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Author: Kim and Tanya

  • This Is How The World Ends #WickedGoodReads

    This Is How The World Ends #WickedGoodReads

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    It might be morbid, but we’re a little obsessed with good books that show how life is after an apocalypse. To butcher T.S. Elliot’s quote, “Sometimes the World ends with a whisper, sometimes with a bang.” The Testaments (The Handmaid’s Tale #2), Margaret Atwood Because of all the hype, I read The Testaments (The Handmaid’s…

  • 3 More Psychological Thrillers That Are #WickedGoodReads (Part IV)

    3 More Psychological Thrillers That Are #WickedGoodReads (Part IV)

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    It’s become a tradition during Wicked Good Reads Month to share our favorite psychological thrillers. These twisty thrillers keep us hooked into a book, and we simply can’t get enough. Here’s 3 of our recent favorites. – TANYA PATRICE – The Wives, Taryn Fisher In The Wives, we meet “Thursday” right about when she starts…

  • Murder, Monsters and Madness [A #WickedGoodReads Reading List]

    Murder, Monsters and Madness [A #WickedGoodReads Reading List]

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    Welcome to #WickedGoodReads Month where we’re spending all month discussing wicked people, creatures, places and things. We always start the month off with recommendations for books that involve Murder … Monsters … and Madness! … MURDER … Looking Glass, Andrew Mayne Kim: I listened to the audiobook of Looking Glass, Andrew Mayne earlier this year after…

  • Booked Out [September 2020]

    Booked Out [September 2020]

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    How was your month in books? Which book was your favorite? ✨ TANYA PATRICE ✨ This was the month I re-discovered NetGalley and eBooks. I’m still on track towards my goal of getting through 75 books this year. This is another month where I had a clear favorite – The Sun Down Motel, Simone St.…

  • Fall Holidays Reading Guide [The 2020 Edition]

    Fall Holidays Reading Guide [The 2020 Edition]

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    Autumn is the coziest season for reading books, isn’t it?! And there’s plenty of holidays that offer opportunity to get comfy reading for a few minutes, hours … dare I say days … making your own personal readathon! I love a good theme, and so here’s a few suggestion for your cozy Fall reading based…

  • Booked Out [August 2020]

    Booked Out [August 2020]

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    How was your month in books? Which book was your favorite – or you learned the most from this month? ✨ TANYA PATRICE ✨ My reading month was stellar in terms of quantity – 8 books which is a lot for me (it’s usually 4-6 books). In terms of life – this month was another…

  • Our Reading (I)nbox [A 2020 Mid-Year Reading List Update]

    Our Reading (I)nbox [A 2020 Mid-Year Reading List Update]

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    We’re keeping track of the books that we’ve mentioned here on GXO, that we’d like to read this year, and trying to give them first priority. Plus checking in with how we’re doing with our reading challenges. Here’s our my mid-year “to be read” report. TANYA PATRICE The first few books added to my reading list…

  • A Summer (H)oliday Reading Guide [The 2020 Edition]

    A Summer (H)oliday Reading Guide [The 2020 Edition]

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    As I was looking back at old posts I was reminded that Tanya did a Summer (H)oliday Fiction Reading Guide back in 2016 and gave recommendationss for some of our favorite holidays from July-Sept. I thought it was such a fun post and decided to put up an updated version. Even if a lot of…

  • (G)XO Summer Must Haves [The 2020 Edition]

    (G)XO Summer Must Haves [The 2020 Edition]

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    Summer loving! Having a blast! Grease, anyone? I think it’s safe to say that summer is our jam here at GXO! We love it! We live for it! And we’ve found a few things that are summer must haves for us and we want to share… KIM ONE. Bags! I finally splurged on this Large…

  • The Mid-Year Book (F)reakOut Extravaganza – Favorite Books of 2020 So Far

    The Mid-Year Book (F)reakOut Extravaganza – Favorite Books of 2020 So Far

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    The “mid-year book freakout” tag has been going around the interwebs for a few years now, and just like last year (and the year before) we decided to join in the fun. (Counting this for “F” in our Summer A to Z blogging event.) 1. Best Book We’ve Read So Far Tanya: The Bear and…