It’s Local Tourist day – where you link up any posts about exploring near where you live. As always, I’m co-hosting with Dara from Not In Jersey. Unfortunately, I’m sick, so I didn’t have time to really get this post together. Therefore, I’m going to leave the link-up so you can share your posts if […]
Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley Review by Lauren Source: copy from publisher; all opinions are my own Official Summary (add to Goodreads): For sixteen years, Nate was the perfect son—the product of a no-nonsense upbringing and deep spiritual faith. Then he met Cam, who pushed him to break rules, dream, and accept himself. Conflicted, Nate […]
This August, my blog, Shooting Stars Mag, turns 12. In honor of that huge blogoversary, I’d really like to do a big blog-wide celebration. This might start in August, but it might also start in July to give me more time. Basically, I’d like to work with at least 12 other blogs this summer. The […]
Some Choose Darkness by Charlie Donlea Review by Lauren Source: copy from publisher; all opinions are my own Official Summary (add to Goodreads): The truth is easy to miss, even when it’s right in front of us. As a forensic reconstructionist, Rory Moore sheds light on cold-case homicides by piecing together crime scene details others […]
Due to early access screenings, I was able to see both Booksmart and Rocketman this past weekend before commercial release. Booksmart comes out on Friday, May 24 and Rocketman will be released on Friday, May 31. I’m going to share some brief thoughts today on the movies…but really, I highly recommend seeing both! Booksmart: A […]
As always, I’m co-hosting the Keep It Together link-up with Alexandra. If you have a post about planning, scrapbooking, or any other form of memory keeping, we want to see it! Link up with us below. Do You Keep An Address Book? First off, I consider an address book a form of memory keeping – […]
It’s time for Show Us Your Books, hosted by Steph and Jana! Before I start some new reviews, I wanted to go back and give a shout out to some book reviews I did since the last Show Us Your Books. Past Book Reviews Arctic Sun by Annabeth Albert (adult book) Heated Rivalry by Rachel […]
The Doctor’s Secret by Heidi Cullinan Review by Lauren Source: copy from Dreamspinner Press; all opinions are my own Official Summary (add to Goodreads): Dr. Hong-Wei Wu has come to Copper Point, Wisconsin, after the pressures of a high-powered residency burned him out of his career before he started. Ashamed of letting his family down […]
Love & Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford Review by Lauren Source: ARC from ALA Midwinter Official Summary (add to Goodreads): The Weyward family has been haunted by a curse for generations—if a Weyward falls in love before their seventeenth birthday, the person they love dies. Sam doesn’t plan to fall for anyone in the […]
It’s the first Friday of the month and that means it’s time for Glossies Made Me Do It with myself and Ashley. Inspired by something in a magazine (book review, recipe, product, etc.)? Write a post and link up with us below! Glossies Made Me Do It: Woman’s Day May 2019 In the May 2019 […]