Reading Between Flowers

Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they're likely to bring about the end of days. But the children aren't the only secret the island keeps. Their caretaker is the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, who will do anything to keep his wards safe. As Arthur and Linus grow closer, long-held secrets are exposed, and Linus must make a choice: destroy a home or watch the world burn. An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place - and realizing that family is yours.

Hello everybody good morning good afternoon good evening good night whatever time might be where ever you are I hope you’re having an amazing day I hope your summer is going amazing I hope your month is going great I hope you’re staying safe and healthy and that everyone you love it’s OK which is most important thing and that’s the first order of business.

when I open my blog now it’s to wish everyone an amazing day because whenever I read a post where they start saying that it’s just it’s so much brighter and you read the rest differently you know what I mean like you just feel it more but anyways let’s get into today’s review because I go off topic so easily.

The house in the cerulean sea it’s a book that I actually listened on audiobook I have been wanting to read this book for the longest time and I just never got to it until I did and then a lot of people that I followed gave it a bad review meaning that it wasn’t as good as expected so I decided to put it off a little bit more until I was really in the mood for it. The other day I found the audiobook and I thought OK might as well just listen to it right.

I think my expectations were incredibly high for this book for some reason and it was because I’ve heard that it’s similar to miss peregrine and I absolutely loved the book and the movie it’s amazing it’s stunning it’s beautiful I’ve seen a couple of times and every single time I love it more than last time so obviously my expectations were high going into the house in the cerulean sea and it KIND OF lived up to it.

The characters are so lovable so heartwarming I loved every single one of those kids, they were stunning and they were so cute and I don’t know I really really like them as characters and I also loved Linus Baker character I thought there was something about him that was so relatable and I just laughed out loud reading his part of the story and what he was thinking and the stuff that he did just because I loved him and I really did found him relatable and as a character that you can 100% feel how they are feeling is something I love in a book, to be able to to feel like they represent you is such a special thing.

something about him just made me wanna keep reading to be honest the kids and the character of Linus Baker where the cherry of the book if it wouldn't have been for them I would have DNF this book way too quickly.

The plot, on the other hand, was something else. I honestly dont think that this type of books genre are my thing. This is super personal because i´m sure so an people have loved this books but since its not my cup of tea I didn't find the plot that interesting.

Something I really liked is that at the beginning, Linus Baker was such an inflexible character he was very square minded into what he had to do in rules and regulations and going into this different environment that he has never been to made him open himself and made him be different and made him care for someone which was so nice and also care for himself because he was in such a bad place with himself before going to the island and honestly I love that part of it, I thought it was amazing and the character growth was remarkable.

There were moments of cuteness, there were moments that I literally laughed out loud which is amazing and I love that in a book it was such a feel good and heartwarming.

if you like this type of stuff 100% read it it’s so worth it it’s so good and I did really like it and I wanna buy this book physically because it’s stunning, I dont know who design the cover but OMG they did an amazing job.

3.5/5⭐️

YOU CAN BUY IT HERE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

TJ KLUNE is a Lambda Literary Award-winning author (Into This River I Drown) and an ex-claims examiner for an insurance company. His novels include The House in the Cerulean Sea and The Extraordinaries. Being queer himself, TJ believes it's important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive, queer representation in stories.

Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. “A place,” he said, “where learning is a game.”

Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym “Truly, Devious.” It became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history.

True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder.

The two interwoven mysteries of this first book in the Truly Devious series dovetail brilliantly, and Stevie Bell will continue her relentless quest for the murderers in books two and three.

Helo everyone! I hope you are having an amazing day so far. Now lets get right int the review ecause today i am not feeling chatty hhahaha.

This was a fascinating one and that I thoroughly enjoyed. At the beginning it was a little bit confusing because suddenly you get introduced to a lot of characters and you were going back in time and reading another story that happened in the past and then you go back to the present.

in both stories there are a lot of different characters so my mind was so confused at times and I didn’t know what was happening and who was the one that was talking and what It had to do with the story but as you keep reading, you really get into it and you start to understand the plot and everything starts to come together.

