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Love & Olives - Jenna Evans Welch.

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  Title: Love & Olives Author: Jenna Evans Welch Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication date: November 10, 2020 506 Pages 5/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis Santorini felt like an island holding its breath. As if it were keeping in a secret... Liv Varanakis doesn’t like to think about her father much, which makes sense—he fled to Greece when she was only eight, leaving her with just a few painful memories of their shared love for the lost city of Atlantis. So when teenage Liv suddenly receives a postcard from her father, who explains that National Geographic is supporting a documentary about his theories on Atlantis—and asks if she will fly out to Greece and help—Liv is less than thrilled. When she arrives in gorgeous Santorini, things are just as awkward as she'd imagined. There are so many questions, so many emotions that flood to the surface after seeing her father for the first time in years. Liv doesn’t want to get sucked back into her father's world. She also definitely doesn’t
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Cinderella is Dead - Kalynn Bayron.

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  Title: Cinderella is Dead Author: Kalynn Bayron Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Publication date: July 7, 2020 400 Pages 4/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the girls not chosen are never heard from again. Sixteen-year-old Sophia would much rather marry Erin, her childhood best friend, than parade in front of suitors. At the ball, Sophia makes the desperate decision to flee, and finds herself hiding in Cinderella’s mausoleum. There, she meets Constance, the last known descendant of Cinderella and her step sisters. Together they vow to bring down the king once and for all–and in the process, they learn that there’s more to Cinderella’s story than they ever knew . . . This fresh take on a classic story will make readers question the tales they’ve been tol
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Girl, Serpent, Thorn - Melissa Bashardoust.

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  Title: Girl, Serpent, Thorn Author: Melissa Bashardoust Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication date: July 7, 2020 336 Pages 4/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis A captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse... There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story. As the day of her twin brother’s wedding approaches, Soraya must decide if she’s willing to step outside of the shadows for the first time. Below in the dungeon is a demon who holds knowledge that she craves, the answer to her freedom. And above is a young man who isn’t afraid of her, whose eyes linger not with fear, but with an understanding of who she is beneath the poison. Soraya thought she knew her place in the world, but when her choices lead to consequences
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Not Like the Movies - Kerry Winfrey.

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  Title: Not Like the Movies Author: Kerry Winfrey Publisher: Berkley Jove Publication date: July 7, 2020 320 Pages 4/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis What happens when your life is a rom-com...but you don't even believe in true love? Chloe Sanderson is an optimist, and not because her life is easy. As the sole caregiver for her father, who has early onset Alzheimer's, she's pretty much responsible for everything. She has no time—or interest—in getting swept up in some dazzling romance. Not like her best friend Annie, who literally wrote a rom-com that's about to premiere in theaters across America...and happens to be inspired by Chloe and Nick Velez, Chloe's cute but no-nonsense boss. As the buzz for the movie grows, Chloe reads one too many listicles about why Nick is the perfect man, and now she can't see him as anything but Reason #2: The Scruffy-Bearded Hunk Who's Always There When You Need Him. But unlike the romance Annie has written for them, Chloe isn'
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September TBR.

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I finished August having read 3 books, so I have now read 57 books this year! Just 3 more books and I'll have reached my goal of 60 books for the year! Last year I read 61 books. I'm excited to see how many books I'll actually finish 2020 with.  Since I didn't get to them last month, I have the same 3 physical books on my September TBR list. Hopefully I have a good reading month! September TBR 1. The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo #2) - Physical book 2. The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo #3) - Physical book 3. Not Like the Movies - Physical book 4. Sense and Sensibility - Ebook 5. Never Never - Ebook 6. From Rufio to Zuko - Physical book 7. The Faithless Hawk - Physical book We'll see how far I make it through this list this month.  What are you planning on reading this month?
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August Wrap Up!

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Hello everyone, and happy September! This post is a few days late, but here is my reading wrap up for August. Sadly, I only finished 3 books - which is my worst reading month so far. :( I'm not sure why it was such a bad reading month. I just couldn't seem to focus. Hopefully this month will be better! Here are the books I finished this month: Library Ebooks 1. Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 4/5 Stars 2. Cinderella Is Dead - Kalynn Bayron - 4/5 Stars 3. Girl, Serpant, Thorn - Melissa Bashardoust - 4/5 Stars What did you read in August? Happy reading, my friends!
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The Hidden Oracle - Rick Riordan.

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Title: The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo #1) Author: Rick Riordan Publisher: Disney - Hyperion Publication date: October 3, 2017 359 Pages 5/5 Stars Goodreads Synopsis How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disorientated, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favour. But Apollo has many enemies—gods, monsters and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go... an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.   Review Even wondered what Apollo's punishment would be for his part in the war against Gaea? Well, you have to wonder no longer! Just read this amazing book! After how serious "The Heroes of Olympus
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