Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!!  Thanks for reading my blog this last year!  I didn't blog as much as I would have wanted last year, so one of my New Year's resolutions is to blog at least once a week.  :)



HAPPY NEW YEAR!  ~laila

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The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

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Yes, I'm back with more Rick Riordan books.  (You know you missed it.) Image found on Google In The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan, readers meet a few new interesting characters.  Namely, Lester Papadopoulos, age 16, and his demigod companion (read: master), Meg McCafferty, age 12.  What makes these two particularly interesting is that Lester used to be the mighty Greek god Apollo, before Zeus punished him for all the nonsense that went on with Octavian in the war against Gaea.  (For reference, look back to any of the Heroes of Olympus books.  It's all connected.)  Meg claimed his service, and now Apollo/Lester must follow her commands while trying to fulfill the quests in front of him.  That's right, the god of prophecy is on the receiving end now. Lester tries to reconcile his quickly fading memories and god-status with his teenage body and the fact that not many people seem to care about his problems.  (How dare they!)  At the sa...
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Reluctantly Yours by Erin Hawkins

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 Thank you to Social Butterfly PR and Erin Hawkins for sending me an e-ARC of this book to read and review!  As always, this review is my honest opinion and can be found on my Goodreads profile as well as this blog. This story is great and the chemistry between Barrett and Chloe is a delight!  Enemies-to-lovers and fake dating are always a great combination of tropes and Erin Hawkins writes them very well. Even when we as readers have an inkling or two of how this is going to turn out in the end (it is a romance, after all), it feels fresh and exciting as we get to know the characters, their motivations, and the personalities that make them click so well.   I am a big character-driven reader and I really enjoyed reading both Chloe and Barrett's perspectives.  These character have dimensions that lend more  to  the story than just the romance, while also being delightfully attracted to each other and keeping the romance part of the book  adeq...
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Reviewing Book Box Subscriptions

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Did you know that, like with most things these days, books can come as a subscription service?  For today's blog post I'm doing something a little different.  Rather than reviewing a book for you, I'll do a quick review of the four major book box subscriptions that I've tried.  In other words, I bought them so you don't have to!  (Although of course, since I enjoyed most of them, I do recommend you try at least one if you're interested.)  And just a note: this content is not in any way sponsored.  All thoughts are my own honest opinions about the boxes and the items I've received through them. Book Box #1: Book of the Month (BOTM) I started Book of the Month thanks to a gift of a 3-month subscription from my aunt.  The main thing to note with BOTM is that this subscription is only books - in the other three boxes I review, bookish merchandise/items are included. Book of the Month picks out five new books each month for its subscribers.  With your...
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