We follow Stevie who is our main character and in this particular book we don’t get to see a lot of character growth or development I don’t know if in the upcoming books it would be different. I felt like this book was mainly focused on the plot and the mystery rather than the characters , however the plot was so interesting that you don’t even notice that you were not getting to know them and it was more when I finished the book when I realized I knew nothing about Stevie or any of other character , that’s how hooked I was in the story.

There is also a romantic story line and I have to say I was so not interested into it I couldn’t care less for some reason I really didn’t get to feel as if they truly cared for each other like I said this is the first book in a series the relationship might develop further in time or at least I expect so. as for right now and just in the first book there isn't a lot of romance.

Talking about the romantic interest I don’t know if this might be a spoiler so just be aware of that and don’t read until the next paragraph if you don’t get it you don’t want to get spoiled about this but I thought it was such a cliché the fact that he is the bad boy the one that looks at her in a weird way the first time that they saw each other and the typical guy that you were like you’re a damn ass but still you’re gonna end up with me main character and I did not like that however the ending was absolutely stunning I was not expecting that and I was shocked about it, that’s the only reason why I forgive him hahaha.

So basically generally talking about the book it was so worth it. it was really good I did find that the beginning was a little bit slow it took me a while to get into story but once I got into it like I said I lost track of time I lost track of characters and I was so into the misery I really really enjoyed this book and I will for sure be doing the next ones I have already asked for the second one to my local library so that will be coming over soon. With all that being said, my rating is very solid

4.5/5⭐️

YOU CAN BUY IT HERE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Maureen Johnson is the bestselling author of several novels, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes, the Truly Devious series, the Suite Scarlett series, and the Shades of London series. She has also written collaborative works such as Let It Snow with John Green and Lauren Myracle and The Bane Chronicles with Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan. Maureen lives in New York

For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn’t actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it’s seventy-nine miles and a zillion light years away from everything she can’t wait to leave behind.
Sam’s stuck. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, financially. He works at a café and sleeps there too, on a mattress on the floor of an empty storage room upstairs. He knows that this is the god-awful chapter of his life that will serve as inspiration for when he’s a famous movie director but right this second the seventeen bucks in his checking account and his dying laptop are really testing him.

When Sam and Penny cross paths it’s less meet-cute and more a collision of unbearable awkwardness. Still, they swap numbers and stay in touch—via text—and soon become digitally inseparable, sharing their deepest anxieties and secret dreams without the humiliating weirdness of having to see each other.

Good morning good afternoon good evening I hope everyone is having an amazing summer so far we are more than halfway through the year and that it’s nuts to think about anyways I am back from a huge huge reading sump. I’m not gonna lie I have picked up a couple of books and in one occasion I was about to finish it and I was just pushing myself too hard at that moment so I decided to stop there and not finish it. However I am so glad I gave myself time to reconnect and now I’m stronger than ever and back hopefully for a long time if I don’t get burned out quickly so yeah let’s just get into today’s review.

But first before we talk about today’s book are you wanted to give a huge shout out to all of my Australian readers out there that are in lockdown at the moment my heart is with you all and I hope you’re doing OK, I hope you’re staying healthy and I hope you’re staying sane and mentally doing OK. my advice would be keep close the people that you love, keep contact with them lockdown has done so much damage to so many relationships and I think being in touch with people that makes you happy it’s so important especially during this times. also try to get in some movement, whatever that may be, maybe is doing a yoga flow, or maybe it’s Pilates or going for a walk if you can, go for a run to clear your mind, just do some thing that is not just looking at the news and looking at social media that could be so hard as well so yeah hope you are staying safe and that you were doing OK which is the most important thing.

All right so now let’s get into the actual book review. I read this book because I have previously read yolk which I will leave the review right here if you haven’t read it, it is definitely one of the best books that I’ve read in 2021 so far zero doubt so since I loved so much the authors writing style I decided to try another of her books to see if it was just as good as yolk was for me. I decided to pick up emergency contact not in any particular reason I just wanted it to read it, I was in a mood for a romance contemporary and since I wanted to read another of Mary HK Choi books I decided to pick up this one.

