Category: Books

Review: The Book of Broken Hearts – Sarah Ockler

Review: The Book of Broken Hea..

Straight up I’m a major, major, major Sarah Ockler fan. She is one of my auto-buy authors so I truly don’t think she could do any wrong in my eyes. But I will admit when I started The Book of Broken Hearts I was nervous. I was really nervous because I wasn’t sure I liked Jude or how the story jumped in and sort of seemed rushed. But then I kept reading and reading and reading. And I can happily report that I really loved the story. It was definitely a different kind of Ockler read I thought, but it […]

Posted May 15, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments
Second Chance Sunday – Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler

Second Chance Sunday – B..

Today’s Second Chance Sunday is brought to you by the wonderful Sarah Ockler and her awesome book, in a slew of many, Bittersweet. I swear this is the book  that started my love affair with cupcakes so I’m warning you all ahead of time. But seriously this book was fantastic and I thought it should be recognized since Sarah’s next fantastic book The Book of Broken Hearts comes out next week(review on the blog on Wednesday). A sunshine yellow lemon cupcake with a coconut infused marshmallow frosting.  Filled with a raspberry and blueberry jam and decorated with marzipan figure skates […]

Posted May 12, 2013 by Andi / 1 Comment
Review: Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn

Review: Gone Girl – Gill..

This could possibly be the hardest review to write for the fact that I don’t want to give anything away and ruin the ending and the twists and turns of this amazingly told story. It was witty and poignant and clever and well thought out. It kept you guessing even when you thought you had it figured out and it left your mouth hanging open when all was said and done. Gone Girl was everything everyone said it was and more. It had the meat of a good mystery in the likes of say a Dennis Lehane, but had a […]

Posted May 8, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments
Review: Parallel – Lauren Miller

Review: Parallel – Laure..

I kept hearing how amazing this book was so when a friend got an advanced copy and sent it to me I was siked! Jumping in I didn’t really know what to expect. Was it paranormal? Was it a contemporary? Would it be too much science and universe talk? The more I read the more I realized that it didn’t matter what category it fell into. It didn’t matter if there was science talk and if the concept seemed out there on the surface. All that mattered was how fantastic this book was and how it got me thinking. You […]

Posted May 7, 2013 by Andi / 7 Comments
Second Chance Sunday – Insurgent by Veronica Roth

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With the release date Allegiant, the 3rd and final book in the Divergent series, quickly approaching I thought it would be appropriate to add Insurgent into my weekly Second Chance Sunday posts. This book seriously left me breathless. I read it on the plane coming home from Aruba and I swear I couldn’t breath when all was said and done. If you haven’t read the series, do it now before the ending comes out and wait and panic inducing misery with the rest of us! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! I know, eloquent, right? The sad thing is that is the […]

Posted May 5, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments