​Meet new platonic friends, in person and online using on Patook! I know that many of us book nerds are also introverts but that doesn’t mean that you don’t want to have lots of friends. We may not be the light of the party, or at the part at all because we’d rather be home reading, but when I saw this app I decided to give it a try. One can never have too many bookish friends!  I’ve been using the app for about a week now and I really like it. I've already met a really cool book nerd that's coming to my next local book club meeting.

​As the community grows and the app is updated with even more features it’ll be even more fun.  When you think about it, it’s almost like a ‘Tinder for friends’  -- it works in a similar manner minus the flirting and hookup requests. I’ve never been on Tinder, but I’ve heard plenty about the swipe right vs swipe left. The app version functions in a similar way when matches are made, but instead of looking for a hook up or a date, this is literally looking for friends. Seriously.  “NO flirting allowed” is their mantra. Let me tell you more.

​Welcome my #RustCity17 author feature series. Showcasing several of the talented authors that will be in attendance at the upcoming Michigan event, Rust City Book Con. 

Publisher: Delacorte Press | Listening Library
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Format: Audio MP3
Pages: Hardcover: 256 pages | Audio Length: 6 hours 32 mins
Narrator: Tara Sands ​
Source: Audiobook Publisher
Genre: YA Contemporary Fiction​
​Rating: 3 bookmarks

​Synopsis: Alexandria Prep is about to be exposed.

Senior spring was supposed to mean sleeping through class and partying with friends. But for Anna Soler, it’s going to be a lonely road. She’s just been dumped by her perfect basketball star boyfriend—with no explanation. Anna’s closest friends, the real ones she abandoned while dating him, are ignoring her. The endearing boy she’s always had a complicated friendship with is almost too sympathetic.

But suddenly Anna isn’t the only one whose life has been upended. Someone is determined to knock the kings and queens of the school off their thrones: one by one, their phones get hacked and their personal messages and photos are leaked. At first it’s funny—people love watching the dirty private lives of those they envy become all too public. 

Then the hacks escalate. Dark secrets are exposed, and lives are shattered. Chaos erupts at school. As Anna tries to save those she cares about most and to protect her own secrets, she begins to understand the reality of our always-connected lives: 

Sometimes we share too much.

*This audiobook was provided by the publisher in exchange for a honest review.​

​While this book is young adult, I believe it would cater to a variety of audiences. I enjoyed this book, and like a lot of my fellow social-media addicts, I enjoyed hearing all the drama that unfolded. However, this book teaches a very big lesson: once something (a picture, video, or text) is posted on the Internet, it can’t be taken back. I grew up when technology was first becoming really popular, to date me back a few years, my high school cell phone flipped and social media sites were only accessed with a college e-mail address. Anti-social not only gave me a clear description of how social media has taken over our youth, but it also made me glad I graduated when I did. 

I love audiobooks. I listen pretty much all day while working and driving. When I'm not listening to audiobooks, I'll change things up with podcasts. Regardless of what I'm listening to, I have headphones in my ear 70% of my work day. When Earhoox approached me to try these with iPhone earbuds, I thought it would be a great chance to make my listening experience better. I don't regularly have issues keeping my earbuds in, but when I get up from my desk to walk around or bend over to grab something or are just mobile in general sometimes a bud might fall out of my ear. This product really made it easy to be mobile while keeping the earbuds in my ear! Perfect for listening while walking, jogging, working out, etc.

After adding the Earhoox, the buds were firmly in my ear. I can't even yank them out quickly without giving an extra tug. They are in there!  The plastic is so flexible and soft that you don't feel it sitting in your ear so they are also comfortable. After the first few hours, I forgot they were on the earbuds, so when I went to yank the bud out of my ear the tug startled me because the bud was securely in my ear so it didn't just slip out as it usually did.

​Welcome my #RustCity17 author feature series. Showcasing several of the talented authors that will be in attendance at the upcoming Michigan event, Rust City Book Con.

​Welcome my #CMCon18 author feature series. Showcasing several of the talented authors that will be in attendance at the upcoming Coastal Magic Convention in Florida. 

Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 314
Source: Publicist
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 2 bookmarks

​Synopsis: On the cusp of turning fifty, Adam Sharp likes his life. He’s happy with his partner Claire, he excels in music trivia at quiz night at the local pub, he looks after his mother, and he does the occasional consulting job in IT.

But he can never quite shake off his nostalgia for what might have been: his blazing affair more than twenty years ago with an intelligent and strong-willed actress named Angelina Brown who taught him for the first time what it means to find—and then lose—love. How different might his life have been if he hadn’t let her walk away?

And then, out of nowhere, from the other side of the world, Angelina gets in touch. What does she want? Does Adam dare to live dangerously? 

* This book was provided by BookSparks in exchange for an honest review.

I wanted to love this book and I did, for the first third. Sharp taut writing, quirky characters and scenes and an intriguing plot line had me eager to set myself down for a great read. Unfortunately the plot got in the way as well as Simsion’s heavy handed reliance on music as a structural device and some overt sexism. 

‘The Best of Adam Sharp’ is essentially a romance novel detailing Adam Sharp’s 22 year frustrated love affair with Angelina Brown. Brown and Sharp meet and immediately fall hard for each other, separate due to their inabilities to make a commitment, and reunite 22 years later for an exploratory week-long tryst in France. Will Adam and Angelina finally be together? Should they? Simsion creates a complicated setting for Adam and Angelina to to decode and explore during their week in France abounding with the sensual delights of a gorgeous villa, fine foods and world class booze, intense sexual attraction  - and Angelina’s husband, Charlie. 

Welcome my #RustCity17 author feature series. Showcasing several of the talented authors that will be in attendance at the upcoming Michigan event, Rust City Book Con.

I’m pretty impulsive when it comes to big decisions, especially when it’s something I’ve never done before. Writing is just one in a long line of impulsive decisions that turned out to showcase my great instincts.

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