For me the romance at the beginning of the book was very slow I was halfway through the book and felt as if not a lot has happened (romantic wise) they did developed tho a very nice relationship, I really did like the progression that they had as friends and getting to know each other but not necessarily as romance interests which for me was a bit slow and it didn’t really ended up happening.

I did really enjoy the fact that they were texting, the message format was super interesting and It made it very easy to read and quick and you felt as if you were flying through the story however sometimes the conversations were interesting but not so much that a chapter was all about it. it was a little bit too much in depth and it had nothing to do with the actual story and was kind of getting out of the way but still I did enjoy them and I did found them very very interesting.

I also feel like I missed more time of them together obviously the whole book was the texting format and them getting to know each other with text messages and calls and all that stuff but still I did missed a little bit more of contact.

One thing I can say, and that is that this is not your average romance book at all they were so mature and they were so real, they felt like real people, with real struggles and with really normal lifestyle which is something that I loved about Mary HK choi books she always does that and I love it.

Also the fact that they bond on their past and their struggles and that they created this amazing relationship based on that and based on where they came from was amazing and was so incredible,i will say it definitely has some TW so have that I mind ifyou decide to pick it up.

For me while I was reading this book I thought OK this is a three star read it is a good romance nothing too special but when the end was coming I started crying and it suddenly became a 4.5 star read right at the very end of the book I don’t know why I don’t know if I was emotional when I was reading this I don’t know if it was very late at night and I was feeling really emotional but I loved the ending of this book, it was everything, I loved the way that the mother and the daughter relationship wrapped up and how they overcame their differences and created this very special relationship and I also loved how the romance story finished as well. it was so heartwarming and I just loved , I wanted to hug them I wanted to get into the book and hug both of them it was amazing it was incredible and my mind changed 100 at the very end of this book like two last chapters were everything.

So like I said before, this is for sure a

4.5/5⭐️

YOU CAN BUY IT HERE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Mary H.K. Choi is a writer for The New York Times, GQ, Wired, and The Atlantic. She has written comics for Marvel and DC, as well as a collection of essays called Oh, Never Mind. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact, Permanent Record, and Yolk. She is the host of Hey, Cool Job!, a podcast about jobs, and Hey, Cool Life!, a podcast about mental health and creativity. Mary grew up in Hong Kong and Texas and now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her partner.

A sus treinta y seis años, Mariana intenta recuperarse de la pérdida de Sebastian, el gran amor de su vida, ahogado durante unas vacaciones en una isla griega. Ella trabaja en Londres como terapeuta, pero cuando su sobrina Zoe, la única familia que le queda, la llama desde Cambridge para contarle que Tara, su mejor amiga, ha sido brutalmente asesinada cerca de la residencia de estudiantes, decide acudir en su ayuda.

Allí conoce a Fosca, un carismático profesor de Filología Clásica. El profesor mantiene un grupo de estudio con un número muy selecto de discípulas, todas hermosas y de familias elitistas, del que Tara formaba parte: las Doncellas. En el dormitorio de la joven, Mariana encuentra una postal con unos versos en griego clásico que exigen un sacrificio. Pronto los cadáveres de otras Doncellas irán apareciendo en el campus con los ojos arrancados y con una piña en la mano, y Mariana no solo deberá enfrentarse a la resolución de estos crímenes, sino a los fantasmas de su propio pasado.

Hola a todos! Espero que esteis teniendo una semana estupenda! Como veis hoy la reseña es en español y es que este libro lo compre con la publicacion Española!

No había oído hablar de este libro hasta que salió, me pareció que tenía una trama súper interesante por lo que decidí darle la oportunidad. Tenía miedo de que no me gustara, estaba Justo en un paron lector y lo último que quería era dejarlo a medias pero leerlo fue la mejor decicison que pude tomar. Me encanto.

