Little Things Vol. 1

Me making a peace sign in front of and A&W restaurant.

I haven't been updating this little space in a while and as much as I want to keep this blog going, I feel as if this space ended up with one blog tour post after another. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy doing them but I want to write about other things as well.

In the process of figuring out what this space is for me, I came across Evie Jayne's blog posts and I though, why not try her Little Things series. Maybe it'll help me slowly branch out from only blogging about books.

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BLOG TOUR | Slip by Marika McCoola, Illustrated by Aatmaja Pandya

Slip by Marika McCoola, Illustrated by Aatmaja Pandya
Publication Date: June 7, 2022

Jade is very excited to attend art camp until her best friend attempts to commit suicide. She's stuck between trying to focus on working on her skills, and understanding what could have caused her best friend, Phoebe, to hurt herself. There's also this feeling of guilt: does every good feeling — making friends, doing well on her craft, possibly falling in love — means she's abandoning her best friend?

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BLOG TOUR | Love Somebody by Rachel Roasek

TITLE: Love Somebody
AUTHOR: Rachel Roasek
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
RELEASE DATE: January 11th, 2022
GENRES: YOUNG ADULT FICTION---Contemporary, Romance
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I think I know why I gravitate toward romantic young adult novels: my inner 17-18 year old is living vicariously through their characters. I mentioned the same thing to my husband after watching the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before Trilogy, and I was told high school as portrayed through media doesn’t happen in real life.

Love Somebody is a love triangle of sorts. I don’t think there is enough comedy in it to be considered a romantic comedy (as the synopsis mentioned) but it has it’s funny moments. In Love Somebody, Sam and Christian are friends. When Christian falls for Ros, he asks Sam to help him get close to her. Sam hesitates at first, then changes her mind when she found out she lost to Ros to speak at their school assembly.

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BLOG TOUR | The Winning Ingredient by Kelly Swan Taylor

The Winning Ingredient by Kelly Swan Taylor
Published by Link Press
Release date: September 22, 2021
Genre: Contemporary

I throughly enjoyed reading The Winning Ingredient. Mostly because I love scenes of Mia in the kitchen constantly experimenting and baking, and then having her friends be her taste testers. I've imagined myself on both ends as I too love to bake, and I love receiving home baked goodies.

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BLOG TOUR | For All Time by Shanna Miles

My hand is holding up a hardback copy of For All Time by Shanna Miles against a white background.

TITLE: For All Time
AUTHOR: Shanna Miles
PUBLISHER: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
RELEASE DATE: September 28th, 2021
GENRES: YOUNG ADULT FICTION---Fantasy, Contemporary, Romance

The introductions to multiple Tamars and Fayards was something I easily got used to. They each have characteristics that got carried over through the different time periods, making their relationship evident, and simply inevitable. Also, in every life we get a glimpse of the push and pull between the two of them: one clearly being all in, and the other constantly hesitant. I also appreciated the little moments of recognition, because at some point it was the one thing I was waiting for.

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