Hey y’all, it’s the end of the month and you know what that means! Get cozy and let’s chat about March!
Read moreCaitlyn’s Monthly Wrap Up: March 2024
Let’s Talk: Scavenger Hunt Decides My Next Read
Earlier this month Kayla from BooksandLala (one of my favorite BookTubers) posted her annual “Choosing My Next Read | Scavenger Hunt Decides My TBR” video — this scavenger hunt sounded so fun that I wanted to try it this month, and me being me, decided to find a way to turn it into a blog post!
Truthfully, I’m not totally sure how this will work from vlog to blog format, but I thought it would be fun to try. So, in this post, I’m going to take you through the scavenger hunt with me and we’re going to find out together what my next read will be, and let me tell you…it’s a process to get there! Let’s get started!
Read moreLet’s Talk: Books That Define My Reading Taste
Hi friends! A little while ago, I saw someone I follow on Bookstagram (readbycait – feel free to come and say hi!) made a post where they shared books that they felt defined their reading taste. I thought that was such a fun idea, so I wanted to try my hand at it!
My birthday was on Tuesday, so as I’ve now entered a new year of my life, I figured this would be the perfect time to do a post like that! Grab your favorite beverage, get cozy and let’s chat about the books that I think define my reading taste.
Read moreMini Reviews: Recent Mystery Reads
Hi friends! I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately (as I write this post I’ve finished my 41st book of the year!) and I thought it would be fun to do some mini reviews!
After reading a lot of romance in the beginning and middle of February, I’ve shifted gears and been focusing on mystery/thrillers, so I thought I’d share some short reviews of some of the ones I’ve read in the last 2 or so weeks.
Read moreCaitlyn’s Monthly Wrap Up: February 2024
Hi besties! I hope that you had a fabulous February! It’s been a bit of a crazy month around here.
Grab your favorite cozy beverage, a warm blanket and let’s chat about the month!
Read moreReview: That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally
She thought she had her life back. She was wrong. It was a mistake to trust him.
Shivering and bruised, a teen wakes up on the side of a dirt road with no memory of how she got there―or who she is. A passing officer takes her to the police station, and not long after, a frantic man arrives. He’s been searching for her for hours. He has her school ID, her birth certificate, and even family photos. He is her father. Her name is Mary. Or so he says.
When Lola slammed the car door and stormed off into the night, Drew thought they just needed some time to cool off. Except Lola disappeared, and the sheriff, his friends, and the whole town are convinced Drew murdered his girlfriend. Forget proving his innocence, he needs to find her before it’s too late. The longer Lola is missing, the fewer leads there are to follow…and the more danger they both are in.
Read moreReview: Red String Theory
Just a date . . . or a twist of fate?
When it comes to love and art, Rooney Gao believes in signs. Most of all, she believes in the Chinese legend that everyone is tied to their one true love by the red string of fate. And that belief has inspired her career as an artist, as well as the large art installations she makes with ( obviously ) red string. That is until artist’s block strikes and Rooney begins to question everything. But then fate leads her to the perfect guy . . . Jack Liu is perfect. He’s absurdly smart, successful, handsome, and after one enchanting New York night—under icy February skies and fueled by fried dumplings—all signs point to destiny. Only Jack doesn’t believe. And after their magical date, it looks like they might be lost to each other forever . . . until they’re given one more chance to reconnect. But can Rooney convince a reluctant skeptic to take a leap of fate?
Read moreARC Review: I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang
Snarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn’t Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lara Jean wrote hate emails instead of love letters.
Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and a “pleasure to have in class.” It’s not easy, but she has a trick to keep her model-student smile plastered on her face at all times: she channels all her frustrations into her email drafts. She’d never send them of course — she’d rather die than hurt anyone’s feelings — but it’s a relief to let loose on her power-hungry English teacher or a freeloading classmate taking credit for Sadie’s work.
All her most vehemently worded emails are directed at her infuriating cocaptain, Julius Gong, whose arrogance and competitive streak have irked Sadie since they were kids. “You’re attention starved and self-obsessed and unbearably vain . . . I really hope your comb breaks and you run out of whatever expensive hair products you’ve been using to make your hair appear deceptively soft…”
Sadie doesn’t have to hold back in her emails, because nobody will ever read them… that is, until they’re accidentally sent out.
Overnight, Sadie’s carefully crafted, conflict-free life is turned upside down. It’s her worst nightmare — now everyone at school knows what she really thinks of them, and they’re not afraid to tell her what they really think of her either. But amidst the chaos, there’s one person growing to appreciate the “real” Sadie — Julius, the only boy she’s sworn to hate…
Read moreCaitlyn’s Monthly Wrap Up: January 2024
Happy Thursday, my friends! It’s hard to believe that we’re already nearing the end of the first month of the year!
As always, make yourself comfortable with your favorite snack and coziest of blankets, and let’s chat about the month.
Read moreARC Review: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to bear—that her sister was murdered by a serial killer and there is precisely nothing she can do to change it. If there’s anything Zara cannot stand it’s feeling powerless, so she decides she will do whatever it takes—even if that means partaking in the occult—to bring her sister back from the dead.
Jude Wolf might be the daughter of a billionaire, but she is also undeniably cursed. After a deal with a demon went horribly wrong, her soul is now slowly turning necrotic. Flowers and insects die in her wake and monstrous things come to taunt her at night. If Jude can’t find the right someone to fix her mistake, she fears she’ll die very soon.
Enter Emer Bryne: the solution to both Zara’s and Jude’s predicaments. The daughter of a witch, Emer sells spells to women in desperate situations willing to sacrifice a part of their soul in exchange for a bit of power, a bit of magic to change their lives. But Emer has a dark past all her own—and as her former clients are murdered one-by-one, she knows it’s followed her all the way to London.
As Zara and Jude enter Emer’s orbit, they’ll have to team up to stop the killer—before they each end up next on his list.
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