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at this point in my life I only accept m/f grumpy x sunshine when SHE’s the grumpy one and HE’s the sunshine, which is exactly what Amelia Diane Coombs gave me in “All Alone With You”, and for that I am thankful 🙏🏻🌧️☀️
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New Young Adult Releases! (July 25th, 2023)
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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!
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New Standalones/First in a Series:
Infested by Angel Luis Colón
Ghosted by Amanda Quain
Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington
Rana Joon & the One & Only Now by Shideh Etaat
Bonesmith by Nicki Pau Preto
All Alone with You by Amelia Diane Coombs
The Legacies by Jessica Goodman
One Song by A.J. Betts
New Sequels:
One of Us is Back (One of Us is Lying #3) by Karen McManus
House of Roots & Ruin (Sisters of the Salt #2) by Erin A. Craig
Love & Gravity (Always Human #2) by Ari North
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Happy reading!
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read my full review of all alone with you by amelia diane coombs here.
HBO Max’s Hacks gets a romantic twist in the vein of Jenn Bennett in this swoon-worthy novel about a standoffish teen girl whose loner status gets challenged by a dynamic elderly woman and a perpetually cheerful boy.
Eloise Deane is the worst and doesn’t care who knows it. She’s grumpy, prefers to be alone, and is just slogging through senior year with one get accepted to USC and move to California. So when her guidance counselor drops the bombshell that to score a scholarship she’ll desperately need, her applications require volunteer hours, Eloise is up for the challenge. Until she’s paired with LifeCare, a volunteer agency that offers social support to lonely seniors through phone calls and visits. Basically, it’s a total nightmare for Eloise’s anxiety.
Eloise realizes she’s made a huge mistake—especially when she’s paired with Austin, the fellow volunteer who’s the sunshine to her cloudy day. But as Eloise and Austin work together to keep Marianne Landis—the mysterious former frontwoman of the 1970s band the Laundromats—company, something strange happens. She actually…likes Marianne and Austin? Eloise isn’t sure what to do with that, especially when her feelings toward Austin begin to blur into more-than-friends territory.
And when ex-girlfriends, long-buried wounds, and insecurities reappear, Eloise will have a choice to go all in with Marianne and Austin or get out before she gets hurt.
my review:
While I hadn’t read any books by this author before, the summary of this book really pulled me in. A grumpy / sunshine romance is also always really cute! All Alone with You follows a girl with anxiety who signs up for a volunteer agency outside of her comfort zone, ultimately befriending the boy partnered with her who’s the complete opposite.
After her father is laid off, Eloise knows she needs a big scholarship in order to go to her dream school. The only issue is that her resume is severely lacking in volunteer hours, so her counselor suggests that she volunteer with LifeCare, a program that socializes with lonely seniors. This is so far from what Eloise is comfortable with, even more so when a fellow volunteer Austin invites her to make a house call with Marianne Landis, the reclusive former lead singer of a popular rock band. As Eloise starts spending more time with Austin—at LifeCare and at school—as well as with Marianne, she starts realizing it isn’t so bad to go outside the bounds of what she wants to do.
I particularly enjoyed Eloise’s character arc throughout this book. She has anxiety, and she’s virtually been friendless since her two best friends abandoned her during a period of severe depression. Hanging out with Austin is the last thing she wants to do, especially since he has such a sunny personality compared to her grumpy one, but she grows to learn that isolating yourself for so long has more adverse effects and spending time with other people can, actually, lift your spirits.
read my full review here.
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As people, as humans, we constantly make mistakes. But we're allowed to grow, to change. There's beauty in that.
Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be
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~ books read in 2022 ~
#17: Between You, Me, and the Honeybees by Amelia Diane Coombs
Little-known fact: honeybees are nature’s first feminists.
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Exactly Where You Need to Be - Amelia Diane Coombs
Florie’s OCD and her mother’s worrying have kept her from a lot of things, like having an after-school job and getting her driver’s license. And now that she’s graduated high school, while her best friend Kacey is headed off to Portland in the fall, Florie’s taking a parent-sanctioned gap year off before starting college. When the decision was made, Florie was on board, but now she can't ignore the growing itch to become the person she wants to be and venture outside the quaint, boring Washington town she grew up in.
