Hi, bookish besties! Well, there have been quite a few changes around here lately!
As you know, Cossette has decided to leave the blog (which I fully support and love her to pieces always and forever) and because of that, I’ve been thinking about how I want to move forward with the blog. I love having this platform, as well as my bookstagram to connect with you all, and have been thinking of new things that I can do to keep things fresh and I’m so excited to share that info with you!
Read more
Hi bookish besties, it’s that time again! You know what the end of the month means. Get comfy and let’s recap the month of June!
Read more
hi, hello, dear friends!
from getting to share my thoughts on books, to building a community and befriending so many of you on various platforms, i’ve had a lovely few years being a book blogger (and bookstagrammer). with a lot of personal things going on, i’ve realized that being a book blogger/bookstagrammer isn’t something that i can actively commit to doing at the moment— especially not in a way that i’d be proud of what i’m putting out. if you’d like to stay in touch, i’ll still be around on twitter @cossettebelle, and on goodreads @cossettereads! thank you all for the last couple of years; it’s truly been so lovely and i absolutely cannot wait to see what changes caitlyn has in store for the blog!
lots of love,
Am I currently getting many of my post ideas from BookTubers? Yes, I am, you know why? Because they have fantastic ideas and I follow some amazing BookTubers. So, today’s blog post is inspired by Meg from megwithbooks and Riley from RileyMarie — they’re not the only BookTubers to do this trend, but they’re two that I’ve recently seen do this/something like this and inspired me to try it myself.
I’ve never gotten personalized recommendations from anyone aside from friends who know my reading taste well (aka Cossette and Helena, let’s be real), so I’m really curious to see what the librarian recommends and if I’ll like the books!
Meg and Riley both used TBR (Tailored Book Recommendations) and Riley also got personal recommendations from the library. I considered using TBR for this post in addition to the librarian recs, but Meg and Riley didn’t have a fantastic time with the books they were recommended from TBR, so I decided to stick with just the library recommendations. Especially because I love utilizing the library — for real, we are so lucky to have libraries, and if you’re able to I highly highly recommend donating to and supporting your local library.
You know the drill by now, get comfy and cozy and join me on this library recommendations journey!
Read more
Read moreNoelle Shepard is grieving the loss of her beloved grandmother when she discovers decades-old photos and letters that hint to a forbidden love in her gram’s past. Needing to know the full story, she creates a TikTok video appealing for information – and it goes viral.
Through her video, she manages to track down her grandmother’s secret love, Paul, who offers to take her on the honeymoon road-trip he and Gram planned but never got to go on.
Noelle jumps at the chance to make this one last connection with her grandmother. There’s just one problem – Paul’s grandson is Noelle’s frustratingly handsome high-school rival Theo.
And Theo has to come, too.
Read moreEileen Merriweather knows a thing or two about romance.
As a professor of literature, she teaches prestigious courses on history’s greatest romantics, but one week out of the year she abandons her dusty textbooks and makes a pilgrimage to the Hudson Valley with her best friend Pru to meet their Super Smutty Book Club in person, and celebrate the romance series that brought them together—Quixotic Falls. It’s a week of wine and happily-ever-afters.
Or it’s supposed to be.
Pru bails at the last minute, and Elsy winds up lost in Hudson Valley—alone. In a thunderstorm. When she takes shelter in a bookstore, she immediately gets on the bad side of its grumpy (and infuriatingly sexy) owner, and finds herself in a quaint town that feels like it’s right out of a book…
Because it is.
Eloraton can’t be real, and yet… she’s here. The town is everything she imagined from her favorite series, where the candy store’s honey taffy is always sweet, and the local bar’s burgers are always a little burnt, and rain always comes in the afternoon. It’s perfect. A place built on meet-cutes and storybook endings.
Except, there’s something off in Eloraton. Because nothing changes, nothing moves, trapped in the last place the late author of Quixotic Falls left them. Which must be why Elsy is to find an ending to this last story, the one the author never finished.
The only problem? The bookstore owner never wants the story to end, and he might be the one person who can help her imagine this final happily-ever-after.
And maybe find one for herself.
Alexa, play What Time is It from High School Musical 2 because it’s my favorite time of year, summer! I’ve always loved the summer; when I was a kid I used to go to the beach every Wednesday with my friends, and so many of my favorite memories are from the summertime.
While my summers have gotten busier (and more stressful) the older I’ve gotten, my love for the season has never changed. This summer, and June especially, is going to be super busy for me, and while I don’t typically do monthly TBRs, I do like setting up seasonal TBRs from time to time, so I thought it would be fun to share with y’all some books I’ve looking forward to reading over the summer!
Read more
Insert usual “Wow, I can’t believe that this month is already over, it flew by so fast” comment. May has been a busy month, so let’s chat about it! Grab your favorite snack, get comfy and let’s chat!
Read more
Darcy believes in love at first sight. Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whole life waiting for that magical moment, hoping that when she meets the right guy, everything will fall into place perfectly.
But right now, her life is anything but perfect. Heading home from a music festival, engine trouble means she’s stranded at a Nevada bus station until morning. Even worse, it’s the day before she leaves for college, her phone is dead, and she has no cash. Darcy’s convinced nothing good can come of this night…but then she meets Russell. Cute, nice, funny, and kind, this is the guy—and the moment—she’s been waiting for. As they walk and talk, the two connect, and Darcy is able to put aside all her fears and doubts about the future to focus on this perfect guy.
Over the course of one fateful night, Darcy and Russell discover things they never imagined about each other and themselves. But can you really know someone after only a handful of hours? Is it possible to fall in love in less than day? Before they part, both their lives will be changed, and Darcy and Russell will have to decide if it’s worth saying hello when you know you’re destined for a goodbye.
