Book Reviews for @readwithkj
"It's not fair.""No. It's not. Life rarely is. But we deal with it the best we can. And we allow ourselves to hope for the best. Because a life without hope isn't a life lived at all." I adored this book! I was absorbed from the first few pages and absolutely loved every element of... Continue Reading →
This book had me feeling all sorts of emotions and it helped me get out of a reading slump which I am grateful for. I also am super grateful to my bookish friend for recommending the book and the world of Chamberlain's novels. Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain follows the lives of two young women... Continue Reading →
Who doesn't love a good regency romance? If you answered "I don't" to that question, you might as well move on. If you answered with anything else, please keep reading. Before the Wallflower series by Lisa Kleypas I actually hadn't read any regency romance novels. I did fall victim to binging the first season of... Continue Reading →
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness is an amazing memoir about journalist Susannah Cahalan's battle with rediscovering herself after an uncommon-at-the-time brain disease took away almost all she was in a matter of a few weeks. This book was recommended to me by my best friend who read it herself after we graduated from... Continue Reading →
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare might be classified as a children's novel, but my final impression when I finished the book was that a lot of adults could benefit from reading it today. In the late-17th century a young Kit Tyler travels from Barbados to Connecticut to live with the only family... Continue Reading →
I don't know how long Six Months Later has been in my bookcase. I couldn't even tell you when or where I got it. But I finally read it! And I really enjoyed it and I wish I read it earlier. It's definitely a YA novel and even though I really like the YA genre... Continue Reading →
This isn't a novel and far from anything I've read before aside from maybe a textbook. And there's actually a little story behind why it ended up on my TBR list. While working in my favorite job at an outdoor store in Grand Lake, the west entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park, I found a... Continue Reading →
One of Us Is Lying was a recommendation from a friend who described it as similar (but better) than Pretty Little Liars. It didn't take me long to add it to my To Be Read list and shortly after I borrowed it from the library to read. And I wasn't disappointed. The book follows five... Continue Reading →
Back when I saw the movie Beastly with Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgins I didn't realize it was a book. Of course, when I found out it was a book and part of a series, I wanted to read it. I have to admit I've had Beastly by Alex Flinn on my bookcase for several... Continue Reading →
If you didn't read the Twilight Saga move on from this post. It won't make sense to you anyway. If you are a fan of Twilight and haven't read Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer you should. I'll preface this review by saying that even though I enjoyed reading this flipped perspective novel, I probably wouldn't... Continue Reading →
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng was a book I was eager to read because I wanted to watch the TV miniseries from Hulu. I have this self-proclaimed rule that if a book is made into a movie or show and it looks like something I'd really like to read, I'll read it before I... Continue Reading →
Hey, it's been a while fellow book-loving followers! I know I promised to write quite a few book reviews back in August and I'd like to say I have a good excuse, but I don't so I'm just going to get on with it. I had wanted to read The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story... Continue Reading →
Kelsey (KJ) Fagan 