A boozy-foodie book blog.
A boozy-foodie book blog.
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: 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 …
In The Porcupine of Truth Carson Smith’s family has never been close. His grandfather ran out on his grandmother, his dad drank himself right out of a relationship with his mother and his mother has always been, well, an ice queen. Family dinners were never really a thing that Carson got to experience growing up, but it’s something that he …
Title: Witches of East End Author: Melissa de la Cruz Series: Witches of East End (book 1) Genre: SciFi, Fantasy, Pages: 288 Ok, so my favorite writer for the past few years has been Melissa de la Cruz of the Blue Bloods and the Ashleys series. I have loved almost every book that she has written. I mean, there was …
The girls of Monster High are definitely of the “pumpkin spice latte” persuasion. Concerned with friends, fashion, boys and trying to pass their classes the ghouls are basically your average teen aged girls. That being said, grab your apron ‘cuz it’s time to get baking! You will need: Flour 1 ½ cup Ground Cinnamon ½ tsp Salt ½ Tbsp Egg …
Title: Monster High Author: Lisi Harrison Series: Monster High (book 1) Genre: YA/ SciFi Pages: 246 Review: So I started reading Monster High by Lisi Harrison, and when I say “started” I mean that I’ve inhaled all four of the original books. Ms. Harrison is the woman who brought us The Clique and Alphas. That being said, although I initially loved the …
Title: Taking The Stage Author: Paige Parsons Series: n/a (well, not yet anyway) Genre: Romance, Interracial Romance (BWWM) Pages: 134 Taking the Stage is the debut novel of Paige Parsons and I have to say I loved every second of it. I’ve never read a romance novel with the intention of sharing my experience with the public, but I’ve decided to go …
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