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Review: Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe Blurb from Goodreads : A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world—from the PEN/Faulkner finalist and critically acclaimed author of The Knockout Queen. As the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo Millet's always known she’d have to make it on her own. So she enrolls at her local junior college, even though she can’t imagine how she’ll ever make a living. She’s still figuring things out and never planned to have an affair with her English professor—and while the affair is brief, it isn’t brief enough to keep her from getting pregnant. Despite everyone’s advice, she decides to keep the baby, mostly out of naiveté and a yearning for something bigger. Now, at twenty, Margo is alone with an infant, unemployed, and on the verge of ...

Review: The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe

The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe Blurb from Goodreads : Rufi Thorpe returns to the subject that made her debut novel The Girls from Corona del Mar so endlessly compelling: the complexity and urgency of best friendship. In The Knockout Queen two unlikely friends form an alliance—a slight, hyper-intelligent gay teen named Michael Hesketh and his next-door neighbor, the remarkably tall Bunny Lampert. Each is antagonized for their differences—Michael for being attracted to the “wrong” people (much older men from the Internet) and Bunny for having the “wrong” body, one with a strength she can’t always control. As their bond intensifies, an accidental act of violence leaves both characters, and their friendship, forever transformed. The Knockout Queen is about the lengths we go to protect our friends, and what happens when the binding threads of love are stretched to their snapping point. Th...

Top Ten Adult Books I Read in 2016 (+ Giveaway!)

1.   Dear Fang, With Love  by Rufi Thorpe Beautiful. Heart-wrenching. True.  My review HERE .  2.  The Underground Railroad   by Colson Whitehead Every inch of hype is absolutely real. I couldn't put this down or stop highlighting every astonishing word. 3.   I Almost Forgot About You  by Terry McMillan The one I bought for all my friends. I want Georgia Young to be my best friend. My review HERE . 4.   Undecided   by Julianna Keyes The kind of NA that you long to find and yet you hardly ever do!  My review HERE . 5.  Dancing with the Tiger  by Lili Wright I still can't believe this is a debut. So good and my favorite cover of the year. My review HERE . 6.   The Boy Is Back   by Meg Cabot I had a giant smile on my face the entire time I read this one AND my top book boyfriend of the year!  My review...

Top Ten Favorite 2016 Releases So Far This Year

Top Ten Tuesday  is hosted by the fab ladies at  The Broke and the Bookish ! Have you read any of these and, if so, what'd you think? What are the best books you've read so far this year?

Monthly Recap: May 2016

Number of Books Read I read (well, including one DNF ) 18 books in May, including two 5 star reads (which I'm not sure has ever happened if you don't count re-reads of series).  This is pretty great since I had two trips (neither of which involved flying, which I love for the uninterrupted reading) and also had visitors one weekend (which resulted in little to no reading).  Also, I won the appellate argument that I mentioned last month! edit Highest rating I can't believe I had two 5 star reads this month!! Lowest rating One DNF Best read of the month Book which surprised me the most Fictional crush of the month The one she ended up with! Three books I’m looking forward to reading next month   ...