I’m not a winter person. Far from it honestly. I like the first drifts of snow because I think it is beautiful. I can’t imagine Christmas without snow as that is how it has always been. Except for last year when there wasn’t any snow and it was weird. But after Christmas? The snow can […]
Allison: Inked | Eric Smith | Book Review
May 1, 2015
Reading and finishing Inked by Eric Smith was a bit of a whirlwind for me. When I started it, I was excited to read it but by the end I found myself very overwhelmed and a tad confused by what I had just read. It all just happened so fast and was kind of unexpected […]
Allison: The Start of You and Me | Emery Lord | Book Review
April 24, 2015
As you all may remember, I loved Emery Lord’s debut novel Open Road Summer. So much so that I forced it into the hands of my best friend with the simple instructions of “I don’t care what else you have going on right now, you MUST read this book.†She did and she loved it. […]
Allison: Afterworlds | Scott Westerfeld | Book Review
March 20, 2015
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld was by far the thickest book I received at BEA 2014. I remember seeing it on the table at the Simon & Schuster booth and thinking to myself “Wow. That is a big book!†It was also a book that a lot of people were buzzing about so I honestly couldn’t […]
Allison: Slow and Steady Rush | Laura Trentham | Book Review
March 12, 2015
So hold me now I’m fallin’, I’m fallin’ Just lay me down and steal my heart tonight There’s fire in your eyes There’s magic in your touch It’s too early to say But it feels like us so Hold me now, I’m fallin’, I’m fallin’ for you -Lady Antebellum Slow and Steady Rush by […]
Allison: Christmas on Chestnut Street | Nancy Thayer | Book Review
January 4, 2015
Christmas on Chestnut Street by Nancy Thayer starts when Felicia returns to her family home for the holiday season with plans to marry her fiancé Archie. Almost immediately, you can sense the tension in the family as Archie did not fit the expected mold of the family. He is not prim and proper but is […]