Contemporary Romance: Like it, love it or leave it Julie: I’m not huge on romance books in general – there usually has to be something more going on in the story than just a romance. So normally I wouldn’t pick up a contemporary romance book unless there was something specifically awesome about it and lots […]
Genre: Historical Romance Julie: I rarely read historical fiction. I’m more into the fantastical or sci-fi worlds, and am not a good student of history anyway. I like my modern world and don’t really enjoy reading about wars or struggles without electricity. But when I do read historical fiction, it is one of those epic […]
I run a book club. From time to time, I find it almost impossible to find good study guides/discussion questions for the books we are reading. So I thought I would share the study guides that I created myself and offer them for your use with your own book club. I do not mind if […]
TEASE by Sophie Jordan Book 2 of The Ivy Chronicles On-sale 5/27/2014 Description: A born flirt and good-time party girl, Emerson has never had a problem finding a willing guy. She’s always chosen her hook-ups carefully, and she’s never broken her three cardinal rules: · Never let them see the real you. · Never fall […]
Julie’s Review: I read several interviews where Ms. Jordan says outright that Uninvited is not a dystopia. I have to respectfully disagree. It is absolutely one. Just look at the definition: dys·to·pi·a n. 1. An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror. 2. A work […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme run by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Books On My Spring 2014 TBR List Julie’s List of Top Books On My Spring 2014 TBR List: So here are the books I’m really looking forward to reading in the short term (aka, Spring). On a […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme run by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten All Time Favorite Books in New Adult Genre] Rose’s List of Top Ten All Time Favorite Books in New Adult Genre: Easy by: Tamarra Webber The Edge of Never by: J.A. Redmerski Beautiful Disaster by: Jamie McGuire […]
Fifty First Times: A New Adult Anthology Published by: Avon ImpulsePublication date: February 25th 2014Genres: New Adult Twitter: https://twitter.com/FiftyFirstTimes Synopsis: You always remember your first time… Whether it’s the couple who decides not to go through with it, the two boys who finally aren’t ashamed, the newlyweds whose wedding night could very well be their last night together, the […]
Friday, December 27th – Top 10 Books I’m Looking Forward to in 2014 (books released in 2014) Julie’s Top 10 [prw username=”juliecookies” boardname=”top-10-books-im-looking-forward-to-in-2014″ maxfeeds=”10″ divname=”myList” printtext=”0″ target=”newwindow” useenclosures=”yes” thumbwidth=”100″ thumbheight=”100″ showfollow=”medium”] Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover Uninvited by Sophie Jordan Stuck by Samantha Durante Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau Fragile […]
Julie’s Review I’ve been looking forward to reading Foreplay since Sophie Jordan had brunch with one of my awesome book clubs and told us this book was coming soon. I’m very happy to have gotten my hands on the eARC through Edelweiss (my first approval through them!). Pepper is a girl who […]