Winning tickets to see her favorite true crime podcast’s live show in California gives her the opportunity to do just that, if only for a few days. So—unbeknownst to their parents—Kacey and Florie set off on a road trip to San Francisco. The only downside in Florie’s opinion? Sam, Kacey’s older brother and Florie’s forever crush, is their ride. The Samson Hodge, who Florie hasn’t seen since winter break, and who she’d prefer to never see again, if possible. But Florie is willing to put up with Sam if it means one last adventure with her best friend.
Making it to San Francisco and back to Washington without their parents catching on isn’t a given, but one thing is for sure: this trip will change everything.
tw: anxiety, brief marijuana use, OCD, therapy, toxic parents, underage drinking
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My 2023 Year in Review :)
Last year I listed out my favorite movies, shows, books, that I experienced in 2022, so I wanted to do it again :)
MOVIES -
I watched 26 movies this year, which is pitiful, but it's fine because most of them were with book club. 7 were rewatches and 15 were with book club.
Best Movies I watched in 2023:
Bottoms (2023)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
The Blob (1988)
Movies that are Still Favorites:
Shelter (2007)
Venom (2018)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
SHOWS -
New-To-Me shows:
The CW's Nancy Drew
Various Dropout TV
Rewatches:
Supernatural (seasons 1 & 2)
Merlin (seasons 1 & 2)
Medium (seasons 1 - 4)
Elementary (season 1)
Leverage (season 1)
New Episodes of Shows I've Watched Previously:
Abbott Elementary
Futurama
Only Murders in the Building
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
BOOKS -
As of 12/24/23, I have read 192 books with an average rating of 3.25 stars. I DNF'ed 66 books.
Rereads:
The Wrong Mr. Right - Stephanie Archer
People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry
Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
The Fiction Between Us - Julie Olivia
If I'm Being Honest - Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Favorites:
Adult -
The Roughest Draft - Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Holiday Romance - Catherine Walsh
While the Duke Was Sleeping - Sophie Jordan
Love Interest - Clare Gilmore
The Good Daughter - Karin Slaughter
Roadside Picnic - Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Young Adult -
Seven Percent of Ro Devereux - Ellen O'Clover
Woke Up Like This - Amy Lea
The Folk of the Air Trilogy - Holly Black
The Trouble Series - Stephanie Tromly
Honorable Mentions:
Adult -
The Appeal - Janice Hallett
Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer
Love, Theoretically - Ali Hazelwood
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
Blindsighted & Kisscut - Karin Slaughter
Young Adult -
All Alone With You - Amelia Diane Coombs
Carrie - Stephen King
Hell Followed With Us - Andrew Joseph White
They Hate Each Other - Amanda Woody
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MY 2023 BOOK LIST!
January
Neighborhood Girls by Jessie Ann Foley
The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver
The Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, and Jamie Green (graphic novel)
If You Change Your Mind by Robby Weber
Spells For Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch
Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
Blaine For the Win by Robbie Couch
She’s Too Pretty To Burn by Wendy Heard
Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman
January Favorite: Spells For Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch
February
Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green (reread)
Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (reread)
Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin
Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan (reread)
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord
This Is Not a Love Scene by S. C. Megale
Again, but Better by Christine Riccio
Better Together by Christine Riccio
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood
February Favorite: Again, but Better by Christine Riccio
March
Stuck With You by Ali Hazelwood
The Best Laid Plans by Cameron Lund
Exactly Where You Need to Be by Amelia Diane Coombes
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (reread)
Together, Apart by Various Authors (short stories)
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie
Out of the Blue by Jason June
Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood
In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae
Heartbreakers and Fakers by Cameron Lund
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
March Favorite: See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
April
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Planning Perfect by Haley Neil
Love and Luck by Jenna Evans Welch
Noteworthy by Riley Redgate
Afterglow by Phil Stamper
Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker (graphic novel)
Goodbye, Perfect by Sara Barnard
As You Wish by Chelsea Sedoti
April Favorite: Noteworthy by Riley Redgate
May
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman (reread)
Solitaire by Alice Oseman (reread)
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (reread)
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (reread)
Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martins
This is Our Place by Vitor Martins
Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney
Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levensen
Happy Place by Emily Henry
The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan
May Favorite: Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levensen
June
Divergent by Veronica Roth (reread)
