Yesterday, I reviewed Worth Fighting For, which was a fantastic book. You can read my review here.
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Sunday, August 31, 2025
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Review: Worth Fighting For
* Part of the of MEANT TO BE novels *
Fa Mulan works in finance, but the finance bros just might be the death of her. Yes, her father owns the company, but that's not why she was hired. Her father's interested in making a deal with a family run whiskey company. Fa Mulan can't understand why because the numbers don't add up.But when her father has a heart attack just before the negotiations start, Fa Mulan promises that she will get the deal done.But the family run company is traditional and only wants to negotiate with a man. Fa Mulan steps in and assumes her father's name. Her father talked about his time on a ranch. The family is unimpressed with Fa Mulan's presentation but agree to her coming to the ranch and showing off her skills.Fa Mulan doesn't have those skills, but maybe her sheer determination will convince the family. Can she get the job done for her father?
My Thoughts: I loved this book - it was charming and funny. The time on the ranch was hilarious. I enjoyed Shang's family - the women were sweet and feisty. The men were old school and annoying (some of them) but some just wanted to do right by the company. I loved Mushu (Fa Mulan's cousin) - especially how her story ended. Another fantastic retelling; I didn't want this to end.
Cover Thoughts: Adorable
Source: My Library
Why I Read It: I love these retellings and Mulan is a favorite story of mine.
Library Recommendation: Highly recommended series for your public library's romance collection
Hand this to: Disney adults
* these are not series in term of connecting characters, but in terms of Disney retellings *
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Graphic Novel Review: Part of Your World
This graphic novel is a book adaptation (I never read the book).The story twist: What if Ariel never defeated Ursula?Her father's been captured. Eric is married. Ariel's sisters forced her to become queen. But she can't forget Eric. Ursula is leading her new kingdom to war. Ariel tries to stop her, but Ursula is very powerful. Will Ariel ever find her happily ever after?
My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this graphic novel. I felt terrible for Ariel and all that she went through. But I felt worse for the people of the kingdom. I was happy seeing all my favorite characters again. I hope they adapt more of this series into graphic novels.
Monday, April 4, 2022
Bookstagram (2): If the Shoe Fits
What to love:
Cinderella Retelling
Nice Stepsisters
Fashion Designer
Reality TV Show
Romance
Friendship
Drama Drama Drama
* GIF from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Giveaway: Heart of the Moors
From New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes a captivating original novel set between Disney's Maleficent and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, in which newly-queened Aurora struggles to be the best leader to both the humans and Fair Folk under her reign; her beau, Prince Phillip, longs to get to know Aurora and her kingdom better; and Maleficent has trouble letting go of the past.
About the Author
Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy novels for kids and teens. Some of her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), The Modern Faerie Tales, The Curse Workers, Doll Bones, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Darkest Part of the Forest, the Magisterium series (with Cassandra Clare), The Cruel Prince and the #1 New York Times Bestselling sequel, The Wicked King. She has been a finalist for an Eisner Award, and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award, the Mythopoeic Award and a Newbery Honor. She lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret door.
Social Media
#HeartoftheMoors
@disneybooks on: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this book. I loved the moments between Aurora and Maleficent. I loved the moments in the moors. I felt all the feels for Aurora as she tried to convince everyone to just get along and that both sides just wanted to same thing. I enjoyed the multiple perspective, especially from the secondary characters. A eerie read that's perfect for this time of year.
Cover Thoughts: Love it. It's dreamy and yet dark at the same time.
Source: Disney Book Group sent me a copy to check out and is partnering with me for a giveaway!
Here's a Mood Board I Created for the Book
WICKED AND WILD
My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this book. I loved the moments between Aurora and Maleficent. I loved the moments in the moors. I felt all the feels for Aurora as she tried to convince everyone to just get along and that both sides just wanted to same thing. I enjoyed the multiple perspective, especially from the secondary characters. A eerie read that's perfect for this time of year.
Cover Thoughts: Love it. It's dreamy and yet dark at the same time.
Source: Disney Book Group sent me a copy to check out and is partnering with me for a giveaway!
Here's a Mood Board I Created for the Book
Cast a spell with this stylish prize pack! Winner receives a copy of Heart of the Moors, plus a Maleficent top.
Giveaway open to US addresses only.
Prizing and samples provided by Disney Book Group.
Friday, July 19, 2019
Cover Reveal: Deadly Little Scandals
Today Freeform Books, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover for her upcoming YA Mystery Book, DEADLY LITTLE SCANDALS, which releases on November 5, 2019! We're also revealing the new cover for book 1 in the series, LITTLE WHITE LIES! Check out the awesome covers and
enter the giveaway!
On to the reveal!
Title: DEADLY LITTLE SCANDALS (Debutantes #2)
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Pub. Date: November 5, 2019
Publisher: Freeform
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 352
"Think of the White Gloves like the Junior League-by way of Skull and Bones?"
