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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by  The Artsy Reader  and gives people a chance to list out their favorites of the topic of the week!! TODAY'S TOPIC IS: Popular books that lived up to the hype 1. Lucky in Love by Kasie West 2.  Save the Date  by Morgan Matson 3. The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finch 4. The Leaving by Tara Altebrando 5. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 6. Play With Me  by Piper Shelly and Anna Katmore (review coming soon!!)

Save the Date by Morgan Matson Goodreads Summary: Charlie Grant’s older sister is getting married this weekend at their family home, and Charlie can’t wait—for the first time in years, all four of her older siblings will be under one roof. Charlie is desperate for one last perfect weekend, before the house is sold and everything changes. The house will be filled with jokes and games and laughs again. Making decisions about things like what college to attend and reuniting with longstanding crush Jesse Foster—all that can wait. She wants to focus on making the weekend perfect. The only problem? The weekend is shaping up to be an absolute disaster. There’s the unexpected dog with a penchant for howling, house alarm that won’t stop going off, and a papergirl with a grudge. There are the relatives who aren’t speaking, the (awful) girl her favorite brother brought home unannounced, and a missing tuxedo. Not to mention the neighbor who seems to be bent on sabotage and a storm that is ben...

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by  Wishful Endings  and is based on Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly featured hosted by  Breaking the Spine  where we get a chance to highlight the books we can't wait to get released. This week's Can't Wait Wednesday is Forget You, Ethan by Whitney G. Expected Publication: July 31, 2018 Goodreads Summary: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...   I've hated Rachel Dawson since I was seven years old. My next door neighbor and number one sworn enemy, she's the reason why almost all of our childhood fights ended with me setting something of hers on fire. (Or, vice versa.) She snitched on me when I broke curfew.  I snitched on her when she lied about having a boyfriend.  We went back and forth like this throughout high school, both vowing to never talk to each other again when we went off to college.  But that was until she showed up at my apartment during my senior year...

Waking Up Pregnant by Mira Lyn Kelly (Waking Up, #2) Goodreads Summary: The night that changed everything! Waitress Darcy Penn is the smart, sensible type—flirting with the extremely cute guy in the bar just isn't her usual style. As for ending up in his hotel room? Definitely not! Sneaking out while he's in the bathroom to avoid the post-sex awkwardness? Much more like it…. If Darcy had stuck around, Jeff Norton could have told her about their "epic latex fail." So he shouldn't be quite so shocked when months later, Darcy turns up at his classy L.A. office and throws up in his wastepaper basket. She's got a bad case of morning sickness, and she's here to find out what he's going to do about it!   My Review: 3/5 Stars I read the first book in the series,  Waking Up Married  last year, and the same night that changed their life was the same night Darcy gets pregnant in the sequel. I love the way Kelly intertwined these two books to make them rela...

The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice  where we post a blurb from page 56 of what we are currently reading, or in my case today something on my TBR list! Today I choose Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls, because I have been wanting to read this for some time now! Have you read it yet? "I'm here because..." Because I want to know if you killed my friend. "Because I heard there was a party."

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by  Wishful Endings  and is based on Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly featured hosted by  Breaking the Spine  where we get a chance to highlight the books we can't wait to get released. This week's Can't Wait Wednesday is Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus Expected Publication: January 8, 2019 Goodreads Summary: The  New York Times  bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying, Karen M. McManus, is back with an all-new, page-turning mystery perfect for fans of  Riverdale! Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows. The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone's declared op...

Find Your Why by Simon Sinek Goodreads Summary: The next step for applying the life-changing lessons of the bestseller  Start With Why .   With  Start With Why , Simon Sinek inspired a movement to build a world in which the vast majority of us can feel safe while we are at work and fulfilled when we go home at night. However, many people have had trouble bringing the book's message into their own career and company. Now, along with two of his colleagues, Peter Docker and David Mead, he has created a guide to the most important step any business can take: finding your why. This easy-to-follow guide starts with the search for your personal why, and then expands to helping your colleagues find your organization's why. With detailed instructions on every stage in the process, the book also answer common concerns, such as: What if my why sounds like my competitor's? Can you have more than one why? And, if my work doesn't match my why, what do I do? Whether you're ent...

Lucky in Love by Kasie West Goodreads Summary: Can’t buy me love… Maddie’s not impulsive. She’s all about hard work and planning ahead. But one night, on a whim, she buys a lottery ticket. And then, to her astonishment— She wins! In a flash, Maddie’s life is unrecognizable. No more stressing about college scholarships. Suddenly, she’s talking about renting a  yacht . And being in the spotlight at school is fun…until rumors start flying, and random people ask her for loans. Now Maddie isn’t sure  who  she can trust. Except for Seth Nguyen, her funny, charming coworker at the local zoo. Seth doesn’t seem aware of Maddie’s big news. And, for some reason, she doesn’t want to tell him. But what will happen if he learns her secret? My Review: 4.5/5 stars I'm embarrassed to say how long it took me to get around to this one. It's been almost a year since I purchased it, so there is no excuse for not picking it up. This is the second book I've read of Kasie West'...

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by  Wishful Endings  and is based on Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly featured hosted by  Breaking the Spine  where we get a chance to highlight the books we can't wait to get released. This week's Can't Wait Wednesday is Watching You by Shannon Greenland Expected Publication: July 2, 2018 (oops..) Goodreads Summary: Viola’s always been  that  girl from  that  family, so a scholarship to a prestigious private school in Florida was supposed to be her ticket out of poverty and into a brand-new life. But Viola’s secrets have followed her. Her relationship with the intelligent and gorgeous Riel should have been the salvation she needed—he understands her troubled past better than anyone. But then weird things start to happen. Frightening messages. Missing personal items. The unsettling feeling that she’s being watched. Viola’s never been one to give her trust easily, but she’l...

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Goodreads Summary: From the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, a novel that explores the unexpected connections of our lives, and the idea that heaven is more than a place; it's an answer. From the author of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie, a novel that explores the unexpected connections of our lives, and the idea that heaven is more than a place; it's an answer.  Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisi...

Month in Review is hosted by Kathryn at  The Book Date June was as always a busy month, but I finally had a chance to get back into reading. I read 3 great books, but honestly none of them wowed me. But have no fear I have a great list coming up for July, and I already know those will be great! Total Books Read this month: 3 Books I Read: 1.  All The Bright Places  by Jennifer Niven 2.  The Leaving  by  Tara Altebrando 3.  Girl Last Seen  by Nina Laurin Favorite book of June: The Leaving by Tara Altebrando How was your reading this month?