Sara Reads Things

Hello Sunday! I just enjoyed almost an entire week of glorious sunshine. Our driveway was poured and we rescued a cute little kitten from inside a will of an abandoned apartment. It couldn't have been a better week. Lets recap! Sunday Confessions #196 ~ Weekly Menu #503 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: Thief Liar Lady by D.L. Soria ~ Book Review: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Weekly Menu #504 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: Find Your Unicorn Space by Eve Rodsky ~ How to Hug a Porcupine by June Eding ~ Sunday Confessions #198 Pulled together a new recipe last night with what I had left in the pantry before grocery shopping. Delicious. This one is by Alice at Skinny Spatula . Cream Cheese Pasta with Bacon.  Its kind of like a bacon carbonara, but sub the egg with cream cheese. You have to check it out. Picked up several new songs this week that I absolutely love. Jericho by Iniko ~ Little Girl Gone by Chinchilla Now that I'm finally caught up with 8 seaso...

  Title: All The Bright Places By: Jennifer Niven Genre: Fiction Pages: 378 Release Date: January 6th, 2015 Publisher: Knopf Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: The Fault in Our Stars   meets   Eleanor and Park   in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!   Theodore Finch  is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.   Violet Markey  lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.   When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important...

  Title: Thief Liar Lady By: D. L. Soria Genre: Fantasy Pages: 416 Release Date: July 11th, 2023 Publisher: Del Rey Rating: ★★★★★   Summary from Goodreads: "Happily Ever After" is a total scam, but at least this time the princess is the one controlling the grift--until her true love arrives and threatens to ruin the whole scheme. Intrigue, magic, and wit abound in this Cinderella fairytale reimagining, perfect for fans of Heather Walter and Naomi Novik. I'm not who you think I am. My transformation from a poor, orphaned scullery maid into the enchantingly mysterious lady who snagged the heart of the prince did not happen--as the rumors insisted--in a magical metamorphosis of pumpkins and glass slippers. On the first evening of the ball, I didn't meekly help my "evil" stepmother and stepsisters primp and preen or watch forlornly out the window as their carriage rolled off toward the palace. I had other preparations to make. My stepsisters and I had been train...