The Rules for Disappearing

Author: Ashley Elston
Goodreads Rating: 4.12
Pages: 314
Format: ARC from the Publisher

She’s been six different people in six different places: Madeline in Ohio, Isabelle in Missouri, Olivia in Kentucky . . . But now that she’s been transplanted to rural Louisiana, she has decided that this fake identity will be her last.
Witness Protection has taken nearly everything from her. But for now, they’ve given her a new name, Megan Rose Jones, and a horrible hair color. For the past eight months, Meg has begged her father to answer one question: What on earth did he do – or see – that landed them in this god-awful mess? Meg has just about had it with all the Suits’ rules — and her dad’s silence. If he won’t help, it’s time she got some answers for herself.
But Meg isn’t counting on Ethan Landry, an adorable Louisiana farm boy who’s too smart for his own good. He knows Meg is hiding something big. And it just might get both of them killed. As they embark on a perilous journey to free her family once and for all, Meg discovers that there’s only one rule that really matters — survival.

Never Tell (Ellie Hatcher # 4)

Author: Alafair Burke
Goodreads Rating: 3.84
My Rating: 3 Stars
Pages: 3
Reviewed by: Nicole


I got this book from HarperCollins as part of a TLC Tour. I picked this book because it's been awhile since I had a good cop drama book. I hadn't realize that it as in the middle of series, but that didn't change how I enjoyed the book. 


Goodreads Synopses:


Sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire appeared to have everything: a famous father, a luxurious Manhattan townhouse, a coveted spot at the elite Casden prep school. When she is found dead in her bathtub, a handwritten suicide note left on her bed, her parents insists that their daughter would never take her own life.

But Julia’s enviable life was more complicated than it seemed. The pressure to excel at Casden was enormous. Abuse of prescription anti-depressants and drugs for attention-deficit hyperactivity ran rampant among students; an unlabeled bottle of pills in Julia’s purse suggests she had succumbed to the trend. And a search of Julia’s computer reveals that in the days leading up to her death, she was engaged in a dangerous game of cyberbullying against an unlikely victim.

NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher is convinced the case is a suicide, but she knows from personal experience that a loving family can be the last to accept the truth. When the Whitmires use their power to force a criminal investigation, Ellie’s resistance causes trouble for her both at work and in her personal life.

As she is pressured to pursue a case she doesn’t believe in, she is pulled into Julia’s inner circle—an eclectic mix of overly precocious teenagers from Manhattan’s most privileged families as well as street kids she met in Greenwich Village. But when the target of Julia’s harassment continues to receive death threats, Ellie is forced to acknowledge that Julia may have learned the hard way that some secrets should never be told.

Happy One Month!

I am so proud that I get to write this post about my first month as a blogger. My biggest fear was that I would never keep up with having a blog and that I would let it fall by the wayside as my life got busy. While it is only the first month, I think that its a huge milestone, and so long as I know I have people relying on me, I'll always be able to keep up for you guys!

In one month I have reviewed 12 books, read 10 books this year, and I have over 500 page views! The only way from there is up right? I am so grateful to know that there are people who regularly read my blog, and people that check in on it from time to time. When I first started to write my blog, I thought of it more as a pet project for myself, something that I always wanted to do, but would be more for myself than other people. But a few days ago, I found out I was wrong, that the people I cared about and called my friends told me they loved my blog, that it looked fancy and I found out some even joined Blogger to be able to follow my blog. I nearly cried (Which I need to stop doing so long as you work with me).

With 9 followers, I'm hoping that I can only make those number swell in the next eleven months, and I will be able to celebrate being live for one year with all of you. Thank you, all of you, for encouraging my blog, sharing it and most importantly reading it. I'm hoping that I can do big things (maybe even a giveaway or two!) on here and that you will set your own reading goals and realize that even when life is crazy, there is always time for a good book.

So go out and celebrate my fellow book lovers! Eat a cookie or maybe a cupcake, and celebrate the small things in life.