The Rules of Magic – Review

If you've ever watched Practical Magic, then you know why I picked The Rules Of Magic as my BOTM pick last month. In 1998, I was 11 years old and my love for Sandra Bullock was set in stone-I've never looked back.   The Rules of Magic is considered a prequel to Practical Magic, the…

Love, Secrets, and Absolution

We're continuing the fun of #PubWeek with ST&BR's review of K.L. Loveley's Love, Secrets, & Absolution!  Thank you so much to author K.L. Lovely and Globe Flower agency for sending us an ARC in exchange for our honest review.  As always, if you're sipping along at home, this week I'm enjoying a nice glass of…

Confess – Review

You already know what it is...CoHo makes her way into ST&BR again.  What can we say, we're obsessed!  If you're sipping along with me, today we're having margaritas!  Feel free to use your favorite recipe, or try one of my favorite's by Thug Kitchen.  So. So. GOOD. When she was 15 years old, Auburn Reed…

The Other Alcott – Review

Life's tough, you guys. I've just crashed hardcore into adulthood by making an offer on a house (*shocked face*, *praise hand emoji*) TWO WHOLE MONTHS before we planned to. Now, I'm trying to be a good book blogger and feed my soul with beautiful books, but this house stuff is taking up so much of…

Sing, Unburied, Sing – Review

Everyone has a certain book that they were forced to read read as a student that they *secretly* loved (but couldn't actually admit it because, you know, we have reputations to uphold).  For me, there were three that truly stuck with me: Lord of the Flies, The Poisonwood Bible, and As I Lay Dying. While…