whatcha readin'? 2019 {book 10::goal 25}

May 6, 2019 Arlene Giddings

I debated on how many hearts
to give this book.

The writing was pretty good but,
occasionally, in places,
it felt forced…
like…too much…
it reminded me of how I loved books like
VC Andrews and SE Hinton when I was a teenager
but, now, the writing makes me
cringe
just a little…
it’s just trying a tiny bit too hard.

But…the story totally carried me along
and held me til the end.

In the end, I gave it

4 ♥’s out of 5 ♥’s
NEXT UP: THE HATE YOU GIVE - ANGIE THOMAS

whatcha readin'? 2019 {book 9::goal 25}

April 29, 2019 Arlene Giddings

This book.

Wow.

This book.

This book broke my heart
into a million jagged little pieces
and then stomped all over them
with big black combat boots
and then
melted it all back together again
and left me a
jumbled crying mess.

I fell in love with this book…
the story, the intensity, the brutal descriptions
contrasting so sharply against the
tender moments….

Read this one.
(and when I rated it in the log I keep on my phone,
I rated it with five broken hearts).

5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s

NEXT UP: GIRL, WASH YOUR FACE - RACHEL HOLLIS

whatcha readin'? 2019 {book 8::goal 25}

April 22, 2019 Arlene Giddings

I love when I am sad to finish a good book
(Where the Crawdads Sing)
but then my next rebound book is
so good
it takes away the sting of turning the
last page of the awesome book you just finished.

The Dry is full of great writing,
interesting characters, a quick storyline
that pulls you along
and kinda breaks your heart in places…
I read this one in a very short
period of time
because
I couldn’t put it down.

I would definitely read more by Jane Harper.

5 ♥’s out of 5 ♥’s
NEXT UP: THE NIGHTINGALE - KRISTIN HANNAH

friday i'm in love....

April 19, 2019 Arlene Giddings

♥ I know I say this all the time but
I desperately love sunrise/sunset light…sigh.

♥ LOOK AT THIS PLAYGROUND! I NEED TO HAVE THIS
IN MY LIFE FOR REAL.

♥ EATING: wunderbars

♥ WATCHING: this show is totally killing me…

♥ DRINKING: chai tea (cause you know…it’s been almost 2 weeks
since I gave up diet coke! ok…I had one. Haha)

♥ COVETING: this totally sweet as sugar Alice in Wonderland doll…with the
her little “drink me” vial…sigh.

♥ INSPIRED BY: this youtube video of Diane Von Fursternberg’s Ted Talk
and I honestly know virtually nothing about her. I just happened across it…
and was happy that I did.

♥ BLOG-LOVE: I know I have shared this before…but seriously….this
blog makes me so incredibly happy….

♥ LISTENING TO: Billie Eilish