A boozy-foodie book blog.
A boozy-foodie book blog.
Title: Things You Save In A Fire Author: Katherine Center Genre: Adult/ Romance/ International Pages: 308 After seeing the book cover floating around online, this book instantly went on my TBR List. I can’t help it, I’m a sucker for a pretty cover. So imagine my surprise when I received and ARC/ARE/Galley as book mail from Macmillan Publishers! (Insert pterodactyl screech here.) I …
Before the Birth From the beginning I knew that I wanted to have an unmedicated birth. I wanted to “go the distance!” I wanted this labor and delivery to be everything that my first wasn’t and thankfully, it was. It was an amazingly beautiful experience that wouldn’t have been possible without my fantastic birthing team, my husband and doing my …
Title: The Daddy Arrangement Author: Paige Parsons Series: Sugar 101: Book 1 Genre: Romance/ BWWM Pages: depends on your e-reader The Daddy Arrangement is a cute first installment to the Sugar 101 series.We are introduced to Keila as an incoming college freshmen and her RA Bri. When Keila mistakenly assumes that Bri’s much older boyfriend, Michael, is her father hilarity …
Title: Impostors Author: Scott Westerfeld Series: Uglies: Imposters Saga Book 1 Genre: YA/ Science Fiction Pages: 405 Being completely honest, while I am a fan of Scott Westerfeld and most of his work, I was a little apprehensive when I heard the he would continue the Uglies series. I LOVED the original 3 but found the fourth, Extras, to be …
Title: ChinaRich Girlfriend Author: Kevin Kwan Series: Crazy Rich Asians, number 2 Genre: Adult/ Romance/ International Pages: 479 This book, the second in the CRA trilogy did not disappoint at all! The story picks up 2 to 3 years after the first and, my goodness, it doesn’t miss a beat. Like all good soap operas we’ve got a car crash, plastic surgery, social …
Title: Crazy Rich Asians Author: Kevin Kwan Series: Crazy Rich Asians, number 1 Genre: Adult/ Romance/ International Pages: 546 I enjoyed this book a lot. It was a pretty quick read and I appreciated that the author used authentic slang from the different languages that the characters speak and included a glossary for those terms and them bottom of each page. Even though …
Title: The Belles Author: Dhonielle Clayton Series: The Belles, number 1 Genre: YA/ Coming of Age/ Fantasy Pages: 434 I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Like any novel, the first few chapters took a couple of days to move through. The world created by Ms. Clayton is very detailed and because of the concept of it is so fresh and unique, it took a …
Title: SADIE Author: Courtney Summers Series: N/A Genre: YA/ Thriller/ True Crime Fiction Pages: 320 Check out my Two Minute Review of SADIE on my ‘booktube’ channel: Don’t forget to visit: Sadie’s Cinnamon Toast
In the book SADIE by Courtney Summers, the title character spends the majority of her time making a good life for herself and her sister. She takes on the responsibility of being “the parent” after her mother skips town. even though she doesn’t have much to give, she gives her sister her all. I think that cinnamon toast is one …
Growing up in a small town in Kentucky in the 50s boys like Stone Molony were lucky to have nearly every meal cooked at home. I love pasties and they seem like jut the kind of thing Stone’s mother would whip up for a quick lunch. Check out the completely customizable modern day recipe down below: You will need: Shredded …