Gifts for the Bookworm in Your Life

On December 11, 2022 By whitreadslitIn Books, Favorites1 Comment

It’s that time of year again! Have you bought all of your holiday gifts yet? Do you have a bookworm on your list that you aren’t sure what to get? Have you found yourself saying something like, “You’re always reading, so I don’t know what books to get you that you haven’t already read or bought for yourself!”

I have great news for you…you don’t have to buy them books! I have compiled a list here for you, along with some great places to find these things, of gifts that any bookworm is likely to love!

**All products that are pictured in this post will have a link you can follow to purchase! I do not make any commission on these products – I just want you to go support them!**

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Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Haven’t Read, But Want To

On April 12, 2022April 10, 2022 By whitreadslitIn Book Memes5 Comments

It is Top Ten Tuesday! It is a meme that was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

This week’s topic is Authors I Haven’t Read, But Want To. There are so many authors that fall into this category. I actually had to edit my initial list because I had about 20 on there. So, here are my top 10 authors who I hope to read soon!!

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Book Review: Where It All Lands

On July 5, 2021 By whitreadslitIn Book ReviewsLeave a comment

Where It All Lands by Jennie Wexler ~ 352 pages ~ to be published 7/6/2021 by Wednesday Books/St. Martin’s Press

Goodreads Synopsis:

Stevie Rosenstein has never made a true friend. Never fallen in love. Moved from city to city by her father’s unrelenting job, it’s too hard to care for someone. Trust in anything. The pain of leaving always hurts too much. But she’ll soon learn to trust, to love.

Twice.

Drew and Shane have been best friends through everything. The painful death of Shane’s dad. The bitter separation of Drew’s parents. Through sleepaway camps and family heartache, basketball games and immeasurable loss, they’ve always been there for each other.

When Stevie meets Drew and Shane, life should go on as normal.

But a simple coin toss alters the course of their year in profound and unexpected ways.

Told in dual timelines, debut author Jennie Wexler delivers a heartbreaking and hopeful novel about missed opportunities, second chances, and all the paths that lead us to where we are.

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Book Review: My Contrary Mary

On June 21, 2021June 20, 2021 By whitreadslitIn Book Reviews1 Comment

My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows ~ 512 pages ~ to be published on June 22, 2021 by HarperTeen

Goodreads Synopsis:

Welcome to Renaissance France, a place of poison and plots, of beauties and beasts, of mice and . . . queens?⠀
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Mary is the queen of Scotland and the jewel of the French court. Except when she’s a mouse. Yes, reader, Mary is an Eðian (shapeshifter) in a kingdom where Verities rule. It’s a secret that could cost her a head—or a tail.⠀
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Luckily, Mary has a confidant in her betrothed, Francis. But after the king meets a suspicious end, things at the gilded court take a treacherous turn. Thrust onto the throne, Mary and Francis are forced to navigate a viper’s nest of conspiracies, traps, and treason. And if Mary’s secret is revealed, heads are bound to roll.

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Mini Reviews // Second Half of August

On September 10, 2020 By whitreadslitIn Book ReviewsLeave a comment

This year I started writing mini-reviews over on my Instagram whenever I finish a book. It has been a really great way of remembering more about my thoughts on a book and why I gave it the star rating I did. So, I thought it would be good practice to corral those mini-reviews into one place twice a month so that all of you can take a peek at what I’ve been reading and see my thoughts on each book.

I’m a little late for the second half of August, please forgive me! Life is crazy right now!

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