This Train Is Being Held, by Ismée Amiel Williams Goodreads ¦ Amazon Series?: No Publisher: Amulet Books Release Date: February 11, 2020 Length: 336 pages Source: ARC Format: Paperback Times Read: Once Rating: 4.25/5 When private school student Isabelle Warren first meets Dominican-American Alex Rosario on the downtown 1 train, she remembers his green eyes and his … Continue reading This Train is Being Held by Ismée Amiel Williams- A Discussion
It's Chapter Three! When we last left off, Henry and Alex had just spent the weekend together for their first "pretend we're best friends for the media" after Cake-Gate at the royal wedding. Let's see what our boys are up to this week! If you've missed anything, make sure you go back and catch up! … Continue reading Select Annotations from Red, White & Royal Blue- Entry 8
There have been a lot of discussions on Goodreads and the Twitterverse regarding trigger warnings over the past few years, but things seem to be picking up steam more and more lately. And here are my thoughts on it: Are they always good? Are they sometimes overkill? Are they spoilers? And why doesn't there seem … Continue reading When Books Don’t Have Trigger Warnings- A Discussion
Happy New Year's, ya'll!! I hope the holidays have been treating you well, and that you're excited to jump into 2020. My resolution is the same as always: READ ALL THE BOOKS! I am SO excited about this week's post, since the New Year's Eve party is one of the best chapters in the whole … Continue reading Select Annotations from Red, White & Royal Blue- Entry 6
I LOVE doing Jamie's End of Year Survey every year! Even before I was a blogger, I used to do one on my own because I just loved looking back on my year of books, even though some of these are SO hard to figure out my answers for! Click through any of the book … Continue reading 2019 End of the Year Book Survey
Merry Christmas Eve!! These annotations posts have been such a fun project for me, and I'm excited to keep going with them in 2020! This week, we're flashing forward to mid-Chapter Four, Christmas with the Claremonts! And PLEASE don't forget to check back in next week, when we'll finally get to one of the very … Continue reading Select Annotations from Red, White & Royal Blue- Entry 5
Hello, and welcome to Chapter Two! Next week I'll try to get a post up earlier in the week with the Christmas scene, and then it's only one week until I can post ~sekrets~ from the New Year's Eve Party scene, arguably one of the best scenes of the book do not @ me. Until … Continue reading Select Annotations From Red, White & Royal Blue- Entry 4
This week we're back to Chapter One, and we're picking up on page 10 if you've been following along! Entry 3! -Pg 10: "Can you believe they spent $75,000 just on the cake?" Will & Kate's was rumored to be $80k. -Pg. 11: "It's trash turtles all the way down." One of my favorite lines … Continue reading Select Annotations From Red, White & Royal Blue- Entry 3
This got a HUGE response last week, so I'm definitely going to make it a weekly post! In honor of Thanksgiving last week, I'm going to jump ahead this time to The Great Turkey Calamity. If you're following along in your copy, this week is gonna be from Chapter 4, and next week we'll get … Continue reading Select Annotations from Red, White & Royal Blue- Entry 2
If you're a reader of this blog, you know how much I adore Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. If you're new--welcome! And I'm obsessed with this book. I have 4 different copies, the audiobook, and did I just sign up for Book of the Month last week just because RWRB is one … Continue reading Select Annotations From Red, White & Royal Blue- Entry 1
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