Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton

Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton

Tom Felton first rose to fame as a child actor with parts in The Borrowers and Anna and the King, but those couldn’t prepare him for his role as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter, which he would win at the age of 12. He would portray the blond villain on screen for the next decade, returning to a normal life between movies. But how normal can your life be when your alter ego is Harry Potter’s school nemesis? 

With great charm and humor, Tom tells stories of his early days in the business, details his life in both the Wizarding and Muggle worlds, what it was like to work with cinematic legends such as Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, and Ralph Fiennes, and shines a light on his enduring friendships with Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe. 

288 pages.

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Tairn rage is my favorite.
Andarna's rage is also my favorite.
Xaden. Heart eyes. That's attractive.


It's the MMC feeding the FMC for me.
ALEXA PLAY END GAME.
Tairn going to see Sgaeyl:
Help I'm crying.

everyone reacting to their pda is either:
or 
Violet:

How I imagine that scene happening

Me: 

Heart of a rider.
*me until they announce the next book or give us any update.

623 Pages

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser

Everyone believes they know Laura Ingalls Wilder to a certain extent. But there are gaps left out of her famous Little House books, and author Caroline Fraser pulls from unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and financial records to fills in those holes. Fraser explores every angle, from Laura's pioneering childhood to her turbulent relationship with her daughter, author and editor Rose Wilder Lane. 

640 pages.

Stephanie Garber Shenanigans

Legendary
When Jacks shows up.
451 Pages

Finale
When Evangeline shows up in a cameo
478 Pages

Once Upon a Broken Heart
I once again want to have bright colored hair. Blue or Rose colored.
Pages

The Ballad of Never After
The relationship growth. The weird cabin place. I can't.
The fact that Jacks room is just....covered in apple cores. I love it. It's a choice.
*starts crying.
403 Pages

A Curse for True Love
I'm not crying. You're crying.
WE GET JACKS PERSPECTIVE. I love him.
Apollo Apollo Apollo
448 Pages

10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall

When they casually mention the "child of a rockstar": Lucien. You're talking about Lucien.
Me trying to see if they made cameo appearances in Boyfriend/Husband Material....because I know it's in the same world.
The found family. Except the family is actually a family and it's Christmas.
400 Pages

Knitting in the City series by Penny Reid

So I read these from August to October and forgot to post them.

Neanderthal Seeks Human
Jamie is me. She says weird things. She has random facts.
The absolute ridiculousness.
374 Pages

Neanderthal Marries Human
I was expecting this to be a short story. But it's like...an actual book
386 Pages

Friends Without Benefits
Ok but the narrator gave Nico an Italian accent for 2/3 of the book...and he's from IOWA. Like yes his family is Italian, and he speaks Italian at home, but like...no.
I love Nico. Must be protected.
404 Pages

Love Hacked
I know I'm not Sandra but like... I feel like if I ever went on dates, that would happen to me. Except for the Alex part.
But also she takes her dates to an Indian restaurant and Alex is trying to figure out why all the guys walk out crying.
396 Pages

Beauty and the Mustache
I love everyone. Like. Drew is wonderful. Goals
The brothers. The shenanigans. The fact that they get their own series. Like. All of them. Jethro. Billy. Cletus.
Mic drop for Billy talking to his dad. Like. Chef's kiss.
370 Pages

Ninja at First Sight
Ok so I'm nothing like Fiona but Fiona is me. Specifically the naivete and college nerdiness...except I'm not athletic at all.
Greg Greg Greg Greg Greg.
Fiona and Greg origin story.
140 Pages

Happily Ever Ninja
Ok but like...seeing an established relationship and stuff.
I love Greg. He's an idiot sometimes. But I love him.
"They could learn it on the streets"
310 Pages

Dating-ish
Matt casually coming over to Greg and Fiona's house and eating food. Totally isn't going to backfire on him.
Also. I feel like the blurb gives Marie slightly different vibes than she is--like...She's writing an article...
354 Pages

Marriage of Inconvenience
Dan Dan the Security Man. From Bawston.
When Kat and Dan have been tip-toeing around each other because of a miscommunication. Ughhhhhh.
496 Pages

Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid

 

Summary: "There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris:

1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved,

2) No one unnerves her more than Quinn Sullivan, and

3) She doesn't know how to knit.

After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can't help wondering what new torment fate has in store."

I love Janie. She is relatable and fun. She's smart-ish, yet kinda dumb, too. I loved her trivial info-dumps. 

(I just...if you get drugged at a club, GO TO THE HOSPITAL ASAP FFS /rant) 

372 pages

Kiss the Girl by Zoraida Cordova

Summary: "Ariel del Mar is one of the most famous singers in the world. Anyone would think she’s the girl who has everything. 

But lately, she wants more. Ariel and her sisters sneak out of their Manhattan penthouse for a night of incognito fun at a rock concert in Brooklyn. It’s there that Ariel crosses paths with Eric Reyes, dreamy lead singer of an up-and-coming band. Unaware of her true identity, Eric spontaneously invites her on the road for the summer. And for the first time in her life, Ariel disobeys her father—and goes with him. 

Caught between the world she longs for and the one she’s left behind, can Ariel follow her dreams, fall in love, and, somehow, find her own voice?"

The setting, the descriptions, the re-telling of The Little Mermaid was all done really well. Some of the chapters were swoon-worthy toward the end. 

(I just wish the plot had a little bit more intrigue and action.)

372 pages

Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer Armentrout

Kind of slow paced for most of the book.
*laughs uncomfortably. Yeah this is adult fantasy.
Am I comparing it to FBAA... A little bit.
It was cool.
432 Pages

Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare

Did someone say Dred Pirate Roberts.
So like....This felt like it was a lot of set up/exposition heavy.
No shade, but you can tell she's trying to make it new adult.
The concept is cool, but I feel like I've read it already
604 Pages

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto

 

Summary: "Ama Torres loves being a wedding planner. But with a mother who has been married more times than you can count on your fingers, Ama has decided that marriage is not the route for her. But weddings? Weddings are amazing. As a small business owner, she knows how to match her clients with the perfect vendor to give them the wedding of their dreams. Well, almost perfect…

Elliot hates being a florist, most of the time. When his father left him the flower shop, he considered it a burden, but he’s stuck with it. Just like how he’s stuck with the way he proposed to Ama, his main collaborator and girlfriend (or was she?) two years ago. But flowers have grown on him, just like Ama did. And flowers can’t run off and never speak to him again, like Ama did."

The writing was fun. The FLOWERS. The flower tattoos. 

The zillion step-siblings.

341 pages 

Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy Hart

 

Summary: "As the black sheep of the family, choreographer Cassidy Bliss vowed she’d do anything to get home in time to help with her sister’s wedding and avoid family disappointment… again . She just never expected “anything” would involve sharing the last rental car with the jerk who cut her off in line at the airport this morning. But horrible times apparently call for here-goes-nothing measures."

I'm here for an unexpected and unlikely pairing on a road trip anytime. 

Luke is a sweetheart, and I love him. 

352 pages

Two Wrongs Make a Right and Better Hate than Never by Chloe Liese

Two Wrongs Make a Right
It's the neurodiversity representation. Like... not being able to eat certain foods because textures and like. having big feelings and fixating. sfjkldsfjkldsfjkld
337 Pages

Better Hate Than Never
It's the note on the flowers.
The ADHD and the forgetfulness and the time blindness.
336 Pages

me: sits here waiting for sister 3, even though she's my least favorite because I wanted to strangle her all through the first book.

The Name Drop by Susan Lee

Ok but like...the one plot hole....how can no one know that the heir to a tech company is a guy.
But also they got to switch places and do the things they want to do. Like. He got to be normal and just try things and she got to be in charge of things and have idea.
Jessica being...kind of clueless and Elijah actually knowing what's going on.
Also. NEW YORK ADVENTURES.
299 Pages

The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin

If this is a love triangle. I can't.
Reid's just trying his best. Poor boi.
The reason why men shouldn't be in charge: they don't listen and they stupid.
No proof until there's a body.
640 Pages

TS Song: YOYOK, Champagne Problems, You're Losing Me

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

But instead of falling it's crying, and instead of minutes, it's hours. I hate it. I wish I could forget most of this book, and I won't be able to watch most of the show. Because I can't. yes it's about Calvin.
That scene where Max bringing the Grinch tools.
Six-Thirty is the precursor to Bunny the Dog. Must protect.
390 Pages

After the Forest by Kell Woods

Me IMMEDIATELY knowing what's up with the bear.
It's the scary talking book that gives me Hocus Pocus + horcrux vibes
Greta making magical gingerbread from a book she stole from the witch in the gingerbread house.
This is my favorite kind of book and I love it.
384 Pages

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

I am unwell. Adrienne Young continues to kill me with her magical realism books.
I'm fine. Everything's fine.
I love Amin. (spelling?) I'm dying alone.
Alexa play no body no crime
336 Pages