Thursday, August 25, 2016

The Nest by @Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney



"Don't count your eggs before they hatch"

That's basically what this book is about. The Plumb family is like any other family, haha.

This book is about 4 siblings who are entitled brats. Yep, that's about the gist of it. They are really not a part of each other's lives. Until one night, one of them makes a huge mistake that ends up having dire consequences for all of them.

Their father always used to say, " don't count your eggs before they hatch," and what did they do? Just that! They knew that when the youngest would turn 40, they would have a pretty nice inheritance. Well, when things change and that is not the case, these siblings come together. Their main goal: Repayment.

They all feel like they will be different people, if only, they could get their inheritance. They will pay off their debts and loans and be so much more .. free. The whole time I'm reading this book, I'm thinking how it's their fathers fault. They counted on this money their whole lives and tried to live above their means because they saw a bail out in their future. What a curse.

Parents, don't promise your kids an inheritance. Just have it be a nice surprise. lol

I did like some things about the book, reading about their horrible messes, made me feel better about my life. I didn't like any of the characters really, they were all so unlikable. Overall, this book was just okay. If you want to know what your kids will do when they have a big some of money promised to them later in life and then it's wiped away, read this book.

Truly, Madly, Guilty by @Liane_Moriarty




Oh, the disappointment. Okay, maybe I'm being dramatic. I'm just so sad that this is a 3 star book.

I love her other books. LOVE. I've been waiting for this book and was so excited when it arrived! I cracked it open and decided to ignore adulting. Who cares about chores and laundry?! Am I right?!

Anyways, this wasn't bad but it just wasn't great. I think it's more just okay, really. I'm so used to Moriarty grabbing me and having such an emotional punch at some point and it never came in this book.


The story had a lot of potential. You get this group of people who have something terrible happen at a party and you never really get to know until you are towards the end of the book. I think that might have been my issue with this one. We are just trying to figure it out by the way these people are interacting with one another. Now, I get why everyone feel the way that they do, but some of it was just weird.

I really didn't like the relationship between any of the characters, I didn't really like many of the characters at all, really. They were so selfish and so rude to each other. I hope that my best friend never talks about me that way. They were all just so hard to relate too and boring.

Actually, the best way to describe the whole book was boring and too long. When I finished I felt unsatisfied, like this is it?!










A Court of Mist and Fury by @Sarah_J_Maas






I wasn't sure how to go about reviewing this. I had so many mixed feelings. I'm not sure if anyone else has put off a review for a while and read many other books and have forgotten specifics?

I'll keep it sweet and short.

I liked it better than the first book but I feel like it's a completely separate book all together. They just feel like worlds part.

Same as the first, this book is WAY too long. She could have cut out half the book and it would have been much better. Nothing really good happens until pretty much the last 150-200 pages.

The ending was awesome and basically the 4 stars. I love how Feyre becomes such a bad@ss! I really liked Rhysand much better than Tamlin too. I'm excited to see what happens next!






Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Top Ten Tuesday



Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Top Ten REWIND! I'm going back to another topic that I missed/wanted to do. It's going to be: Top Ten Favorite Covers of Books I've Read.

These are in no particular order, just 10 covers that I've loved.




The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks




Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah -One of my favorite books too!  




Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare



The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty.

I have two of her covers because I just love them!




 Splintered by A.G. Howard



The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski



Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Cover #2 by her!





Queen of Someday by Sherry D. Ficklin





Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard



The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley