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The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn
Hey Friends! Hope you're not sick of my Addictive Spines yet. This book is new love, the fracturing of family, what it means to have a family, and what's most important in life. I must say that this book was an Instagram find. I have a list of over 300 books that I have started for another purpose, which will hopefully come to fruition soon! Am I being cryptic? Yes, but a girl doesn't reveal all her secrets. So anyways, where was I? The plot is basically this: Layla is a trav

Jillian Bleackley
6 days ago1 min read


Dracula By Bram Stoker
Blood! Baths! Death, Oh My! Mina goes to visit her friend in London but they don't know that Dracula will soon be on their coattails. This is Bram Stoker's Dracula, it was a play for your ears as well as 1984, so each character had their own voice. I loved Maggie Gyllenhaal, she did an awesome job voicing the Professor and going toe-to-toe with Dracula. I really liked Dracula's voice and the noises and sounds that were everywhere. There were also bats, coffins, and all things

Jillian Bleackley
6 days ago1 min read


1984 By George Orwell
Fun Fact: This book was not actually written in 1984, my father said it was written sometime between 1946-48. As you should know by now, I cannot flip the pages of a regular book, however, my ears were assaulted with gunshots and rats. I should back up a bit and tell you what the main plot is: The main character Winston Smith works for the Truth Department in the dystopian era, which means he seeks to find the truth where there is always lies and coverups. Big Brother America

Jillian Bleackley
6 days ago1 min read


Romance Revival By Christina Lauren
I got to say friends, I didn't know what to expect when I turned on this book a couple weeks ago. I just finished it yesterday and was blown away by Christina Lauren, as usual, these extremely talented women did not disappoint. Julia Waylan the narrator gives voice to the main lead Emery. She gets ready for what she thinks is an ace-in-the-bag day at work that will revolutionize the world. But, someone puts a snag in her day and it snowballs from there. She also misses her t

Jillian Bleackley
Oct 52 min read


Just for the Plot by Meghan Quinn
Dear avid book readers, I decided to do something different with the blog today and give you just a taste of what I hope to be doing in the future. I know the romance genre isn’t for everyone, but I hope you all take a read anyway and of my blog. Anyway, I should get straight to the plot… hahaha. The book that I am going to review is literally called Just for the Plot by Meghan Quinn. I have read a ton of her other books and they have always kept me laughing till the last li

Jillian Bleackley
Sep 282 min read


The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
When Kim's daughter Tallulah goes missing after allegedly going to a bar with her boyfriend, questions immediately come to mind. Where is...

Jillian Bleackley
Feb 8, 20221 min read


Summer Reads
Imagine this scene: you are lying on a beach suntanning and reading one of your favorite books. Which book do you choose? Well here are a...

Jillian Bleackley
Aug 12, 20202 min read


Book Nook: The Selection
As I have a lot of time on my hands, as I referred to in my last post, I've been reading a lot of books on my Google Mini. One of them is...

Jillian Bleackley
May 19, 20201 min read


Book Nook: If At Birth You Don't Succeed
Over the Mother's Day weekend, I had the pleasure, and the time to read a very inspirational and hilarious book by sit down, yes I said...

Jillian Bleackley
May 14, 20202 min read


Book Nook: Posted
This week's Book Nook is all about going back to high school with Posted by John David Anderson. For me, I have bittersweet memories of...

Jillian Bleackley
Apr 14, 20201 min read


The Book Nook: The Lightkeeper's Daughters
After learning her brother has gone missing, all Elizabeth Livingston has left of her family are her father's journals. In there, she...

Jillian Bleackley
Apr 9, 20201 min read
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