Candy Bunny Reader

Trigger warning: mentioning of miscarriages     Ugh, the book was good until it got to the end... You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley is an adult contemporary romance novel with a dash of magical realism. Mia and her husband Harrison have just moved from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a small town called Hope Springs, thinking life would be easier for them. Instead, Mia has trouble finding a job that she can do with an art degree, and Harrison seems to be hiding something related to his job (he works as a surgeon in a small hospital) from Mia. Even worse, they have been struggling to have children as Mia has already had two miscarriages.  While all of this is going on, Mia keeps having recurring dreams of her encountering a stranger. Well, she's actually been dreaming of this mysterious guy for years. Most of the dreams usually takes place in a carnival, and most of the dreams involve something tragic. Freakier still, Mia ends up finding the guy in real life! His name i...

  All the books I read in December! I read a total of 16 books. 1. Speak Up! By Rebecca Burgess . Goodreads description here . 5 stars. 2. Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood by Robert Beatty. Goodreads description here . 4.5 stars. 3. The Rise of Kyoshi by FC Yee and Michael Dante DiMartino . Goodreads description here . 4 stars.  4. The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley. Goodreads description here . 4 stars. 5. Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott. Goodreads description here . 4 stars. 6. Stars in their Eyes by Jessica Walton. Goodreads description here . 4.5 stars. 7. Watch Over Me by Nina Lacour. Goodreads description here . 3 stars. 8. Sakura Saku volumes 2 & 3 by Io Sakisaka. Volumes 2 got 5 stars, Volumes 3 got 4.5 stars. 9. Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma volumes 6, 7, and 8. All 5 stars. 10. Witch Hat Kitchen volumes 2 and 3 by Kamome Shirahama. Both 5 stars. 11. Call the Name of the Night volume 3 by Tama Mitsuboshi. 5 s...

 TW: D3ath My second book from Colleen Oakley ! The first book I read from her was Close Enough to Touch back in 2019.  The Invisible Husband of Frick Island  is an adult romance novel that follows two characters: Piper and Anders. Piper is a woman living on the eccentric Frick Island, which is a small island community in the Chesapeake Bay. Anders is a reporter working for a small newspaper and on the side, has his own podcast where he talks about random weird stuff, but he is struggling to get any listeners.  Piper recently lost her husband Tom, in a boating accident, but she continues to live on as if Tom were still there. In fact, sometimes she talks to him as if he was still there. The rest of the Frick Island community goes along with it so they don't hurt her feelings. When Anders arrives at the island to do a report on a Cake Walk Festival held there, he finds out all sorts of things about Frick Island: how the island is a victim of climate change, a new ce...

This is a sample list of some books I've read before making this blog about books. And I highly recommend all of them! You might already recognize several of these books since I've talked about them a couple of times on my before. But here they all are in a nice little list.  1. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 2. The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon 3. Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu 4. Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson 5. Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley 6. Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix 7. Running out of Time  by Margaret Peterson Haddix 8.  The Shadow Children series  by Margaret Peterson Haddix 9.  Schooled by Gordon Korman 10. Anne of Green Gables (only the first three books) by LM Montgomery 11. Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Johanneau 12. Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon 13. I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee 14. Shoeshine Girl by Clyde Robert Bulla 15. Smile (and the sequel Sisters ) by Reina Telgemeier 16. Drama   by Rei...

I promised you a long time ago I would make a part 2! Here are other underrated books I have read in the last few years that I recommend you read as well. 1. Sleeping Around by Morgan Vega This is a YA novel about 18-year old violinist Coralee Reed who grew up in the foster care system (and gets extended foster care in the beginning of the book) and is starting her first year of college. Due to a miscommunication, she is unable to get into the dorm that is associated with the music program of her college, and has to share a room with two other girls until she gets a permanent solution. While Corey (her nickname) is navigating her new life at college, she wonders if she will ever find her place in the world, especially after having grown up going around from foster home to foster home and not having a stable group of friends at her many schools. Additionally, a formerly rocky relationship she had with another violinist named Dylan is starting to change for the better. You can check out ...

  🐰COFFEE BOOK TAG🐰 I saw this tag over at  @paperbacksandicedcoffee  and I thought I would do it! The book in this picture is Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West. ☕Expresso (A book that was hard to get through) Palace of Mirrors by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The first half was OK, but the second half was a huge jumbled up mess and got really confusing. ☕Cappuccino (A book everyone has read but me) Too many to list! I guess I'll just say Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I've known about that book since I was a kid, and I still haven't read it. ☕Latte (a sweet read) Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Johanneau! I feel like that book was written specifically for me. ☕Mocha (an emotional read) Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley. ☕Macchiato (favorite read of the year) I already said Kisses and Croissants, but I also really loved I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee. Feel free to do this tag if you see it! What is your favorite coffee or drink?