Author Archives: Lauren

Top Ten Tuesday: 3/31

TOP TEN BOOKS RECENTLY ADDED TO OUR TBR LISTS 1. A Walk in The Appalachian Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson 2. The Middle of Somewhere by Sonja Yoerg 3. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater 4. Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer by Sheriff DavidContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: 3/31”

Hidden Huntress by Danielle L. Jensen

Beneath the mountain, the king’s reign of tyranny is absolute; the one troll with the capacity to challenge him is imprisoned for treason. Cécile has escaped the darkness of Trollus, but she learns all too quickly that she is not beyond the reach of the king’s power. Or his manipulation. Recovered from her injuries, sheContinue reading “Hidden Huntress by Danielle L. Jensen”

Read It, Watched It: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

If I had to choose a favorite hobby besides reading, I would choose binge watching television. If I had to pick something besides that, I would pick watching shows/movies based on books and ripping them apart. I’ve yet to watch something that beats the book. In fact, it’s pretty difficult to even get close toContinue reading “Read It, Watched It: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon”

Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin

The author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, tackles the critical question: How do we change?  Gretchen Rubin’s answer: through habits. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habitsContinue reading “Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin”

The One That Got Away by Bethany Chase

Sarina Mahler thinks she has her life all nailed down: a growing architecture practice in Austin, Texas, and an any-day-now proposal from her loving boyfriend, Noah. She’s well on her way to having the family she’s hoped for since her mother’s death ten years ago. But with Noah on a temporary assignment abroad and retiredContinue reading “The One That Got Away by Bethany Chase”

Sneak Peek: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

I WILL TELL YOU THE SAME THING I TELL EVERY SLAVE. THE RESISTANCE HAS TRIED TO PENETRATE THIS SCHOOL COUNTLESS TIMES. I HAVE DISCOVERED IT EVERY TIME. IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE RESISTANCE, IF YOU CONTACT THEM, IF YOU THINK OF CONTACTING THEM, I WILL KNOW AND I WILL DESTROY YOU. – Goodreads  Continue reading “Sneak Peek: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir”

World After by Susan Ee

In this sequel to the bestselling fantasy thriller, Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what’s left of the modern world. When a group of people capture Penryn’s sister Paige, thinking she’s a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken. Penryn drivesContinue reading “World After by Susan Ee”

Angelfall by Susan Ee

It’s been six weeks since the angels of the apocalypse destroyed the world as we know it. Only pockets of humanity remain. Savage street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When angels fly away with a helpless girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back… –Continue reading “Angelfall by Susan Ee”

At The Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen

After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve of 1942, Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off financially by Ellis’s father, a former army Colonel who is already embarrassed by his son’s inability to serve in WWII due to his being colorblind. To Maddie’s horror,Continue reading “At The Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen”