#src2020

💬 What’s up next on your TBR? . Beach Read by @emilyhenrywrites released this week and I’m so excited to read it!! I’m planning on starting it next. It’s also my next read as part of the @booksparks #src2020 reading challenge! . ✩ Candle by @bossypantscandle! Use code LIFEINLIT15 to save 15% off your order! . ✩ Day 4 - Yellow #rainbowstackweek . . . ✩ h a s h t a g s ⇣ #booksparks #bookstack #flashesofdelight #petitejoys #slowandsimpledays #smallmomentsofcalm #ofquietmoments #postitfortheaesthetic #toeachtheirpath #onthebed #inspiremyinstagram #yabookstagram #bookworm #mybookfeatures #readersgonnaread #readersofig #booksandcandles https://www.instagram.com/p/CAd1BURHBNO/?igshid=1rnuz53vh6wk8

💬 How are you spending the last days of summer? . I can’t believe the summer is almost over!! It feels like only yesterday it was the first day of summer, and here we all are preparing for summer’s completion. If you have children, I’m sure you’re with a similar state of mind as me right now. It’s so confusing, overwhelming, terrifying and stressful making all of these decisions as far as our children’s education, health, mental state and welfare is concerned. I’m sending all my fellow parents out there big hugs and encouragement!! And to all of those attending schools yourself, I wish you all the best as well! We’ve got this, friends!! ♥️ . Thank you to @booksparks & @amistadbooks for gifting me this copy of Black Bottom Saints by @msalicerandall! This book is part of @booksparks #SRC2020! Is this one on your TBR? . Candle by @acourtofcandles! Use code LISA10 for a discount! . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #booksparks #booksharks #blackbottomsaints #alicerandall #acourtofcandles #summervibes #candlesofinstagram #visualcrush #makeitblissful #darlingdaily #chooselovely #candlegram #capturequite #simpleandstill #everysquareastory #readya #biblio_feature #bookstagram #designyourspaces #styleithappy #bookgram #mybookfeatures https://www.instagram.com/p/CD_yuVJH3Tq/?igshid=4qacxo05vns9

💬 How do you take your coffee? If you’re not a coffee drinker, what’s your drink of choice? . . Thank you to @thomasnelson & @booksparks for gifting me this copy of Of Literature and Lattes by @katherinereay! Doesn’t this give you all the beach read vibes? It definitely makes me want to visit the beach with this beauty in hand. Have you read Of Literature and Lattes yet? Is it on your TBR? . . . s u m m a r y ⇣ Katherine Reay returns to the cozy and delightful town of Winsome where two people discover the grace of letting go and the joy found in unexpected change. After fleeing her hometown three years earlier, Alyssa Harrison never planned to return. Then the Silicon Valley start-up she worked for collapsed and turned her world upside down. She is broke, under FBI investigation, and without a place to go. Having exhausted every option, she comes home to Winsome, Illinois, to regroup then move on as quickly as possible. Yet, as friends and family welcome her back, Alyssa begins to see a place for herself in this small Midwestern community. Jeremy Mitchell moved from Seattle to Winsome to be near his daughter and to open the coffee shop he’s been dreaming of for years. Problem is, the business is bleeding money—and he’s not quite sure why. When he meets Alyssa, he senses an immediate connection, but what he needs most is someone to help him save his floundering business. After asking for her help, he wonders if something might grow between them—but forces beyond their control soon complicate their already complex lives, and the future they both hoped for is not at all what they anticipated. With the help of Winsome’s small-town charm and quirky residents, Alyssa and Jeremy discover the beauty and romance of second chances. . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #src2020 #bookshark #ofliteratureandlattes #katherinereay #coffeeaddict #coffeeandbooks #summerreadingcamp #booksparks #flatlay #flatlaylove #bookish #bibliophile #bookstagram #readersofig #readerslife #booknerd #bookaddict #aquietstyle #momentslikethese #simpleandstill #capturequiet https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPn6MTHmOm/?igshid=142pl852wuvw6

💬 Are you good at solving mysteries? . I’m pretty bad myself. I absolutely love reading mysteries, mostly because I’m super nosy and I need to know what’s going to happen next... but I’m always so bad at guessing whodunnit. Maybe that’s a good thing since many mysteries shock me at the end! . Thank you to @booksparks & @crookedlanebooks for gifting me this copy of #ASpellforTrouble by @esmeaddison! This is another awesome pick for #src2020! I’m so eager to read this one! . . . s u m m a r y ⇣ Alexandra Daniels hasn't set foot in the quiet seaside town of Bellamy Bay, North Carolina in over twenty years. Ever since her mother's tragic death, her father has mysteriously forbidden her from visiting her aunt and cousins. But on a whim, Alex accepts an invitation to visit her estranged relatives and to help them in their family business: an herbal apothecary known for its remarkably potent teas, salves, and folk remedies. Bellamy Bay doesn't look like trouble, but this is a town that harbors dark secrets. Alex discovers that her own family is at the center of salacious town gossip, and that they are rumored to be magical healers descended from mermaids. She brushes this off as nonsense until a local is poisoned and her aunt Lidia is arrested for the crime. Alex is certain Lidia is being framed, and she resolves to find out why. Alex's investigation unearths stories that some have gone to desperate lengths to conceal: forbidden affairs, family rivalries, and the truth about Alex's own ancestry. And when the case turns deadly, Alex learns that not only are these secrets worth hiding, but they may even be worth killing for. . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #esmeaddison #booksparks #booksharks #aquietmoment #livelifebeautifully #morningslikethis #cornerofmyhome #momentsofmine #bookaholic #mycozyhome #bookstagramit #blissfulday #stillography #lovelysquares #nestandflourish #yabooks #bibliofeature #booknerdigan #bookster #bookcommunity #postitfortheaesthetic #mybday #bedroominspo #bedroomdecor https://www.instagram.com/p/CEMfoknHOQn/?igshid=1h6cvuu4uy4q3

💬 What’s your favorite day of the week? . Mine is Saturday. I always try to do something great on Saturdays, whether it’s hanging out friends or just relaxing and having some “me time”. . Thank you to @booksparks for gifting me this copy of The Lost Girls of Devon by @barbaraonealauthor. This is another pick from their awesome #SRC2020 lineup. Can’t wait to read this one! . . . s u m m a r y ⇣ From the Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids comes a story of four generations of women grappling with family betrayals and long-buried secrets. It’s been years since Zoe Fairchild has been to the small Devon village of her birth, but the wounds she suffered there still ache. When she learns that her old friend and grandmother’s caretaker has gone missing, Zoe and her fifteen-year-old daughter return to England to help. Zoe dreads seeing her estranged mother, who left when Zoe was seven to travel the world. As the four generations of women reunite, the emotional pain of the past is awakened. And to complicate matters further, Zoe must also confront the ex-boyfriend she betrayed many years before. Anxieties spike when tragedy befalls another woman in the village. As the mystery turns more sinister, new grief melds with old betrayal. Now the four Fairchild women will be tested in ways they couldn’t imagine as they contend with dangers within and without, desperate to heal themselves and their relationships with each other. . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #thelostgirlsofdevon #barbaraoneal #booksharks #booksparks #pursuepretty #visualcrush #makeitblissful #darlingdaily #chooselovely #seekthesimplicity #bedroomdecor #capturequite #simpleandstill #mybdrm #lifestylephotography #everysquareastory #readya #biblio_feature #bookstagram #designyourspaces #styleithappy #bookgram #mybookfeatures https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFF3FGnkul/?igshid=sm7mmvxbk0ql

💬 It’s Friday! What’s one thing you are looking forward to this weekend! . Thank you to @booksparks for gifting me this copy of A Star is Bored by @byronlanedotcom! Have you read this one yet? It sounds like such a perfect beach read! . . . s u m m a r y ⇣ A hilariously heartfelt novel about living life at full force, and discovering family when you least expect it, influenced in part by the author’s time as Carrie Fisher’s beloved assistant. Charlie Besson is about to have an insane job interview. His car is idling, like his life, outside the Hollywood mansion of Kathi Kannon. THE Kathi Kannon, star of stage and screen and People magazine’s worst dressed list. She needs an assistant. He needs a hero. Kathi is an icon, bestselling author, and an award winning actress, most known for her role as Priestess Talara in the iconic blockbuster sci-fi film. She’s also known for another role: crazy Hollywood royalty. Admittedly so. Famously so. Fabulously so. Charlie gets the job, and embarks on an odyssey filled with late night shopping sprees, last minute trips to see the aurora borealis, and an initiation to that most sacred of Hollywood tribes: the personal assistant. But Kathi becomes much more than a boss, and as their friendship grows, Charlie must make a choice. Will he always be on the sidelines of life, assisting the great forces that be, or can he step into his own leading role? Laugh-out-loud funny, and searingly poignant, Byron Lane's A Star is Bored is a novel that, like the star at its center, is enchanting and joyous, heartbreaking and hopeful. . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #astarisbored #byronlane #src2020 #booksparks #bookshark #aquietmoment #livelifebeautifully #morningslikethis #cornerofmyhome #momentsofmine #flatlayoftheday #bookaholic #bookstagramit #blissfulday #stillography #lovelysquares #bookstagram #nestandflourish #yabooks #bibliofeature #booknerdigan #bookster #bookcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/CD32__inM_T/?igshid=u54xtkelk4y5

