The Preppy Book Princess

The Last Thing You Said by Sara Biren My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was lucky enough to receive an advanced reader copy of this novel through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The last thing you said is a hauntingly, beautiful story about grief, and the way it affects everyone around it. Lucy and Trixie were a package deal. Inseparable from their first meeting at five years old, where one goes the other goes. High School and the teenage years doesn't change that, and in many ways it's made them grow closer. Lucy has also found herself falling for Trixie's older brother Ben, and on a sunny summer day at the lake, it seems he's finally starting to feel the same way about her. Their world is about to shatter in ways they never could have seen coming, when Trixie disappears under the water, and never resurfaces. All of a sudden Lucy's left trying to navigate life without her other half, and Ben's left with horrible amounts of guilt that he ...

Happy Monday Guys :) How was everyone's weekend? Mine was rough to say the least, as I was dealing with some flareups from health issues, and such, and I'm definitely ready to see the start of a new week. Probably the best part of my weekend (other than finishing some amazing books!) was Disney announcing opening dates for Pandora, Rivers of Light, and Happily Ever After at Disney World, and a new Beauty and The Beast Musical on the Disney Dream Cruise ship! Right now we don't have another trip in the works as we both have some big changes coming up with work, and we're also trying to pay down a bunch of our debt, as I've mentioned in previous posts. However, I think we're both still hoping there's a Disney vacation in our future this year, and I'll definitely keep you guys updated if that's the case! Today on this snowy chilly day in my hometown, I want to share a review with you guys for Waking In Time by Angie Stanton. I was so excit...

Hey Guys!  My birthday was in January, and I was blessed to receive quite a few new books that I'm really excited to read.  As well, I cashed in some of my swagbucks for an Indigo gift card, and I actually won a book in a contest as well.  I'm currently on a book buying ban, as I'm trying to put as much money on my debt as I can possibly can, and so it was awesome to receive so many amazing new books, especially since I haven't been buying any myself lately.  I'm so excited to share them all with you, and so let's go ahead and get started:  First, my hubby and I visited our favorite local used bookstore on my birthday, where he picked me up some pretty amazing goodies. I've mentioned this bookstore on my blog many times before, and it's one of our favorites stores. Not only are the prices amazing, but it's entirely a charity bookstore, and all proceeds go to the local animal shelter. This time, we found all four origin...

Happy Top 5 Wednesday Guys! If you're unfamiliar with Top 5 Wednesday, it's a weekly meme that was created by gingerreadslainey on Youtube, and is now moderated by Sam from Thoughts On Tomes on Youtube as well. The group communicates through goodreads, and here's the link if you're interested in learning more about it! Today's topic is: "Book Trends You're Tired Of: What are some things you are tired of seeing that are trends in publishing? Maybe something that pops up on a lot of covers these days, or the popularity of certain tropes in a particular genre? Let it out! I'm mainly going to be focusing on tropes, as there's been a lot lately that I've been feeling annoyed over, and these are my top 5: 1) Insta-Love: This lately seems to a popular trope in every genre I read, and I really can't stand it. There's nothing wrong with instant intrigue or attraction, but when the reader is supposed to believe that characters fall ...

It's officially February guys! And I'm pretty shocked with how many books I was able to finish last month. January was a month that I spent a lot of time at home with my books, and as such, I was able to check quite a few books off my TBR list. If you'd noticed, I haven't been doing wrap ups the last few months, and the reason for that was simply the fact that the way I was doing them before was way too time consuming, and left me with a post that was so long I'm sure no one would ever actually want to read it. So instead of organizing all my wrap ups by how many stars I gave each book, and including a detailed description of each book and why or why not I didn't like it, I'm going to simply list the books randomly, and give only a couple thoughts on each. By doing this, I hope to save myself several hours of editing, and also, I hope it will make it easier and more interesting to everyone reading it. So without further adieu, here's all t...

Hey Guys! A few weeks ago I was contacted by author Dallas Coryell, asking if I'd be interested in reviewing his book, Melody's Key. After reading the synopsis, I was definitely interested, and jumped at the opportunity to get to read and review this novel. I finished it a few days ago, and I'm excited to get to share my thoughts about it today with all of you guys. :) About The Author: Dallas Coryell is a musician and author residing deep in the untamed wilds of Michigan, USA, where he desperately attempts to assign meaning to his world through bouts of maniacal creative catharsis and pitifully doomed romantic fantasies. All of the songs written by the characters in this novel are real and can be viewed on the author's fledgling youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/DallasCoryell1 Selfies and other assorted randomness can be found on the author's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dallascoryell/?hl=en Release Date: Ju...

Happy Wednesday Guys :) Today's Top 5 Wednesday Topic is really different from usual, and that's because it's something other than books. This week's topic is "Top 5 Current Favorites Other Than Books", and I definitely think it's going to be a fun one. First though, I wanna quickly introduce everyone to what Top 5 Wednesday is if you're unfamiliar with it. Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly bookish meme that was created by Lainey from gingerreadslainey on Youtube, and is now moderated by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes, also from Youtube. The group communicates through goodreads, and here's the link if you're interested in learning more about it.  For my current five favorites that aren't books, I decided to mix it up and include things from various different categories. 1) Smoothies: I've been loving smoothies the last few weeks. They're the perfect way to start off a day, and leave me feeling a lot healthier when I've ...