Trust Issues. Danielle James. 2019. 266 pages. [Source: Kindle Unlimited.] I’m in a lot of reading communities online, and Danielle James’ Trust Issues came up so much that I had to check it out. I’m happy to say that it lived up to the hype, and threw me for a few loops in the process. Trust Issues follows the love-hate friendship of Kyla Bradshaw and Maxwell Parker. He’s a financial whiz, and she’s a powe...
Today, I read an article from The Atlantic that speculates about the proliferation of reading goals, and questions the impacts they have on motivation to read. The article cites some interesting stats on completion of reading challenges, particularly in reading communities like Goodreads, which only had 21% completion in 2018. This made me pause to reflect on my own reading — the amount I read, my purpose for reading, and how sett...
Monday’s Not Coming. Tiffany D. Jackson. 2018. Katherine Tegen Books. 432 pages. [Source: public library.] Friendships during your teen years can often feel like a lifeline when you’re navigating home, school, hormones, and the rest that comes with transitioning from a kid to a young adult. That is absolutely the reality for Claudia and Monday, best friends who are on the brink of 8th grade. Although their home lives are mar...
I Think I Might Need You. Christina C. Jones. 2019. 135 pages. [Source: Kindle Unlimited.] The Love sisters are back, and this time Joia is front and center, literally and figuratively. She’s a social media influencer whose focus on a fit and nutritious lifestyle has garnered her a significant following of folks invested in her knowledge and life. That increases when she gets a bombshell on a livestream that throws her life into a...
A Natural Transition.Nicole Falls. 2019. 109 pages. [Source: Kindle Unlimited.] One of my favorite romance tropes is enemies-to-lovers, and A Natural Transition definitely Nyema and Langston are opposites, so it makes sense that they easily fall into a contentious relationship. To her, he’s the lame “suit & tie” accountant who’s been taken under her father’s wing and doesn’t respect her profession...