Insurgent by Veronica Roth (reread)
Allegiant by Veronica Roth (reread)
If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch
The Maze Runner by James Dashner (reread)
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner (reread)
June Favorite: If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch
July
The Death Cure by James Dashner (reread)
The Fever Code by James Dashner (reread)
May the Best Man Win by ZR Ellor
Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June
July Favorite: Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June
August
Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston
The Long Run by James Acker
Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (reread)
Five Feet Apart by Mikki Daughtry, Rachael Lippincott, and Tobias Iaconis (reread)
Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino
The Lucky List Rachael Lippincott (reread)
She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick (reread)
Indestructible Object by Mary McCoy
If You Still Recognize Me by Cynthia So
Remind Me to Hate You Later by Lizzy Mason
August Favorite: Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino
September
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
The Girl Least Likely by Katy Loutzenhiser
Faith: Greater Heights by Julie Murphy
Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See
Northranger by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo (graphic novel)
All This Time by Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott (reread)
Loveless by Alice Oseman (reread)
Coming Up For Air by Nicole B. Tyndall
Study Break by Various Authors (Collection of Short Stories)
September Favorite: Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See
October
The Night In Question by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson
I’d Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C.F. Rogers
Running by Natalia Sylvester
The Kate in Between by Claire Swinarski
10 Truths and a Dare by Ashley Elston
Julieta and the Romeos by Maria E. Andreu
The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown
All Signs Point to Yes by Various Authors (Collection of Short Stories)
October Favorite: Julieta and the Romeos by Maria E. Andreu
November
Lose You to Find Me by Erik J. Brown
Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan
Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler
Just Visiting by Dahlia Adler
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (reread)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (reread)
Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (reread)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (reread)
November Favorite: Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler
December
How To Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow
Look on the Bright Side by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann (graphic novel)
Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester
Surprisingly Sarah by Terri Libenson (Graphic Novel)
Sincerely, Confusingly, Yours by Hailey Gonzales
December Favorite: How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow
2023 Book Total: 104
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i hope you all know that sharing this with you means a lot to me. this is who i am in a list. my book taste, the number of books i read, the authors i like. this is a part of me, and you are getting it. happy 2024
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Enquete #TBR
Alguns posts atrás mostramos uma lista de top 5 adaptações literárias de Romeu e Julieta. Alguns leitores comentaram que sentiram falta de alguns livros melhores (´é sempre assim). Nossa enquete de hoje pergunta para você quais livros você acharam que ficou faltando (para fazer um top 10, quem sabe?)
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✨ June 2023 Recap ✨
🦇 Hey there, my bookish bats! I can't believe we're already at the end of June; this year is rushing by way too quickly! What was your favorite book for the month?
This month, I somehow managed to read nine books (for me, that's ideal pacing).
📚 June's reads included:
✨ Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chien
✨ A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales
💜 Will They or Won't They by Ana Wilder
✨ Wanderlust by Elle Everhart
💜 Good Fortune by C. K. Chau
✨ Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones
💜 Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma
✨ All Alone With You by Amelia Diane Coombs
✨ The Prince & the Apocalypse by Kara McDowell
🦇 I'm 55% into my reading goal of 100 books for the year!
🦇 What book are you looking forward to most for July? Here's to another amazing month of enchanting, spell-binding reads!
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All Alone With You by Amelia Diane Coombs
All Alone With You by Amelia Diane Coombs. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023. 9781534493575
Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5
Format: Paperback ARC (published July 2023)
Genre: Realistic fiction
What did you like about the book? Eloise suffers from depression. After a particularly bad bout she manages to alienate her friends. She becomes bitter, snarky and…
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BETWEEN YOU, ME, AND THE HONEYBEES
by Amelia Diane Coombs
(Simon Pulse, 6/22/21)
9781534453005
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Perfect for fans of Jenn Bennett and Sarah Dessen, this swoon-worthy novel follows a teen girl during her California summer of beekeeping, secrets, and stolen kisses.
Josie Hazeldine has just graduated from high school, and she’s ready for a summer full of sunshine, beekeeping, and…lying to her mom.
