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Hi Friends! I am back with yet another romance review. This book was the buddy read for the Romance-A-Thon that took place from June 22-28, and I just finished it today (it took me almost six days to read.. way too long) because this book was very meh for me (which I will explain further on).  If I Never Met You  by Mhairi McFarlane follows Laurie, who just went through a break-up with her boyfriend of 18 years (yes, you read that correctly) who works at the same law firm as her. To make matters worse, she finds out that he was having an affair and got this woman pregnant and is starting a family with them when he was so against it with her. In comes Jamie, another lawyer at the firm, who has a playboy status. The two get stuck in an elevator, leaving the office conveniently, and decide to come up with this deal to fake date, which will allow Laurie to get over the gossip and pain of her ex, and Jamie to prove to their bosses that he has what it takes to become partner and tha...

Hi Friends! Since when did July just creep up on us like this?! It just means one month closer to be finished with this Stephen King novel of a year.  June started off pretty well in regards to my reads. I was rating pretty high and then took a dip and books became "meh" and finished off the month as meh and feeling myself slowly descending into a reading slump. I seriously have three books going right now because I cannot figure out what I am looking for to get me out of this slump.  Some of my reading was dedicated to authors and characters of color, which was really great and educational for me and also got some good books that were on my shelf waiting to be read for way too long.  For June I read a total of 16 books (4 E-books and 12 physical).  STATS: Pages: 3,437 2-Star Reads: 1 3-Star Reads: 6 4-Star Reads: 3 5-Star Reads: 6 Favorites: 4 Shortest Book: I Am More Than A Daydream (74 pages) Longest Book: 28 Summers (417 pages) GENRE BREAKDOWN: 6 YA 3 Adult Roman...

I am a huge Disney fan and have been wanting to read the Twisted Tales  series for the longest time. I just kept buying them as they came out, telling myself I would pick them up eventually and give my Disney heart something to sing about. I FINALLY picked up the first installment of the series, which happens to be a re-telling of my FAVORITE Disney movie; Aladdin.  A Whole New World is a twist on the class (and best) Disney film. In this version, Jafar gets, and keeps, the lamp after Aladdin retrieves it, locking Aladdin in the Cave of Wonders. What ensues is a hell of a lot of chaos and Jafar takes on as the new, and very evil, Sultan of Agrabah.  The first 75 pages or so is a direct copy of the Aladdin movie from 1992. It is literally the movie word for word, which caused a lot of people to DNF. However, if you keep reading, you will see how the story drastically changes from the loved cartoon.  There were a few things that this story brought that was interesting ...

Hi Friends! Thank you to Net Galley for the chance to read Kim Johnson's debut This is My America prior to it's July 28th release date. The entire time I was reading this, the song my Childish Gambino "This Is America" was playing in my head. Wow. This book was powerful and very, very relevant to today's world.  The story follows our main character Tracy as she is trying to get her father's case appealed, nine months before he is executed for his role in a double murder. While she is working to prove his innocence, her track star brother Jamal is accused of murdering the most popular girl (who is conveniently White) one  night.  The story then takes off and tackles the subject of Black Lives Matter and the racial injustices that Black people face when it comes to police and the criminal justice system.  This book was a work of fiction, but it felt so real at the same time because the things that were happening to our characters are truly happening in today...

Hi Friends! If You Only Knew is a romance that is a lot different than other romances out there, especially the ones that I tend to flock to.  This story follows our two main characters Tessa and Corey, each chapter alternating between their POV's. Corey was just released from jail, for a crime he took blame for and didn't commit, and ends up vandalizing the house of the attorney who gave him a plea deal, who is also the father of Tessa. Tessa is a "bad girl" and lives for her motorcycle with secrets of her own that are eating at her conscience. When Corey ends up working for Tessa's dad on a project, Corey and Tessa end up spending a lot more time together than they planned. This romance is a slow burn, and a good slow burn at that.  I liked this romance because the characters were imperfect and had to work through their own struggles, while coming together and helping one another with their issues. Corey has a terrible past and is in a life that he is desperate ...

Hi Friends! Wow. I just finished Elin Hilderbrand (my favorite author)'s new book and I am shook. I am speechless. I do not even know how to go on from this. I sense a serious book hangover in my future.  I just wanted more but at the same time, this book was SO satisfying.  28 Summers follows our two main characters, Mallory and Jake. Mallory is Cooper's little sister and Cooper is one of Jake's best friends. The story starts with Mallory's son Link calling Jake (in 2020) up to let him know that Mallory is dying and he tells Link that he will be there as soon as he can. We then go to 1993 (Summer #1) and progress through yes, 28 summers and 28 years (leading to 2020) and see how Mallory and Cooper are each other's Same Time, Next Year and spend one weekend together each year.  What a freaking concept. Of COURSE I wanted Jake and Mallory to be together the other 362 days of the year, but if that were to happen then we wouldn't have a story would we? Each summe...

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