La historia es increíble, el hecho de que te pasas toda la novela intentando averiguar quien es el asesino pero ni lo intentes, te sorprenderás. Una historia de misterio, dark academia, tragedia griega, colegio elitista, sociedad secreta, ¿Que más se puede pedir? Si eso no te suena a que esta historia lo tiene absolutamente TODO no se que lo hará.

No quiero desvelar NADA, de hecho no voy a hablar de ninguno de los personajes porque es casi mejor así.

Por lo general suelo averiguarlo o no me suele sorprender pero no voy a mentir, me dejo con la boca abierta.

El hecho de que los capítulos sean súper cortos hace que la historia pase a la velocidad de la luz y es terminar uno y no poder evitar leer el siguiente.

Me encanto la forma que tiene de escribir la autora lo poco que te dice pero a la vez tanto que crees saberlo todo pero no.

Ame los personajes, todos ellos y me encanta ese momento en este tipo de libros en el que dudas de todo el mundo y ya no sabes quien es el bueno y quien es el malo. Es sin duda una novela que fácilmente puedes leer en una sola sentada, no se hace nada aburrida en ningún momento y lo mejor es que apenas tienes tiempo de dejar de leer porque siempre está pasando algo. No me dio para nada la sensación de que hubiera escenas de relleno ya que todo es importante y no puedes perder detalle de nada.

Ame realmente este thriller, todos y cada uno de lo capítulos. Lo recomiendo 100% ósea WOW.

Es sin duda uno de mis thrillers nuevos favoritos Asique evidentemente este fue un

5/5⭐️

YOU CAN BUY IT HERE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Alex Michaelides (Chipre, 1977)estudió Literatura Inglesa y Psicoterapia. Trabajó en una unidad de seguridad para adultos jóvenes, experiencia que le proporcionó material e inspiración para La paciente silenciosa, su primera novela: un thriller traducido en cuarenta países, que cuenta ya con dos millones y medio de lectores en todo el mundo y cuyos derechos cinematográficos han sido comprados por la productora de Brad Pitt; además, ha sido uno de los tres libros ganadores del Premio de los lectores de Goodreads, en el que votan casi cinco millones de personas. Michaelides también ha sido guionista de películas como Un robo inesperado, protagonizada por Uma Thurman y Tim Roth, y ha colaborado con David Fincher. Las Doncellas es su esperadísima segunda novela, que será adaptada como serie para la televisión.

Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over--especially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva.

The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh, and maybe Hud--because it is long past time for him to confess something to the brother from whom he's been inseparable since birth.

Jay, on the other hand, is counting the minutes until nightfall, when the girl he can't stop thinking about promised she'll be there.

And Kit has a couple secrets of her own--including a guest she invited without consulting anyone.

By midnight the party will be completely out of control. By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family's generations will all come bubbling to the surface.

Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them . . . and what they will leave behind.

Hello everybody! It's been a couple weeks since I last posted but I'm back! And stronger than ever. I have now all the time in the world and you already know I'm going to be reading, a lot.

Anyways, for today's review, we have “Malibu rising” this is yet again, one of my most anticipate releases of 2021. And I have to say, I wasn't tha socked.

Don't get me wrong, it was good, I enjoyed reading it and wanted to pick it up because I needed to know what was going to happen next. However, it's not the best book of 2021 if you know what I mean.

It was drama packed, and I guess that is kind of the point but i missed something. Maybe more siblings quality time. Maybe More of the relationships between them in present time. I did liked though the fact that the story was kind of real, harsh, true and that sometimes you may see famous people living their best lives but at the end of the day money doesn't make you happy but being surrounded by the people you love will. You really get to see what was worth in their lives, and what wasn't specially in Nina’s.

I found Nina’s character really strong, specially on the first part, she goes through so much for her siblings and the fact that she could keep them all together melted my heart, you really get to feel her.

The story was divided into two parts, the first focuses more on their background story and the second one more on the actual party, in present time. I have to say, I loved the first part, getting to know them, traveling back in time absolutely hooked me to the story, the second part on the other hand, it wasn't that good.

