Showing posts with label Colleen Hoover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colleen Hoover. Show all posts

Monday, March 29, 2021

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #512, March 29th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #511
Teaser Tuesday #519
WWW Wednesday #519
WOW #515
Will the Time Come #512
Third Sentence Thursday #502
Random Reads #488
First Lines Friday #515
Book Blogger Hop #181

TBR Trail March: 

March Mystery Madness: 

Random:

OK, so I got 29 posts in 7 days, so it was a pretty good week, I read some really fantastic books! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I feel like from my TBR, because the month is quickly coming to a close! 

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Week 12 Review: Layla

From Goodreads:
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover comes a novel that explores life after tragedy and the enduring spirit of love.

When Leeds meets Layla, he's convinced he'll spend the rest of his life with her—until an unexpected attack leaves Layla fighting for her life. After weeks in the hospital, Layla recovers physically, but the emotional and mental scarring has altered the woman Leeds fell in love with. In order to put their relationship back on track, Leeds whisks Layla away to the bed-and-breakfast where they first met. Once they arrive, Layla's behavior takes a bizarre turn. And that's just one of many inexplicable occurrences.

Feeling distant from Layla, Leeds soon finds solace in Willow—another guest of the B&B with whom he forms a connection through their shared concerns. As his curiosity for Willow grows, his decision to help her find answers puts him in direct conflict with Layla's well-being. Leeds soon realizes he has to make a choice because he can't help both of them. But if he makes the wrong choice, it could be detrimental for all of them.

My Review:
Man, this was a fantastic read! I loved her other thriller, and I was excited to see what this one would be like. And boy, was it a great atmospheric book, I just wanted to know what the heck was going on! It was just so great!

I didn't know what to feel like at the beginning. Layla was injured saving his life, and afterwards, it's like he doesn't know her, doesn't know what to do with her, even though before, he was madly in love with her. But as the book progressed, there was just something off, and I needed to know what! 

And then we meet Willow, and things get even more complicated, for so many reasons, for his feelings for her, and certain things that were going on. I had to read more because I wanted to know what was going to happen next! 

Oh, and there were some fantastic twists and reveals in this book! But that final one, when we finally know what actually is going on? Yeah, that was epic, and made the whole book make sense. It really sucks that they had to go through that, but they're stronger for it! Loved how it wrapped up! 

Loved reading this book, and I can't wait to read more by Colleen Hoover! 

Author: Colleen Hoover 
Read: March 21st, 2021
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: I enjoy her writing and it sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2021 Book! 
Publisher: Montlake
Published: December 8th 2020
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Sunday, March 21, 2021

March Mystery Madness Update 3

So I read my next book for March Mystery Madness, and it was Layla which was for the prompt Person, and I'll be reading A Wicked Conceit next! 

My Reading Journey:

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson 
Prompt Fulfilled: Place
Started On: March 9th
Finished On: March 9th, 9:19 PM
Pages Read: 400

Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison
Prompt Fulfilled: Free Space
Started On: March 20th
Finished On: March 20th, 3:36 PM 
Pages Read: 400

Layla by Colleen Hoover
Prompt Fulfilled: Person
Started On: March 21st
Finished On: March 21st, 4:14 PM
Pages Read: 301

A Wicked Conceit by Anna Lee Huber
Prompt Fulfilled: Weather
Started On: March 21st
Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Prompts Left: Single, Number, Color, Time, Space
Read: 3
Pages Read: 1101

Becca's BookoplAthon Update 5

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, and it was Layla which was for the prompt Set in the Present, and I'll be reading A Wicked Conceit next!

My Reading Journey:

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Prompt Fulfilled: Dark Cover
Started On: March 19th
Finished On: March 20th, 2:37 AM 
Pages Read: 725

Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison
Prompt Fulfilled: Contemporary 
Started On: March 20th
Finished On: March 20th, 3:36 PM 
Pages Read: 400

Chill Factor by Rachel Caine
Prompt Fulfilled: Fantasy
Started On: March 20th
Finished On: March 20th, 9:02 PM
Pages Read: 352

Tattoo by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Prompt Fulfilled: First in a Series
Started On: March 20th
Finished On: March 20th, 11:29 PM 
Pages Read: 260

Layla by Colleen Hoover
Prompt Fulfilled: Set in the Present
Started On: March 21st
Finished On: March 21st, 4:14 PM
Pages Read: 301

A Wicked Conceit by Anna Lee Huber
Prompt Fulfilled: Other
Started On: March 21st
Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Read: 5
Pages Read: 2038

Saturday, March 20, 2021

March Mystery Madness Update 2

So I read my next book for March Mystery Madness, and it was Her Dark Lies which was for the prompt Free Space, and I'll be reading Layla next! 

