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  • All my thoughts: A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber

    A Curse for True Love, the finale of Stephanie Garber’s Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy, didn’t give me the satisfaction I was hoping for. Instead, it gave me a lingering question, a very mid kiss and a hope for… Continue reading

    All my thoughts: A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber
  • All my thoughts: The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

    I always worry about middle books after a really good series starter, but Stephanie Garber’s The Ballad of Never After lived up to my expectations.  Continue reading

    All my thoughts: The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
  • June Wrap Up

    June has come and gone, and it’s still raining. However, it’s hot which somehow makes it a little bit better. It’s finally starting to feel like summer.  June was filled with house projects (our 100-year-old wood floors are officially restored!),… Continue reading

    June Wrap Up
  • All my thoughts: Once Upon a Broken Heart

    It was a bit gimmicky and slightly juvenile, but I think I fell in love with Once Upon a Broken Heart by the end. Continue reading

    All my thoughts: Once Upon a Broken Heart
  • Book Review: Don’t Let the Forest In

    “If you cut open my chest you’ll find a garden of rot where my heart should be.” Don’t Let the Forest In, C.G. Drews  After the disaster that was Onyx Storm, I needed something beautifully written and fundamentally sound. Cue… Continue reading

    Book Review: Don’t Let the Forest In
  • The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Onyx Storm

    I felt so indifferent about this book, I barely wrote any notes on it. I didn’t even annotate my copy. And that’s saying A LOT. It just didn’t make me feel anything. Continue reading

    The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Onyx Storm
  • Revisiting Panem: Sunrise on the Reaping

    This was another phenomenal addition to The Hunger Games universe with a huge statement on power and corruption in government systems. I couldn’t put this book down. I’ve always been curious about Haymitch’s time in the Games for a few… Continue reading

    Revisiting Panem: Sunrise on the Reaping
  • Revisiting Panem: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

    This book is a masterpiece cover to cover. The rise, fall and rise of Snow is so flawless as readers get to experience the choices he makes to fall into evil when he’s capable of so much goodness. There’s the… Continue reading

    Revisiting Panem: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
  • Rain, Rain Go Away

    It’s been cold, rainy and miserable here in Western Pennsylvania. For about two weeks now, it’s been in the 50s and just storm after storm after storm. We had my oldest niece’s Sweet 16 on Saturday and the weather was… Continue reading

    Rain, Rain Go Away
  • Life of Bry: Here we go

    It’s been raining for about two weeks straight. We’re getting Florida-style weather in Pennsylvania. It’ll be glorious and bright one moment and miserable and wet the next. We’ve been getting raging storms, too. Continue reading

    Life of Bry: Here we go