I had really high expectations for this one and maybe that is why I expected something else.

I'm being too harsh right now, it was great overall. Good story, amazing writing style, elements that makes you wanna read more. It was okay, but it wasn’t a 5/5 for me.

I do recommend it though, it is a good time. I am also for sure going to read more of the authors books, since I did really like the writing style she has.

For that I gave it

4.5/5⭐️

YOU CAN BUY IT HERE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Taylor Jenkins Reid is the New York Times Bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, as well as One True Loves, Maybe in Another Life, After I Do, and Forever, Interrupted. Her novels have been chosen by Reese’s Book Club, Indie Next, and Book of the Month, and featured in People, US Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Good Morning America, and more. Her newest novel, Malibu Rising, is out now. She lives in Los Angeles.

VISIT HER WEBSITE HERE

Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for three years without any recollection of how she arrived, or memories from her life prior. All she knows is that somewhere out there, beyond the horizon, she has a sister named Kay, and it’s up to Cee to cross the ocean and find her.

In a world apart, 16-year-old STEM prodigy Kasey Mizuhara lives in an eco-city built for people who protected the planet―and now need protecting from it. With natural disasters on the rise due to climate change, eco-cities provide clean air, water, and shelter. Their residents, in exchange, must spend at least a third of their time in stasis pods, conducting business virtually whenever possible to reduce their environmental footprint. While Kasey, an introvert and loner, doesn’t mind the lifestyle, her sister Celia hated it. Popular and lovable, Celia much preferred the outside world. But no one could have predicted that Celia would take a boat out to sea, never to return.
Now it’s been three months since Celia’s disappearance, and Kasey has given up hope. Logic says that her sister must be dead. But nevertheless, she decides to retrace Celia’s last steps. Where they’ll lead her, she does not know. Her sister was full of secrets. But Kasey has a secret of her own.

The ones we are meant to find is a new novel by Joan He. It was one of my most anticipated releases of 2021 so as soon as it got out i had to read it. It actually took me a little longer than i had planned but hey I got the review now haha.

This book has such an interesting concept that called me quite intensely but I'm not going to lie, the cover made me buy it, have you seen that BEAUTY? The art work is absolutely stunning and I love it.

Anyways back to the actual story. Going into it with just knowing the basics was probably the best idea ever, it has a surprising element to it that I feel like if you know it could ruin it all.

I am normally not really in to Sci-fi/ dystopian books but I was pleasantly surprised about this one.

You follow the main characters Celia and Kasey, two sisters who love and care for each other. Unfortunately, Celia goes missing and appears to be in a deserted island knowing not so much about herself but that she has a sister and she needs to find her. And that is all you need to know.

What I thought it was really interesting is that you follow both sisters POV, however, that was a bit of a bad thing too.

It obviously was very important to know both lives but I found that Kasey’s POV was a bit boring at times and maybe it was because I wasn't fully focusing on it but I got kind of lost and confused with her part.

I also loved the fact that they were so different from each other, Kasey is a genius and Celia is more of a like a party people person.

A part from that, everything you want to do is just keep reading I wanted to know what was going to happen next so so bad because almost every chapter ended with a cliff hanger.

Even if you don't really like dystopian books (like me) I do think you could like this, it is mystery packed which is something I always love.

So just for the ending and the whole story development, it is absolutely worth reading.

I was thrilled to read this one and I am so glad I did because I absolutely loved it!

For that I gave it

4.5/5⭐️

YOU CAN BUY IT HERE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Joan He was born and raised in Philadelphia but still will, on occasion, lose her way. At a young age, she received classical instruction in oil painting before discovering that storytelling was her favorite form of expression. She studied Psychology and East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Pennsylvania and currently writes from a desk overlooking the Delaware River. Descendant of the Crane is her debut young adult fantasy. Her next novel, The Ones We're Meant to Find, will be forthcoming from Macmillan on May 4th, 2021.

VISIT HER WEBSITE HERE