We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez | Philomel Books {Book Review}

June 28, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ Leave a comment

We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez

Book Summary:

A poignant novel of desperation, escape, and survival across the U.S.-Mexico border, inspired by current events.

Pulga has his dreams.
Chico has his grief.
Pequeña has her pride.

And these three teens have one another. But none of them have illusions about the town they’ve grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their families, … Read more...

New Book Releases | May 19th, 2020

May 19, 2020May 23, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ 1 Comment

New Release Day!

I have been waiting for this day for months and it is finally here! Tuesdays are new book release days and this particular Tuesday has such a great and eclectic mix of titles that there really is something for every reader. <3

May 19th, 2020 Book Releases:

Stray by Stephanie Danler

Amazon Link| LibroFM Bookstore Link

I just got this one on audio through LibroFM (join now and get 3 books for the price of 1 using the code: SWITCH HERE.) I love a good memoir and this one came highly recommended by my friend … Read more...

April 2020 Book Recap & Ratings {Reading Wrap-Up}

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ 1 Comment

Reading in April

All these details are coming at you a couple weeks late, but I guess it’s better now than never! While I am working on posting more regularly over on Instagram, posting on here takes a lot more time..which in theory I have more of lately, but the chaos of our days would say otherwise! 😉

Reading has always been one of my coping mechanisms to handle stress but this quarantine really has thrown that for a loop. I have struggled like many to focus which has meant reading has felt challenging at times.

I have found … Read more...

Open Book by Jessica Simpson | Dey Street Books {Gen The Bookworm Book Review}

February 7, 2020March 4, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ Leave a comment

Open Book by Jessica Simpson

Book Summary:

Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she’s kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining.

This was supposed to be a very different book. Five years ago, Jessica Simpson was approached to write a motivational guide to living your best life. She walked away from the offer, and nobody understood why. The truth is that she didn’t want to lie.

Jessica couldn’t be authentic with her readers if … Read more...

The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg | Hachette Books {Gen The Bookworm Book Review}

January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 ~ Genevieve ~ 1 Comment

The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg

Book Summary:

In the early evening of June 25, 1980, in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, two middle-class outsiders named Vicki Durian, 26, and Nancy Santomero, 19, were murdered in an isolated clearing. They were hitchhiking to a festival known as the Rainbow Gathering but never arrived; they traveled with a third woman however, who lived. For thirteen years, no one was prosecuted for the “Rainbow Murders,” though deep suspicion was cast on a succession of local residents in the community, depicted as poor, dangerous, and backward.

In 1993, a local farmer was … Read more...

Coffee Talk | Currently Loving… Beating The Winter Blues (in November), ALL the Winter Gear, Barre Book Club & More

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 ~ Genevieve ~ Leave a comment

Checking-in:

Good morning!! I am trying to become more efficient (and not overthink these posts) because you guys were so great when I asked for more feedback over on Instagram. I too love reading random daily life updates and so I am going to try and commit to sharing these once a week! I am very externally motivated so when I know someone is expecting something of me I am all in, ha.

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The last couple of weeks have had some ups and downs. My life has so many wonderful things, and it also has some … Read more...

Know My Name by Chanel Miller | Viking & Penguin Audio {Book Review}

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 ~ Genevieve ~ 1 Comment

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Book Summary:

The riveting, powerful memoir of the woman whose statement to Brock Turner gave voice to millions of survivors.

She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting her on Stanford’s campus. Her victim impact statement was posted on BuzzFeed, where it instantly went viral–viewed by eleven million people within four days, it was translated globally and read on the floor of Congress; it inspired changes in California … Read more...

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson | Riverhead Books {Book Review}

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 ~ Genevieve ~ 1 Comment

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Book Summary:

An unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together two families from different social classes, and exposes the private hopes, disappointments, and longings that can bind or divide us from each other, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming.

Moving forward and backward in time, Jacqueline Woodson’s taut and powerful new novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families, and in the life of the new child.

As the book opens … Read more...