Josie’s mom couldn’t be more proud of her daughter going to college, something she never got to do. But Josie wants to stay in her California hometown and take over the family business, Hazeldine Honey. So that college acceptance her mom is thrilled about? Yeah, Josie turned it down. But she’s going to come clean—just not yet.
The neighbor’s artsy, adorable grandson who’s in town for the summer makes Josie’s web of lies even more tangled. He’s into Josie and the feeling is very mutual, but he’s a Blumstein—the sworn enemy of the Hazeldines and their number one competition in the annual Honey Show at the end of July. As their secret fling goes on, Josie knows she’s getting in way too deep to leave him behind when summer’s over.
Can Josie keep the boy she can’t stop thinking about without the secrets she’s juggling crashing down around her?
#yellow gold covers#illustrated covers#between you me and the honey bees#between you me & the honeybees#amelia diane coombs#coombs#simon & schuster#june#jun 22#contemporaryphotography#romance#california#simon pulse#family business
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(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (June 7th, 2022)
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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!
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New Standalones/First in a Series:
TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jesmeen Kaur Deo
A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
Happily Ever Island by Crystal Cestari
Game of Strength & Storm by Rachel Menard
The Gravity of Missing Things by Marisa Urgo
This Place is Still Beautiful by Xixi Tian
Exactly Where You Need to Be by Amelia Diane Coombs
Relic & Ruin by Wendii McIver
Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer
Fireworks by Alice Lin
Zyla & Kai by Kristina Forest
Slip by Marika McCoola
The Holloway Girls by Susan Bishop Crispell
Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder by Various
The Signs & Wonders of Tuna Rashad by Natasha Deen
Before Takeoff by Adi Alsaid
We All Fall Down by Rose Szabo
New Sequel:
Empress Crowned in Red (Witches Steeped in Gold #2) by Ciannon Smart
Rise of the Snake Goddess (Samantha Knox #2) by Jenny Elder Moke
Curse of Shadows (Amassia #2) by A.K. Wilder
The Gifts that Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts #2) by Caroline O'Donoghue (this particular edition releases today)
For the Throne (Wilderwood #2) by Hannah F. Whitten
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Happy reading!
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Do you like bowling? 🎳
Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the adorable bowling pins on KEEP MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO’s cover! 😍 This book releases this upcoming Tuesday (July 14), so to celebrate, I’m introducing the main characters and their favorite spots in San Francisco on the blog today (link in bio)! Find out more about the book in the comments below.
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My path to happiness isn’t the same as hers, but it’s a path I need to take.
Amelia Diane Coombs, Between You, Me and the Honeybees
#razreads#book quote#amelia diane coombs#between you me and the honeybees#happiness#life#choices#you do you#be yourself#queue have a good day now
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KEEP MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO
by Amelia Diane Coombs
(Simon Pulse, 7/14/20 6/23/20)
9781534452978
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Caroline “Chuck” Wilson has big plans for spring break—hit up estate sales to score vintage fashion finds and tour the fashion school she dreams of attending. But her dad wrecks those plans when he asks her to spend vacation working the counter at Bigmouth’s Bowl, her family’s failing bowling alley. Making things astronomically worse, Chuck finds out her dad is way behind on back rent—meaning they might be losing Bigmouth’s, the only thing keeping Chuck’s family in San Francisco.
And the one person other than Chuck who wants to do anything about it? Beckett Porter, her annoyingly attractive ex-best friend.
So when Beckett propositions Chuck with a plan to make serious cash infiltrating the Bay Area action bowling scene, she accepts. But she can’t shake the nagging feeling that she’s acting irrational—too much like her mother for comfort. Plus, despite her best efforts to keep things strictly business, Beckett’s charm is winning her back over...in ways that go beyond friendship.
If Chuck fails, Bigmouth’s Bowl and their San Francisco legacy are gone forever. But if she succeeds, she might just get everything she ever wanted.
#blue covers#california#amelia diane coombs#simon and schuster#simon pulse#bowling#enemies to lovers#contemporary#new pub date#coombs#july 2020#jul 14 2020#WE HAVE TO SAVE THE [PLACE]#keep my heart in san francisco#san francisco#vicky recommended
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