miles away, her life is turned upside down. The community she’s known since birth becomes unrecognizable; neighbors and classmates alike are consumed with fear, bigotry, and hatred. Ultimately, Maya must find the strength within to determine where she truly belongs.
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Saturday, May 19, 2018
Stacking the Shelves/Weekly Update #195
Friday, May 18, 2018
Friday Meme: Things Coming Out This Month That I Want To Read/See/Play # 113
Books: Week of 5/21
Movies: Week of 5/21
Video Games: (I already pre-ordered this game)
Movies: Week of 5/21
Video Games: (I already pre-ordered this game)
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Review: Windfallen by Jojo Moyes
Summary from Goodreads:From the acclaimed author of Sheltering Rain comes an intensely moving story of two women whose lives entwine through a lovely seaside house.
The tiny, well-ordered seaside village of Merham holds little to interest the adventurous -- except for Arcadia, the breathtaking art deco house perched above the shoreline. Attracted to this magical place, young Lottie Swift surrenders freely to its temptations and ultimately must face the hard consequences of her actions.
Years later another young woman comes to Merham. A designer hired to make over the now-empty Arcadia, Daisy Parsons seeks a new beginning, as Lottie once did. Fleeing a broken relationship, Daisy finds refuge at Arcadia, and something more -- a love she thought she would never know again.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Waiting on Wednesday # 185 and Wishlist Wednesday # 185
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Monday, May 14, 2018
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Review: Leah on the Offbeat (Creekwood #2) by Becky Albertalli
Summary from Goodreads:Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst.
When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. An anomaly in her friend group, she’s the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends—not even her openly gay BFF, Simon.
So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting—especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended.
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Saturday, May 12, 2018
Stacking the Shelves/Weekly Update #194
Friday, May 11, 2018
Friday Meme: Things Coming Out This Month That I Want To Read/See/Play # 112
Books: Week of 5/14
Film: Week of 5/14
Film: Week of 5/14
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Review: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Summary from Goodreads:
West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter.
Now, in present day, nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara's farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid, a decision that has weighty consequences when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished. In her search for clues, she is startled to find a copy of Sara Harrison Shea's diary hidden beneath the floorboards of her mother's bedroom. As Ruthie gets sucked into the historical mystery, she discovers that she's not the only person looking for someone that they've lost. But she may be the only one who can stop history from repeating itself.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Waiting on Wednesday # 184 and Wishlist Wednesday # 184
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Monday, May 7, 2018
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Review: Waking Gods (Themis Files #2) by Sylvain Neuvel
Summary from Goodreads:As a child, Rose Franklin made an astonishing discovery: a giant metallic hand, buried deep within the earth. As an adult, she’s dedicated her brilliant scientific career to solving the mystery that began that fateful day: Why was a titanic robot of unknown origin buried in pieces around the world? Years of investigation have produced intriguing answers—and even more perplexing questions. But the truth is closer than ever before when a second robot, more massive than the first, materializes and lashes out with deadly force.
Now humankind faces a nightmare invasion scenario made real, as more colossal machines touch down across the globe. But Rose and her team at the Earth Defense Corps refuse to surrender. They can turn the tide if they can unlock the last secrets of an advanced alien technology. The greatest weapon humanity wields is knowledge in a do-or-die battle to inherit the Earth . . . and maybe even the stars.
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Saturday, May 5, 2018
Stacking the Shelves/Weekly Update #193
Friday, May 4, 2018
Friday Meme: Things Coming Out This Month That I Want To Read/See/Play # 111
Books: Week of 5/07
Film: Week of 5/07
Film: Week of 5/07
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Review: Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
Summary from Goodreads:Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week of junior year at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Just when she’s thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help?
It’s been barely two years since her mother’s death, and because her father eloped with a woman he met online, Jessie has been forced to move across the country to live with her stepmonster and her pretentious teenage son.
In a leap of faith—or an act of complete desperation—Jessie begins to rely on SN, and SN quickly becomes her lifeline and closest ally. Jessie can’t help wanting to meet SN in person. But are some mysteries better left unsolved?
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Waiting on Wednesday # 183 and Wishlist Wednesday # 183
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, where you pick a book that is coming out soon that you want to read.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
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