babybirdblogs's Reviews (237)

Sloan Harlow has once again blown me away with the unforeseen turn of events that are contained in “All We Lost Was Everything” 

This book made me laugh, reminded me of dateline episodes where they talk about how the victim “always lit up the room”, and made me feel so seen regarding my annoyance of the ridiculous amount of yammering there are before a recipe in blogs. I loved how it kept me guessing as to the interconnectedness of the characters and had me trying to  untangle layers of lies and deception until the very end, and as soon as I got there I wanted to start the book over to find all the hints and breadcrumbs I missed the first go round. 

Thank you x1000 to SloanHarlow Putnam books and NetGalley for giving me access to this ARC!

I have been following Dan on TikTok for several years and was excited he was coming out with a book about the Bible for us lay folk. At the same time I was a little apprehensive that it would be more of a scholarly read because let’s face in, Dan has a big brain and uses a lot of words I don’t always understand. Unfortunately my apprehensions (for myself at least) turned out to be true and I ended up DNF’ing at 9 percent. I found the book to be very dry and I think the thing I love most about Dan’s teaching style: his personality and wit, got lost in the pages. I do think this book would be great for Bible scholars and people attending seminary, it just wasn’t for me.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for this ARC.

Don't mind me, I‘m just over here crying...
Sunrise on the Reaping is a heart breaking read and was like an emotional train wreck I could see coming down the track but had to still experience myself. I loved learning about Haymitch's back story and had an amazing time connecting characters, objects, and songs in Sunrise on the Reaping to the other books in the series.
As another reviewer stated, "no wonder Haymitch drinks" My desire for adolescent nostalgia has been met with what can only be described as devastation, and I am convinced Suzanne wrote this book to personally crush me. Taking notes as I read included a ridiculous amount of heartbreak emojis throughout the book and the words "I hate it here" in chapter 8 (IYKYK)

Enemies to lovers, arranged marriage, spies and betrayal? The  Bridge Kingdom had it ALL. 

This book was like a roller coaster with twists and turns I never saw coming. More than once I found myself saying “what the hell!?” The Bridge Kingdom had me up reading past 2am and was so good and I never wanted it to end. 

I think this book would be great for fans of books containing elements of War, battle, spying, and perhaps strangely, fans of Pirates of the Caribbean. 

 

Phantasma was such an important read for me and in my opinion is an 

EXCELLENT representation of what it's like to like with OCD. Beyond the story line, which was twisty and turny in it's own right, Ophelia's struggle with the shadow voice was on point on what it's like to have intrusive thoughts and the compulsions you have to complete to try and make the thoughts go away. Blackwell was... Blackwell and I'll be damned if he wasn't a character I didn't see coming. 

This also gave me Hunger games vibes and I loved the competition element. 

 

I had such a good time reading Ali Hazelwood's Bride. It made me laugh, had me in the edge of my seat trying to guess what would happen next, and had me super suspicious about nearly everyone. I'm excited for Mate to come out later this year and will be working to incorporate more of Hazelwood's titles into my reading rotation.