Sunlight, Cocoa, and Good Books

  Guitar Notes By Mary Amato Guitar Notes synopsis: Tripp Broody, a solitary guitarist, and Lyla Marks, a perfectionist and cello player, don't seem to have anything in common when they both sign up to use the same practice room. But a series of heated notes quickly becomes an unlikely friendship in the making, and the creation of music unlike anything they'd ever dreamed they could make. But not everyone is happy with their budding friendship, and circumstances threaten to tear them apart. Can music be the very thing that holds them together? I first stumbled across this book at a local bookstore, and the premise seemed too sweet to pass up. I am going to tell you right now, this was one of my favorite book purchases I've ever made. Full of music and heart, this book is a balm for the soul and an essential for book lovers and music lovers alike. It's hard not to root for the enigmatic characters! Content Warnings: This is a pretty mild book, so there's not much out...

  The Otherworld By Abbie Emmons The Otherworld synopsis: Orca Monroe wants only one thing for her eighteenth birthday: to experience the Otherworld—the mysterious “mainland” across the sea that her father has forbidden her from visiting. Growing up in a lighthouse on a remote island, Orca has lived isolated from the world… until one day when she finds a cell phone washed up on the beach. Orca has her first conversation with Jack Stevenson, a young man whose older brother, Adam, has gone missing after crashing his seaplane off the coast. Orca becomes Jack’s lifeline and his reason to hope that Adam is still alive. While her father is away, she scours the island for the missing pilot—determined to help Jack find his brother and prove to her father that she’s strong enough to take on the world. One stormy night, Orca finds Adam Stevenson collapsed on her doorstep. As she nurses him back to health, she finds herself spellbound by his inquiring mind and rugged good looks. Simultaneousl...

 Hello, wonderful readers! Here is a list of all the books I read in August. The highlighted ones are the ones that stood out to me. Happy reading! The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo-Taylor Jenkins Reid Pretty Girl-13-Liz Coley Send Down the Rain-Charles Martin 100 Days of Sunlight-Abbie Emmons She's Not Sorry-Mary Kubica As Good As Dead-Holly Jackson Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow-Gabrielle Zevin The God of the Woods-Liz Moore All the Bright Places-Jennifer Niven All the Little Raindrops-Mia Sheridan If He Had Been With Me-Laura Nowlin The Hate U Give-Angie Thomas Fake Skating-Lynn Painter The Best Christmas Ever-Abbie Emmons The Housemaid-Freida McFadden The Otherworld-Abbie Emmons Autumn Falls-Bella Thorne Pineapple Street-Jenny Jackson Unsolved Murders-Amber Hunt