The Bookish Island: July 2019

7/28/2019

Hungry For More by Alexa Riley | Book Review #165

The Bookish Island's Book Review:

Hungry For More by Alexa Riley

Are there spoilers?

Nope.

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Title: Hungry For More

Author: Alexa Riley

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Published: 2018

Genre: Romance, Novella, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance

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Date Read: April 30, 2019

Rating: ★★★☆☆

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Sage Carter has spent her whole life surrounded by her family that treats her like a child. When she finally decides to live life on her own, it’s still under the shelter of her brother's apartment. But the day before Thanksgiving, his business partner comes to visit and just so happens to find her in the kitchen…in her underwear. Can she make it through the holiday without dying of embarrassment? Or will the incident be the spark that lights the fire from within?

Jensen Powell has done things in his own way on his own timeline. When he’s forced to go home with his business partner for Thanksgiving, he doesn’t expect to find a curvy bombshell waiting for him. One look and she belongs to him if only she’ll give in. He hasn’t had a reason to be thankful until now, and he’s making the most of it.

Warning: This Turkey Day romance is stuffed full of all your favorites. It’s warm and sweet with all the guilty pleasures you’re after. Go ahead and get second helpings. Nobody is looking.

The Rating:

My Review:

Hungry For More is apparently a Thanksgiving-themed novella. And I totally in not read it during Thanksgiving but I still enjoyed it.

It's very much an insta-love story. Very sexy and steamy. And even though Jensen was a little too intense at the beginning I totally got into it and felt that he truly cared for Sage.
And after a few pages of reading their story, I got into it and found myself cheering them on...
to be happy (I didn't intentionally write it this way but let's keep it).

I also liked that Jensen and Sage had the perect amout of backstorry to let their stry make sense even though it as a short novella. And I kinda thik I like Alexa Riley's writing so I might go looking for more of her novels.

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7/26/2019

100 Days of Cake by Shari Goldhagen | Book Review #164

The Bookish Island's Book Review:

100 Days of Cake by Shari Goldhagen

Are there spoilers?

Nope.

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Title: 100 Days of Cake

Author: Shari Goldhagen

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Pages: 339

Published: 2016

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Mental Health,

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Date Read: June 21, 2019

Rating: ★★★☆☆

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There are only three things that can get seventeen-year-old Molly Byrne out of bed these days: her job at FishTopia, the promise of endless episodes of Golden Girls, and some delicious lo mien. You see, for the past two years, Molly’s been struggling with something more than your usual teenage angst. Her shrink, Dr. Brooks isn’t helping much, and neither is her mom who is convinced that baking the perfect cake will cure Molly of her depression—as if cake can magically make her rejoin the swim team, get along with her promiscuous sister, or care about the SATs.

Um, no. Never going to happen.

But Molly plays along, stomaching her mother’s failed culinary experiments, because, whatever—as long as it makes someone happy, right? Besides, as far as Molly’s concerned, hanging out with Alex at the rundown exotic fish store makes life tolerable enough. Even if he does ask her out every…single…day. But—sarcastic drum roll, please—nothing can stay the same forever. When Molly finds out FishTopia is turning into a bleak country diner, her whole life seems to fall apart at once. Soon she has to figure out what—if anything—is worth fighting for.

The Rating:

My Review:

100 Days of Cake managed to end up being a book I read during the Summerathon. One I was very much looking forward to reading and thought I would enjoy it. I mean it is supposed to be about different kinds of cakes being around for 100 days. The sounds like its gonna be a cool story with just that.

But it was so much more than just cake.

It's about a girl going through depression and other mental health problems. Something that we learn started since her father's death. But she isnt the only one who got affected by that.

Her sister held a heavy burden and their mother took to getting everything new in the house and baking cakes with the thought that it was helping her daughter and our main character, Molly.

But Molly wasn't getting the help she needed despite the doctor who was supposed to be helping her out (the doctor along with how a situation was dealt with regarding him is a big part of me not liking this book. I just wish it was treated better). She was still very much weak and trying to keep everything as it was. No change, no drama.

But that all starts to change when the fish store she works at with her friend, Max (who she has feelings for) is about to be gone and the building sold to a couple who want to make it into a restaurant. And on top of that, her friend Elle wants to talk about college and moving out. Something that scares Molly.

There's also a bunch of other things that happen but despite how good the book sounds and just how much potential it had to be great. I felt that there was something missing in the story or the characters. I couldn't ever pinpoint what it was that bothered me. But it did bother me. Enough for me to give it a 3 out of 5 stars. Still, I think it was good.

I should also mention that as a warning there are some uncomfortable scenes that could count as rapey with the doctor. Its a spoiler but I wanted to mention it just so everyone knows that it's there.

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7/22/2019

Summerathon Wrap Up | Read-a-thon

summerathon

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The Readathon:

The TBR

The Vlogs

Part 1 || Part 2

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The Results:

My Stats:

Out of the 5 challenges I did 6. So I feel like I did good and I'm so happy with the results for this readathon.

I didn't 100% accomplish the challenge for Sunrise colors on the cover because I didn't have a book that could clearly represent the colors of the sunrise but I got close.

The Books I Read:

100 Days of Cake by Shari Goldhagen

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Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee

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Unforgettable Summer: So Inn Love and Better Latte Than Never by Catherine Clark

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Nothing Bad is Going to Happen by Kathleen Hale

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And the books I didn't get to read:

Although right after this readathon ended I read Two Way Street.

The Summer of Everything: Picture Perfect and Wish You Were Here by Catherine Clark

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Summer Days and Summer Nights edited by Stephanie Perkins

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Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt

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Right of Way by Lauren Barnholdt

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7/21/2019

The Reading Rush TBR | Read-a-thon

The Reading Rush

(previously BookTube-a-Thon)

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About the Readathon:

#thereadingrush + #booktubeathon

YouTube | Instagram | Twitter

The Reading Rush is a week-long readathon for book lovers all around the world.

It lasts one week, from July 22nd to July 28th.

You get to read the books you want and participate in challenges and giveaways that they do for this readathon. This year they created a website where you get to track your reading progress and earn badges and stuff.

Hosts:

@ArielBissett | @RaeleenLemay

The Challenges:

- Read a book with purple n the cover.

- Read a book in the same sot the entire time.

- Read a book you meant to read last year.

- Read an author's first book.

- Read a book with a non-human character.

- Pick a book that has 5 or more words in the title.

- Read and watch a book to movie adaptation.

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My TBR: