Author: Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms

Brandee & Linda’s Excellent Reading Challenge Adventure 2023

Brandee & Linda’s Excellent Reading Challenge Adventure 2023

Linda and I love participating in reading challenges. But there are so many to choose from! And because there are so many we’d like to join but wouldn’t be able to accomplish, we are, once again, creating a reading challenge for ourselves that’s pieced together from other challenges. BIG shoutout to GirlXOXO for providing a comprehensive list of 2023 reading challenges for us to choose from! All challenges listed link back to the websites of those hosting each particular challenge. Thanks to all those who host these challenges! Here’s what’s on tap for us this year: From the Decolonize Your Bookshelf Reading Challenge: Choose 4 from the list in the graphic.   Finishing the Series Reading Challenge This one might […]

Posted 8 January, 2023 by Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Challenges / 5 Comments
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Brandee & Linda’s Excellent Reading Challenge Adventure ~ Year-End Update

Brandee & Linda’s Excellent Reading Challenge Adventure ~ Year-End Update

Wow! I can’t believe 2022 is almost over. Linda and I will definitely be putting together a challenge for ourselves in 2023 by piecing together parts of other challenges. But here’s a look at how we did this year. As always, a shout out to GirlXOXO for providing a comprehensive list of 2022 reading challenges for us to choose from! All challenges listed link back to the websites of those hosting each particular challenge. Thanks to all those who host these challenges!   From the Read Harder Challenge: Read a book set in a bookstore. The Boardwalk Bookstore by Susan Mallery Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, […]

Posted 30 December, 2022 by Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Challenges / 5 Comments
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Can You Read a Series in a Month? Challenge ~ Readalong Twist

Can You Read a Series in a Month? Challenge ~ Readalong Twist

If you’ve been here a while, you’ve seen Linda and/or I participate in this challenge. In January, a special readalong twist is being offered which I’m going to join. This year I’ve participated in the Night Huntress Readalong. To wrap up the readalong, we’re reading the final 3 books of the series in January. We’ll have book chats about them as well. So I’m going to read:                 Now, you can join in the challenge as it’s typically done – just picking a series to read in a month. To see all the official rules and details, click here. Are you going to join me?   Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your […]

Posted 29 December, 2022 by Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Challenges / 2 Comments
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COYER 10 Year Anniversary Sign Up Post

COYER 10 Year Anniversary Sign Up Post

  The COYER Challenge turns 10 in 2023! To celebrate, Michelle & Berls are “marching backwards towards how it all started.” This means, primarily, they’ve divided the year into chapters and the rules for each chapter more or less go from how they are now to what they were like 10 years ago. Read-a-thons, the COYER Community, Readalongs, Book Club, and other challenges are wrapped in as well. To see all the details and/or participate, click here. It’s guaranteed to be a good time as well as cleaning off lots of those freebies/cheapies from our ereaders. And Linda and I ARE IN! How about you?   Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog […]

Posted 28 December, 2022 by Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Challenges / 7 Comments
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Buddy Read Review ~ The Deal ~ Elle Kennedy #COYER

Buddy Read Review ~ The Deal ~ Elle Kennedy #COYER

I had the pleasure of buddy reading The Deal with my friend, Nadene. You can check out her review and more at her blog. Here’s our conversation: What were your favourite moments? My favorite moments were any time with Hannah and Garrett sparring But I also loved all the sweet moments: I loved their first get together a studying. I loved how he persuaded her to do the fake date. I loved all the moments where he spent gaining her trust so that she could confide in him and share her story. And I loved when he shared his story with her.   What did you think of the characters? I liked all the characters with the exception of Cass […]

Posted 22 December, 2022 by Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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Review ~ Once Kissed ~ Cecy Robson #COYER

Review ~ Once Kissed ~ Cecy Robson #COYER

Cecy Robson is an author I’ve long wanted to read so I made sure to fit in Once Kissed for COYER’s Recommend Me a Book Read-a-thon. This was a recommendation from Sophia Rose. 🙂 Tessa is a young, brilliant law student. She’s worked hard to get where she is and is counting the days until she’s free of her father’s tyranny. Oh, some might think she’s a spoiled princess whose father foots the bill for her lavish lifestyle. They’d be wrong. She’s essentially a prisoner. Things come to a head when she’s assigned a case working with an ADA. The case is dangerous enough that she’s also assigned police protection. That protection comes in the form of Curran O’Brien – […]

Posted 14 November, 2022 by Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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New Release Review & Giveaway ~ Angel of Ashes & Dust ~ D.H. Nevins

New Release Review & Giveaway ~ Angel of Ashes & Dust ~ D.H. Nevins

Angel of Ashes & Dust is the exciting ending to the Wormwood Trilogy. It’s a book I’ve been eagerly anticipating and it delivered the satisfying ending I was hoping for. Picking up where Angel of Shadow left off, Kali finds herself the reluctant leader of the surviving humans. She’s struggling with a role she didn’t ask for, a group that seemingly gets angrier and more mistrusting every day, and a power she hesitates to use for fear of it being used against her. Despite Kali not wanting to lead, she’s willing to do all she can to help these humans rebuild. This determination means she must deal with the distrust and make the hard decisions needed to further their cause. […]

Posted 17 October, 2022 by Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 4 Comments
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Review ~ Single Dad Seeks Juliet ~ Max Monroe

Review ~ Single Dad Seeks Juliet ~ Max Monroe

I picked up Single Dad Seeks Juliet at Book Bonanza back in July at Berls’ urging. So it only made sense she’d recommend it for COYER’s Recommend Me a Book Readathon. Having read and enjoyed Max Monroe’s Billionaire series, I was excited to jump into this one. I mean, there’s not much sexier than a single dad. Amiright? Single Dad Seeks Juliet pulled me in immediately. First, there’s Chloe, who’s writing into this newspaper bachelor contest for her dad. That says a lot about him right there. It meant he’d raised a compassionate kid. One who loves him enough to want him with someone and happy when she goes off to college. Then we have Jake. He was already off […]

Posted 10 October, 2022 by Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 4 Comments
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Blogger Wife Chat Review ~ Sins & Needles ~ Karina Halle #SIAM

Blogger Wife Chat Review ~ Sins & Needles ~ Karina Halle #SIAM

Linda and I read Sins & Needles – The Artists Trilogy – for the Can You Read a Series in a Month? Challenge. Six years have passed now and in Sins & Needles we find Ellie wanting to go legit. She’s gone home to see if her uncle will help her. When he refuses, she decides to either get a job or plan one final con so she can get a fresh start. You know, watching Ellie try to choose between doing the moral thing or not kinda explains why it seems some people are willing to put effort into the scam rather than legit work. It’s maddening to me but… I still feel like Ellie isn’t a completely bad […]

Posted 3 October, 2022 by Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 1 Comment
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Blogger Wife Chat Review ~ On Every Street ~ Karina Halle #SIAM

Blogger Wife Chat Review ~ On Every Street ~ Karina Halle #SIAM

Linda and I read On Every Street for the Can You Read a Series in a Month? Challenge.   On Every Street was a bit hard for me to get into for some reason. Probably because Ellie/Eden was a character I couldn’t relate to immediately. She was a teenager who’d been raised by criminal parents. But once I engaged, I read quickly. What were your initial thoughts? Oh, I agree! She was difficult to relate to, but I did get into the story, I was very intrigued about her plan once the story started to unfold.   You and I discussed this some already but I wanted to include this here as well. I found it difficult to believe Ellie/Eden […]

Posted 29 September, 2022 by Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 2 Comments
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