Desperately Seeking Bookworm

Birchbox is a monthly subscription service that sends 5 deluxe sample sized beauty products from mid-range to high-end cosmetic, nail polish, and skin care brands for $10 a month. Every once in awhile they will include a full size product, or if you subscribe to their new upgraded subscription plan, (an extra $20 a month) you'll receive 2 full size beauty products in addition to your samples. This is something new that BB is still trying out, but so far I've heard good things about it. Something that's almost a year old now is Sample Choice, where BB features 3-4 different samples and allows you to pick one that will be in your monthly box. The theme changes every month and you don't always have to choose your sample, there is an option to not choose a sample or choose the monthly featured box. The featured box sometimes has a guest editor, this past month it was The Tig by Meghan Markle (Rachel on Suits!) and its usually the editor(s) favorite products of the moment. F...

I'm 2 books down so far from my summer reading list and I'm feeling a bit down, both were such disappointing reads. I think maybe I expected too much because one did have a fair amount of negative reviews on Goodreads, but I thought to myself so did Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore and I loved that book! Let's just say that I should've trusted the reviewers instead of my heart. First up... We Were Liars A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth.   We Were Liars  is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.  Read it. And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE. I believe this was featured in a Peeople or Us Weekly "Must Read" section last summer and since it centered...

Yes I still make my own summer reading lists and they're awesome! I like to only read "summer themed" books during the summer months, so starting June 1st until August 31 I only read off of that list. The criteria to get on the list is the plot takes place during the summer, the cover is summer themed, or the title is summer themed. Right now I have 36 books on my list, but that can always get bigger, or I might not even finish (I still have a couple of books left over from last summers list). I read some pretty bomb books last summer, and I've already picked up my first 3 to start. On my list for this year I have: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter Open Road Summer by Emery Lord Wicked Charms (Lizzie & Diesel #3) by Janet Evanovich Diamond Head by Cecily Wong Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny Oh! You Pretty Things by Shanna Mahin Eat, Drink, & Remarry: Confessions of a Serial Wife by Margo Howard Yes Please by Amy Poehler The Amateurs by  Davi...