• Ramblings

    A note about passion.

    I hope that you all had a wonderful day yesterday, whether it was celebrating with family or simply spending a quiet day in contemplation. It’s time to start winding the year down and, per usual, I’m sitting here right at the brink of finishing my reading challenge and feeling so introspective that I really haven’t read. This year has been a year of learning for me. I’ve learned a lot about who I am, how to love myself for all of that, and that the quote above sums up who I’m becoming. I used to be the person who researched…

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    Holiday Hugs!

    In case I don’t post anything again until after Christmas, I wanted to send a big old holiday hug to all of you out there! It’s been a year filled with a lot of things, some good and some bad, but I’m actually pretty proud of how much we did on this little blog. Running a book blog is a labor of love. It’s sometimes draining, sometimes fabulous, but always something that I want to do. So I thank you for sticking with us. Through the lulls, through the peaks, you were here. Thank you for that! I don’t usually…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Disasters by M.K. England

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Disasters Author: M.K. England Publisher: HaperCollins Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: December 18, 2018 Source: Publisher / FFBC Tours ——————————————- Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy fast paced stories set on worlds other than our own! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Hotshot pilot Nax Hall has a history of making poor life choices. So it’s not exactly a surprise when he’s kicked out of the elite Ellis Station Academy in less than twenty-four hours. But Nax’s one-way trip back to Earth is…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Book Blitz + Giveaway: Library of Absolution by Jennifer Derrick

    Library of Absolution Jennifer Derrick (Legacy of the Book Mesmer, #1) Published by: Crimson Tree Publishing Publication date: December 17th 2018 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Romance Alarick Brandon is the powerful wizard who operates The Keep, a refuge for magical people fleeing the persecution of the Ministry. A bitter realist, Alarick knows it’s only a matter of time until the Ministry succeeds in eradicating magic from the world—and exterminating all magical beings—so he has been careful to avoid any personal involvement with the people who pass through his sanctuary. But when Elissa Stone arrives at The Keep, her village a smoldering…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: Stuck (Stitch Trilogy #3) by Samantha Durante

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Stuck * Series: Stitch Trilogy #3 Author: Samantha Durante Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 306 Release Date: December 15, 2018 Source: Author / Prism Book Tours ——————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have kept up with this series and are eager for more! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N 3, 2, 1… BOOM. Things are finally looking up for the Resistance. Sure, Alessa is still processing the revelation that the best friend she’d presumed dead is miraculously alive, though far from well… And her boyfriend is…

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    The Journaling Bug

    I’ve been MIA a bit because I managed to suddenly get a cold on Saturday night. I swear, every time that I get a real, full blown cold, it comes out of nowhere. *sigh* I miss summer already. Anyway, I’ve gotten the journaling bug again! I used to journal every single day, all the way up through high school, and then it slowly trickled off as I got into college and then into the work force. Still, I’ve kept slowly writing ever since then and now I’ve discovered the concept of bullet journaling and I’m HOOKED. 2019 shall be the…

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    Book Review: Little White Lies (Debutantes #1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Little White Lies * Series: Debutantes #1 Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Publisher: Freeform Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: November 6, 2018 Source: Publisher ——————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who mysteries that involve sassy debutantes and tons of scandal. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Eighteen-year-old auto mechanic Sawyer Taft did not expect her estranged grandmother to show up at her apartment door and offer her a six-figure contract to participate in debutante season. And she definitely never imagined she would accept. But…

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    Bookishly Delighted is back!

    My defunct book club that I stopped working on over a year ago, has been resurrected! I missed all the things that go along with book club. I missed the conversation, and the interaction. Truth be told, I missed my reader friends. Since I’m in a great place at this end of year, and I’ve already successfully revamped my bookstagram and started it up again (you can find that here), I’m ready for my book club. Our first read of the year will be Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett! In preparation for the new show, of course. Want…

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    Book Review: Start Without Me by Joshua Max Feldman

    Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Start Without Me Author: Joshua Max Feldman Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 304 Release Date: October 30, 2018 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher ————————————————– Genre: Contemporary HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are prepared for an emotional journey that is gorgeously written. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The author of the critically acclaimed The Book of Jonah explores questions of love and choice, disappointment and hope in the lives of two strangers who meet by chance in this mesmerizing tale that unfolds over one…

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    Rain, Rain, PLEASE STAY!

    People love to joke about how Southern California loses their mind when it rains. Well… I’m here to tell you, that’s definitely more accurate than I care to admit. We are on day two of rain over here in Los Angeles, and it’s been raining fairly heavily for the last 28 hours straight. I remember when I first moved here permanently, probably about 9 or 10 years ago now, it used to rain all the time during the winter. But, climate change and all that, the weather kept changing and it rained less and less often during our “winter”. Now?…