BethysBookBlog

Let me start off by saying this...I don't often read thrillers.  Why? I have an overactive imagination and a third degree black belt. I'm not the kind of person who needs to feel freaked out or that something is watching me. Also, why I don't do haunted houses.  A Simple Favor is one of those books that you can't put down once you pick it up. It sucks you in and you just have to know how the story ends. I'm normally a pretty vocal reader- I'll laugh out loud at things that are funny, but I said a LOT of bad words while reading this book. There were so many WTF?! moments. I started reading it last night and had to put it down for the night and read something lighthearted(thanks Mutts comics) before bed. I picked it up again this morning, read for 2 hours before work, and finished it on my lunch break.  Wow. The story loops and pulls and wraps you in it so tightly that you won't know who the bad guy really is or if the whole story is just a delusi...

If you haven't already been introduced to The Themis Files you are missing out! This is my favorite science fiction series hands down.    The Themis Files consists of  Book 1: Sleeping Giants Book 2: Waking Gods Book 3: Only Human I must warn you, once you start this series- it will be hard for you to put down.  The premise of the series is that a young girl falls into a giant metal hand in her childhood and becomes connected to the US Government Project aimed at figuring out what it is and where it came from as an adult.  And that's all I'm going to tell you other than- if this series isn't in your #TBR you are out of your mind.  I really recommend the audio versions of this series: it's full cast audio and the narrators are AMAZING. What's a series you recommend to EVERYONE?

This book wrecked me. I read the first third of this book and had to stop, journal, sleep, and come back to it days later. Why? Because it feels authentic. It does what a book is supposed to do. It makes you laugh and cry and shake your fist at the world. It's easy to connect to these characters because they feel like people you already know and love. I finished the remainder of the book on Monday night and had to stop at least 10 times to cry. The ending is worth it. Connect to the story. Really engage with the characters. The investment you put into this book will all be worth it. At the end, I experienced catharsis and now I feel scrubbed clean. Death is a hard subject to tackle. Death with dignity even more so. As I said before, this book wrecked me, but it was so very worth it. Good for fans of: world travel, romance, YA, cruising

Hello Readers,    I'm Bethany.  This is my book blog and here's the story behind it: My grandmother(whom I called Nyen-Nyeh) called me Bethy my whole life. My grandmother instilled in my dad a love of reading which he passed on to me and my brother. My grandmother's love of reading introduced her to Harry Potter before Harry Potter was cool, which led her to gift it to my dad, who read it to us. My grandmother was a driving force of a woman. She was tenacious and loving and snarky and smart as a whip. She took over her husband's position on the school board after he passed and her service meant so much to the community they named a reading day after her. So, this blog will be knows as BethysBookBlog from here on out in her honor. Some quick facts about me: I'm 28, married, with one bulldog(Gus), and live in Colorado Springs, CO.  I've loved books, libraries, and bookstores since I was little.  My classmates thought I would become a librarian.  I...