Reluctant debutante Sawyer Taft joined Southern high society for one reason and one reason alone: to identify and locate her biological father. But the answers Sawyer found during her debutante year only left her with more questions and one potentially life-ruining secret. When her cousin Lily ropes her into pledging a mysterious, elite, and all-female secret society called the White Gloves, Sawyer soon discovers that someone in the group's ranks may have the answers she's looking for. Things are looking up... until Sawyer and the White Gloves make a disturbing discover near the family's summer home--and uncover a twisted secret, decades in the making.
No one is quite who they seem to be in this twisty, soapy, gasp-inducing sequel to Jennifer Lynn Barnes' unputdownable Little White Lies.
Reluctant debutante Sawyer Taft joined Southern high society for one reason and one reason alone: to identify and locate her biological father. But the answers Sawyer found during her debutante year only left her with more questions and one potentially life-ruining secret. When her cousin Lily ropes her into pledging a mysterious, elite, and all-female secret society called the White Gloves, Sawyer soon discovers that someone in the group's ranks may have the answers she's looking for. Things are looking up... until Sawyer and the White Gloves make a disturbing discover near the family's summer home--and uncover a twisted secret, decades in the making.
No one is quite who they seem to be in this twisty, soapy, gasp-inducing sequel to Jennifer Lynn Barnes' unputdownable Little White Lies.
Title: LITTLE WHITE LIES (Debutantes #2)
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Pub. Date: November 6, 2018
Publisher: Freeform
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 390
"I'm not saying this is Sawyer's fault," the prim and proper one said delicately. "But."
Eighteen-year-old auto mechanic Sawyer Taft did not expect her estranged grandmother to show up at her apartment door and offer her a six-figure contract to participate in debutante season. And she definitely never imagined she would accept. But when she realizes that immersing herself in her grandmother's "society" might mean discovering the answer to the biggest mystery of her life-her father's identity-she signs on the dotted line and braces herself for a year of makeovers, big dresses, bigger egos, and a whole lot of bless your heart. The one thing she doesn't expect to find is friendship, but as she's drawn into a group of debutantes with scandalous, dangerous secrets of their own, Sawyer quickly discovers that her family isn't the only mainstay of high society with skeletons in their closet. There are people in her grandmother's glittering world who are not what they appear, and no one wants Sawyer poking her nose into the past. As she navigates the twisted relationships between her new friends and their powerful parents, Sawyer's search for the truth about her own origins is just the beginning.
Set in the world of debutante balls, grand estates and rolling green hills, Little White Lies combines a charming setting, a classic fish-out-of-water story, and the sort of layered mystery only author Jennifer Lynn Barnes can pull off.
Eighteen-year-old auto mechanic Sawyer Taft did not expect her estranged grandmother to show up at her apartment door and offer her a six-figure contract to participate in debutante season. And she definitely never imagined she would accept. But when she realizes that immersing herself in her grandmother's "society" might mean discovering the answer to the biggest mystery of her life-her father's identity-she signs on the dotted line and braces herself for a year of makeovers, big dresses, bigger egos, and a whole lot of bless your heart. The one thing she doesn't expect to find is friendship, but as she's drawn into a group of debutantes with scandalous, dangerous secrets of their own, Sawyer quickly discovers that her family isn't the only mainstay of high society with skeletons in their closet. There are people in her grandmother's glittering world who are not what they appear, and no one wants Sawyer poking her nose into the past. As she navigates the twisted relationships between her new friends and their powerful parents, Sawyer's search for the truth about her own origins is just the beginning.
Set in the world of debutante balls, grand estates and rolling green hills, Little White Lies combines a charming setting, a classic fish-out-of-water story, and the sort of layered mystery only author Jennifer Lynn Barnes can pull off.
I can't wait for this book and I love the redesigned cover! I'm a sucker for ANYTHING Jennifer Lynn Barnes writes! And who's the new girl?
About Jennifer:
Jennifer Lynn Barnes (who mostly goes by Jen) is the author of more than a dozen critically acclaimed young adult novels. She has advanced degrees in psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science, including graduate degrees from Cambridge University, where she was a Fulbright Scholar, and Yale University, where she received her Ph.D. in 2012. Jen wrote her first published novel when she was nineteen-years-old and sold her first five books while still in college. In additional to writing YA novels, Jen has also written original pilot scripts for television networks like USA and MTV, and she is one of the world's leading experts on the psychology of fandom and the cognitive science of fiction and the imagination more broadly. Jen is an Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma, where she holds a dual appointment in Psychology and Professional Writing.
Giveaway Details:
1 winner will receive a paperback of LITTLE WHITE LIES, US Only.
Giveaway ends July 31st, midnight EST.
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