My Reading Journey:

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson 
Prompt Fulfilled: Place
Started On: March 9th
Finished On: March 9th, 9:19 PM
Pages Read: 400

Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison
Prompt Fulfilled: Free Space
Started On: March 20th
Finished On: March 20th, 3:36 PM 
Pages Read: 400

Layla by Colleen Hoover
Prompt Fulfilled: Person
Started On: March 21st
Currently On: Page 0 of 301

Prompts Left: Single, Number, Weather, Color, Time, Space
Read: 2
Pages Read: 800

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Colleen Hoover Author Page

The Story: I saw her books around on Goodreads, and yeah, they sounded good, but then there was the review of Verity and it looked really good, so I read it and loved it, and now to read more of her books!

Website

Stand Alone's: Verity and her site, my review, All Your Perfects and her site, my review, It Ends With Us and her site, my review, Ugly Love and her site, my review, Confess and her site, my review, November 9 and her site, my review, Without Merit and her site, my review, Too Late and her site, my review, Layla and her site, my review, Regretting You and her site, my review, Heart Bones and her site, my review.

Series: Slammed, Hopeless, Maybe, Never Never.

Slammed: Slammed and her site, my review, Point of Repeat and her site, my review, This Girl and her site, my review.

Hopeless: Hopeless and her site, my review, Losing Hope and her site, my review, Finding Cinderella and her site, my review.

Maybe: Maybe Someday and her site, my review, Maybe Not and her site, my review, Maybe Now and her site, my review.

Never Never: Never NeverPart Two, and Part Three and her site, my review.

Monday, February 25, 2019

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #403, February 25th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #402
Teaser Tuesday #410
WWW Wednesday #410
WOW #406
Will the Time Come #403
Third Sentence Thursday #393
Random Reads #379
First Lines Friday #406
The Reward Challenge Update #388
Book Blogger Hop #72
How Well I Stuck to It #240
Wrote that Review Update #237

Week 8 Reviews:
Strange Truth
Verity
All Your Perfects
The Boomerang Effect
Honor Bound
Archangel's Blade
Archangel's Storm
Archangel's Legion

Tours:
Circle of the Moon: Review

Random:
We Have the Cover of Origin #2!!!!
OK, so I got 21 posts in 7 days, it was a pretty excellent book, I read great books, and had a big life change! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Bitter Sweet Love, White Hot Kiss, Stone Cold Touch, Every Last Breath, False 9, The Library of Fates, The Priory of the Orange Tree, and Unforgettable You.

A mouthy soccer stud virgin meets the secretive new girl on campus…

The last time I got laid was… oh right. Never. The only game I have is on the soccer field, where I mostly exist to make my teammates look good. I don't get the glory or the girl, and in true Lavin Saint fashion, the first impression I make to the gorgeous new girl on campus is chair-crashingly, soul-crushingly bad.

Bianca Santos seems undeterred and even intrigued by my inability to form coherent sentences around her, which is why it sucks when I find out she's my coach's niece. Off limits.

Except Bianca doesn't listen to that memo, and the more she focuses on me with those beautiful brown eyes, the less I care about the real possibility of being relegated to the bench. So when I find out she’s hiding something that's threatening her, I'm done playing passive defense. I'm on the offensive now, no matter the risk—my sport, my sanity, or my life.

This time, I'm getting the glory. And the girl.
No one is entirely certain what brings the Emperor Sikander to Shalingar. Until now, the idyllic kingdom has been immune to his many violent conquests. To keep the visit friendly, Princess Amrita has offered herself as his bride, sacrificing everything—family, her childhood love, and her freedom—to save her people. But her offer isn't enough.

The unthinkable happens, and Amrita finds herself a fugitive, utterly alone but for an oracle named Thala, who was kept by Sikander as a slave and managed to escape amid the chaos of a palace under siege. With nothing and no one else to turn to, Amrita and Thala are forced to rely on each other. But while Amrita feels responsible for her kingdom and sets out to warn her people, the newly free Thala has no such ties. She encourages Amrita to go on a quest to find the fabled Library of All Things, where it is possible for each of them to reverse their fates. To go back to before Sikander took everything from them.

Stripped of all that she loves, caught between her rosy past and an unknown future, will Amrita be able to restore what was lost, or does another life—and another love—await?
A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction—but assassins are getting closer to her door.

Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.

Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak returns to Silver Springs, where no past mistake is so big the heart can't find a way to fix it.

Jada Brooks couldn't have known how her life would change when she fell for bad boy Maddox Richardson back in high school. She couldn't have known his troubled brother would leave hers forever crippled. Or that she'd be forced to shun Maddox completely--only to discover she was carrying his child.

Although Maddox was devastated by the events that transpired that fateful night, losing Jada was the worst of it. He's back in Silver Springs, ready to make amends and provide the kind of youth outreach that once saved him. If he'd known Jada was in town, too, he would never have come.

Jada has returned to Silver Springs to be with family after her father's death. But when she sees Maddox, every tough decision she's made concerning their now twelve-year-old daughter begins to haunt her. Falling for him again is so tempting, but not only does she stand to alienate her family--if he finds out about Maya, she could lose what matters most.

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Week 8 Review: All Your Perfects

From Goodreads:
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us—whose writing is "emotionally wrenching and utterly original" (Sara Shepard, New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars series)—delivers a tour de force novel about a troubled marriage and the one old forgotten promise that might be able to save it.

Quinn and Graham's perfect love is threatened by their imperfect marriage. The memories, mistakes, and secrets that they have built up over the years are now tearing them apart. The one thing that could save them might also be the very thing that pushes their marriage beyond the point of repair.

All Your Perfects is a profound novel about a damaged couple whose potential future hinges on promises made in the past. This is a heartbreaking page-turner that asks: Can a resounding love with a perfect beginning survive a lifetime between two imperfect people?

My Review:
I wasn't planning on reading this book, but I'm really glad that I did. I read the first chapter on accident in Verity, and yeah, it was so enticing, I mean, coming home to surprise your fiance only to find him cheating on you? And then falling in love with the guy who was dating the girl your now ex was sleeping with? Yeah. That's conflict!

I did enjoy the back and forth between the past and the present. I did enjoy the past more, because they were happier, they hadn't encountered the struggles that they would face. The struggles were real, and they didn't, they couldn't, communicate, and it lead to a lot of hurt feelings. Not fun!

The idea of writing a letter to your spouse on your wedding day, to open on your 25th anniversary, it's a pretty romantic and sweet idea. And it's also a practical one in that if they're close to getting a divorce before those 25 years are over, then it's a last ditch attempt to save the marriage by reminding themselves why they fell in love in the first place. Yeah.

I did tear up reading this book. Not because of the issue of infertility, nope. There's this one thought that Quinn has about how seeing people complain about what they have that you want, that it hurts. Well, I want a relationship, and she has a pretty great one with Graham. So that thought did cause me to tear up.

Really enjoyed this book, it was a really great read!

Author: Colleen Hoover
Read: February 17th, 2019
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Loved Verity and it sounded good, and it's a SAC 2019 Book!
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: July 17th 2018
5/5 Hearts
4/5 Books
4/5 Stars

Week 8 Review: Verity

From Goodreads:
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.

Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died.

Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.

My Review:
This book, wow, it was totally unexpected! I hadn't read any Colleen Hoover books before, and I just starting reading this book because it sounded really good, and just devoured it! Like, I read it in less than 3 hours. It was such a quick, fast paced book! Though the chapters of Verity's manuscript were so dark and twisted!

The idea of taking over a popular series because the original author is unable to finish it, it's an interesting situation. On one hand, it sucks that the original author can't finish it, and taking over would be difficult. On the other, it does make a good pay cheque. I loved how very well, traumatic it became!

Pretty much all of the characters in this book are questionable. Lowen both read this personal manuscript, and didn't tell Jeremy about it, until he was pushing her away. Jeremy was praised by both the ladies in his life, and he was pretty good, but he had a dark side, as well, which we learned. And Verity. Oh, Verity.

I'm willing to give Verity the benefit of the doubt, that what she wrote was a writing exercise that morphed into letting her grief out and wasn't true. That maybe she thought some of these things-that Jeremy picked up on-but she certainly didn't do any of it. But her actions during the book, they don't make a lot of sense. Like, she could've called the police. Or gotten away, and then told Jeremy the truth, could've even taken their son with her. But she waited until she had the money. That's the big sticking point for me.

Yeah, this book was dark and twisted and awesome and I loved reading it!

Author: Colleen Hoover
Read: February 17th, 2019
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2019 Book!
Publisher: Hoover Ink, Inc
Published: December 7th 2018
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars