PG-13, 1 hr. 50 min. Release Date: December 7, 2018 Willowdean (‘Dumplin’), the plus-size teenage daughter of a former beauty queen, signs up for her mom’s Miss Teen Bluebonnet pageant as a protest that escalates when other contestants follow her footsteps, revolutionizing the pageant and their small Texas town. (From IMDb) *MY THOUGHTS* …
Book Blogger Hop Do you tend to visit the same blogs each week but also try to look for new blogs? The short answer to this question: I like visiting all new blogs. I love getting different content and seeing what all you creative types come up with! The long winded answer:…
ARC, 323 pages Release Date: November 27,2018 Published by: Disney- Hyperion Read from: November 27-December 5, 2018 Stand-alone Source: TLA TW: N/A For fans of: Foodies, Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, YA Take two American teen chefs, add one heaping cup of Paris, toss in a pinch of romance, and stir. . . . Rosie Radeke firmly…
This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine! It takes a fearless woman to love the most scandalous man alive in New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s breathtaking novel Even a ghost…
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish and is now run by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week she will post a new Top Ten list . Everyone is welcome to join. This week’s topic is: Top 10 Cozy/ Wintry Reads! To me, a cozy/wintery read is anything that makes…
Hardcover, 320 pages Release Date: September 25, 2018 Published by: Graphix Read from: December 2, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Library TW: Addiction For fans of: Graphic Novels, Memoirs, YA Hey, Kiddo is the graphic memoir of author-illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Raised by his colorful grandparents, who adopted him because his mother was an incarcerated heroin addict, Krosoczka didn’t…
This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what all we borrowed, bought, and received for review. It’s hosted over at Tynga’s Reviews. From the Library: Bought: From Publishers/Netgalley/Edelweiss: And two adult titles I may or my not have startled my husband from all my shouting at my computer when I found out I got them 🤷♀️ From NCTE: …
Hardcover, 272 pages Release Date: November 16,2018 Published by: Arthur A. Levine Books Read from: November 30, 2018 Fantastic Beast the Original Screenplay, #2 Source: Library TW: N/A For fans of: Action, Harry Potter, Fantasy, YA J.K. Rowling’s five-film Fantastic Beasts adventure series continues with the original screenplay for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. At the…
Book Blogger Hop If you could travel back in time to purchase the first printing of a specific novel, what book would that be? It would most definitely be Harry Potter 1-3. I was a little late to the HP party and didn’t start reading them until after book 3 was already…
ARC, 390 pages Release Date: November 6,2018 Published by: Freeform Read from: November 20-27, 2018 Debutantes, #1 Source: Publishers (I received a copy of this book from the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.) TW: For fans of: Action, Southern Charm, Thrillers, Mysteries, YA “I’m not saying…
