Monthly Wrap-Up | November 2021

Ugh, my slowest month of the year so far. How did November disappear so quickly? I barely read for an entire week […]

Kirthana Ramisetti | Dava Shastri’s Last Day

The Plot (from Goodreads): Dava Shastri, one of the world’s wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation in mind. A […]

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My Thoughts On Reese’s Book Club Picks

I haven’t read every one of Reese’s book club picks, but I have read a handful of them. There are a handful […]

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2021 Holiday Book Roundup

I’m a huge fan of these sweet holiday romances, and it’s putting me in the Christmas spirit way too early. Bring on […]

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Wanda M. Morris | All Her Little Secrets

The Plot (from Goodreads): Ellice Littlejohn seemingly has it all: an Ivy League law degree, a well-paying job as a corporate attorney […]

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Holiday Book Master List

Welcome to the Bookends holiday book master list! Since publishers are starting to put out droves of holiday novels, I decided to […]

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Sarah Pearse | The Sanatorium

*Since I wrote this, I found out that there is a sequel coming. This answers some of my questions about the ending! […]

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Jenny Colgan | The Christmas Bookshop

The Plot (from Goodreads): When the department store she works in closes for good, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. […]

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Sonya Lalli | A Holly Jolly Diwali

The Plot (from Goodreads): Twenty-nine-year-old Niki Randhawa has always made practical decisions. Despite her love for music and art, she became an […]

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Paula Hawkins | A Slow Fire Burning

The Plot (from Goodreads): When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women […]

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Tracy Andreen | So, This Is Christmas

The Plot (from Goodreads): When Finley Brown returned to her hometown of Christmas, Oklahoma, from boarding school, she expected to find it […]

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October Wrap-Up

Once again, I’m woefully behind. This month started strong. The second half of the month, though, I was working non-stop and have […]

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Toni Halleen | The Surrogate

The Plot (from Goodreads): Ruth is a no-nonsense fortysomething journalist from the Midwest desperate for a child with her new husband, Hal. […]

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Books About Travel

Looking for books to feed your wanderlust? I’ve got you covered:

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Reviews With Spoilers

I obviously don’t post spoilers for every review. This blog started out as all spoilers for just thrillers, but when I started […]

Ten-Second Spoilers

Before I started blogging and Bookstagram, I was writing down the endings to books in my bullet journal as I finished them. […]

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Lyssa Kay Adams | Isn’t It Bromantic?

The Plot (from Goodreads): Elena Konnikova has lived her entire adult life in the shadows. As the daughter of a Russian journalist […]

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November New Releases

I’m awful. I’ve only read two of the books that come out this month, and I haven’t posted reviews on the blog […]

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Lana Grace Riva | The Existence of Amy

The Plot (from Goodreads): Amy has a normal life. That is, if you were to go by a definition of ‘no immediate […]

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