“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy.” ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Category: Love
Book Review: Gone with the Wind
“After all, tomorrow is another day!” ― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
Book Review: Anna and the French Kiss
“For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.” ― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss
Book Review: Modern Romance
“I hope you aren’t holding an ice cream cone against your chest, ’cause your heart just warmed—and your ice cream just melted.” ― Aziz Ansari, Modern Romance: An Investigation
Book Review: All the Bright Places
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.” ― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright PlacesBook Title: All the Bright PlacesAuthor: Jennifer NivenPublication Date: 2015Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Mental IllnessGoodreads Rating: 4.21 StarsMy Rating: 4 StarsTheodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.Violet … Continue reading Book Review: All the Bright Places
Book Review: Lost Lake
“She understood that the hardest times in life to go through were when you were transitioning from one version of yourself to another.” - Sarah Addison Allen, Lost Lake
Historical Fantasy: All Souls Trilogy Series Review
Witches and vampires and time travel, oh my! The All Souls Trilogy delivers on action, love, and historical smarts. Just make sure you have the second and third in the series with you when you finish the first!
Wordy Wednesday Love Quotes
Top Ten Tuesday: Character Romances
It's Valentine's week! I have a date booked for Saturday (and it's been booked for weeks), which means that miracles do happen. In the spirit of the day of love, I'll be getting mushy on the blog this week!Looking at my Goodreads, I realized that, um, I don't read a lot of romances. Books that … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Character Romances
Historical Russia and Love?: The Firebird Book Review
“The world becomes a wider place, with but a little learning.” ― Susanna Kearsley, The Firebird