Simple Meals + Honest Book Reviews + Practical Living
I know that no two people read the same book. I’m sure a novel that I love and cherish is a novel that another person can’t seem to get through, and vice versa. Here, I’m targeting books that we’re given high praise and seriously pushed into the main stream as ‘must-reads.’
Don’t get me wrong, I totally understand how subjective my Overrated Reads series is, but hey! It’s my blog and my opinion. Take these brief reviews with a grain of salt.
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Alright, so I have a soft spot in my heart for Young Adult / New Adult novels. I think you’d be lying if you said you didn’t love them too. I also have a tough time figuring out if a book is Young Adult or New Adult — can someone please help me out with that one?
ANYWAY. This year I’ve read quite a handful of swoon-worthy YA / NA books and I’m here to share with you my favorites, and ones that you should most certainly add to your Want-To-Read list!…
You all know my gripe with authors who have a smashing mega success with their first book, and then a total and utter flop with their second. I’m talking about Mary Kubica, Shari Lapena, Ruth Ware, and now I’m adding another author to this list — Paula Hawkins. Why does this keep happening? And why do we continue to assume that these authors with mind-blowing first novels will be able to duplicate the success with their second novel?
I don’t even know where to start with why I disliked Into the Water. Note: no spoilers will be in this post. …
The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr was originally published in Germany, where it remained on the bestsellers list for fifteen consecutive months. It was recently picked up as a mini-series by USA staring Jessica Biel. After reading the synopsis, I decided to give it a go — and also forced my friends to read it with me so we could discuss it over dinner & drinks this past weekend. Overall, all three of us enjoyed it, albeit had strongly mixed feelings along the way.
The Sinner is an excellent book club choice and I’m here to tell you why. …
I know no one reads the same book. With that said, at any given time, there are always a handful of newly released novels that sing praise holier than thou, and I’m here to put a stop to this madness. Today, I’m giving you my honest opinion on three books that I dub OVERRATED.
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Is it a surprise to anyone that I love numbers, graphs, and spreadsheets? I’d track absolutely everything if only I could find a system to organize and store all of it. Well, welcome to another series of Money Diaries, here on Peonies and Bees. It’s where I share every penny I spend for 7 days.