June 2021 – Pen and Page Gals

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June 30, 2021

June Bookclub Recap: People We Meet On Vacation

BY SOPHIA photo via @latestbookcrush June is here and summer has officially arrived!! Can't you just smell the sunscreen and coconut in the air!? 🤩 #swoon. In any case, in celebration of the chillest season of the year, we chose People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry as our book club pick of choice. In this month's podcast episode, we not only discuss gush about why we loved this book, we talk about our individual experiences at Disneyland in the past month and also swap our most embarrassing/worst travel memories with each other. I'll be hones[...]

Books

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June 14, 2021

Review: Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez

photo via @peacelovebooksxo Abby Jimenez has become an auto-read/buy for me now, and her last book, "The Happily Ever After Playlist", was one of our book club picks! So when my library hold for her newest came available, I immediately became unavailable for all my other plans. I DEVOURED this book in literally one sitting, maybe with 15 minute pauses to make my kids kraft mac and cheese. But in short, I love love love loved this third installment in the "Friend Zone" series. "Life's Too Short" follows famous vlogger, Vanessa, as she suddenly finds herself[...]

Books

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June 10, 2021

Sophia’s Summer TBR Stack

BY SOPHIA School is out and summer is finally upon us! For the moms who like to kick back and read when life slows down, I've got you covered with a list of what's in my immediate TBR pile for this summer. From non-fiction, to chick lit, I have a wide range of genres to please even the pickiest of readers. running for my life by lopez lomong Lopez Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike-sponsored athlete on the U.S. Olympic Team. Though most of us fall somewhere between the catastrophic[...]

Books, Episodes

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June 3, 2021

May Book Club Recap: King of Scars & Rule of Wolves

We've winded down the school year and jumped right into all the summer fun with our families. This episode, we chatted Mothers' Day and all our grand plans to get out this season. Then headed into what we thought would be our last trip through the Grishaverse with the King of Scars duology (King of Scars + Rule of Wolves)... but little did we know... Overall Rating: 3.5/5 What We Liked: Nikolai. Period.Picking up from all the perspectives in the Six of Crows duology, there are even more storylines to follow here, and Leigh Bardugo keeps it tense and[...]