Sunlight, Cocoa, and Good Books

  Project Hail Mary By Andy Weir Project Hail Mary synopsis: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he? -From goodreads.com I watched the movie before I read this book, and as much as I adored th...

  Red Queen By Victoria Aveyard Red Queen synopsis: This is a world divided by blood- red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power. Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Scarlet Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime. But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance- Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, a...

 Hey, readers! Sorry (again) for the delay! Here is a list of all the books I read in June. The highlighted ones are the ones that stood out to me. Happy reading! The Escape Game-Marissa Meyer/Tamara Moss Layoverland-Gabby Noone One of Us is Lying-Karen M. McManus A Good Girl's Guide to Murder-Holly Jackson The Party-Natasha Preston Where Dreams Descend-Janella Angeles The Fault in Our Stars-John Green The Summer I Turned Pretty-Jenny Han Small Favors-Erin A. Craig Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands-Heather Fawcett Black Summoner Vol. 1-Gin Ammo Faceless-Alyssa Sheinmel Within These Lines-Stephanie Morrill Ignite the Sun-Hanna C. Howard The Haunting-Natasha Preston