💬 Are you a twin or do you know any twins? . My bestie @beccasbookishlife is a twin! 💕 I always wished I had a twin while growing up. My brother and I are only a year apart though, and definitely felt like twins at times. 😂 . Thank you to @booksparks for this copy! This beauty is part of the #SRC2020 reading challenge. . . . s u m m a r y ⇣ It’s days before your eighteenth birthday, but your mother is missing and suddenly you have supernatural powers. What are you willing to face to discover the truth of who you really are? After years of traveling the world, black identical twins Aurora and Arden think they’ve settled into normalcy in Ohio. But days before their eighteenth birthday, the snarky twins develop powers in telekinesis and telepathy―at the same time that their famous mother, who’s on tour in London, disappears. Searching for answers and determined to rescue her, the sisters unearth truths that threaten to extinguish their bond and demolish their strength as individuals. Can they trust their beguiling, newly discovered British cousins when they barely trust one another? Should they heed the warnings of their immortal grandmother, a Patoi-chatting goddess, who says she’s friendly with The Fates and can see inside a person’s very soul? In order to succeed in their quest, these goddess twins must work together, master their powers, and unveil a horrifying, century-old family mystery. Otherwise, they may not live to see eighteen―or their mother again. . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #thegoddesstwins #yodassawilliams #booksparks #booksharks #yafantasy #yabookstagram #aquietmoment #livelifebeautifully #morningslikethis #cornerofmyhome #momentsofmine #bookaholic #bookstagramit #blissfulday #stillography #lovelysquares #nestandflourish #yabooks #bibliofeature #booknerdigan #bookster #bookcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/CEpfTUhHvfa/?igshid=1i1lq2gvjc2a8

💬 Happy Monday! Tell me one thing you’re looking forward to this week. 💕 . Thank you to @booksparks & @aaknopf for gifting me this copy of Friends and Strangers by @jcourtsullivan as part of #SRC2020! Have you read this one yet? It sounds fantastic! . . . s u m m a r y ⇣ An insightful, hilarious, and compulsively readable novel about a complicated friendship between two women who are at two very different stages in life, from the best-selling author of Maine and Saints for All Occasions (named one of the Washington Post's Ten Best Books of the Year and a New York Times Critics' Pick). Elisabeth, an accomplished journalist and new mother, is struggling to adjust to life in a small town after nearly twenty years in New York City. Alone in the house with her infant son all day (and awake with him much of the night), she feels uneasy, adrift. She neglects her work, losing untold hours to her Brooklyn moms' Facebook group, her "influencer" sister's Instagram feed, and text messages with the best friend she never sees anymore. Enter Sam, a senior at the local women's college, whom Elisabeth hires to babysit. Sam is struggling to decide between the path she's always planned on and a romantic entanglement that threatens her ambition. She's worried about student loan debt and what the future holds. In short order, they grow close. But when Sam finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Elisabeth's father-in-law, the true differences between the women's lives become starkly revealed and a betrayal has devastating consequences. A masterful exploration of motherhood, power dynamics, and privilege in its many forms, Friends and Strangers reveals how a single year can shape the course of a life. . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #friendsandstrangers #jcourtneysullivan #bookstagram #booksparks #booksharks #aquietmoment #livelifebeautifully #mybookfeatures #morningslikethis #cornerofmyhome #momentsofmine #bookaholic #mycozyhome #bookstagramit #blissfulday #stillography #lovelysquares #nestandflourish #yabooks #bibliofeature #booknerdigan #bookster #bookcommunity #postitfortheaesthetic #mybday #bedroominspo #bedroomdecor https://www.instagram.com/p/CERf447HYRh/?igshid=1c9x4qj4c7xg