Contemporary – Spicy Geek Reads

Tigers, Not Daughters Review

Posted on May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 by ashleigh

I’m trying to start a new habit where I actually review books on here as I read so I both remember to do it as well as not have a crazy long post at the end of the month for everything I’ve read. Cross my fingers I’m good about sticking with it. To start this […]

May TBR. I’m Back

Posted on May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 by ashleigh

Hello everybody! I’m back! Sorry for being MIA on here for so long. I was in a bit of a writing and reading slump for a bit and just couldn’t think of being up the motivation to do anything on here. I’m trying to be better and get back into the swing of things. I […]

February 14-20 Wrap Up

Posted on February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 by ashleigh

Hello friends. I’m very happy with my reading this week. Thanks to having access to audiobook versions of a couple books I own and wanted to read this month, I was able to finish two books this week. I’ve been trying to be better about reading more diversely and February was a great month to […]

February 1-6 Wrap Up

Posted on February 6, 2020February 19, 2020 by ashleigh

As I mentioned in my January wrap up, I’m going to start doing a weekly wrap up instead because of how much I read each month. I’m personally not a fan of really big/long blog posts and I don’t want to repeatedly be making them myself. My posts should be something that I would actually […]

January Wrap Up

Posted on February 3, 2020February 6, 2020 by ashleigh

We’re already done with January. Can you believe it? So overall I’d say I did pretty well for this month reading. I didn’t get through everything that I had pulled from my TBR box but I did read half of them as well as some audiobooks. I got wrapped up in the Red Queen series […]

10 Most anticipated 2020 Releases

Posted on January 2, 2020February 6, 2020 by ashleigh

Man time has flown. Happy New Year! It’s time to start thinking about 2020 releases if you haven’t been already. Today I’m going to be sharing my most anticipated reads of 2020 so far. Disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no extra cost to you, I will earn a commission […]

WWW Wednesday

Posted on December 18, 2019February 6, 2020 by ashleigh

Today is Wednesday so it’s time for WWW Wednesday. It is a weekly meme hosted by Taking on the World of Words that asked the 3 Ws. What are you currently reading, what did you recently finish reading, and what do you think you’ll read next? Disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links, […]

Top Ten Tuesday

Posted on December 18, 2019February 6, 2020 by ashleigh

Top Ten Tuesday used to be hosted over on The Broke and the Bookish but moved over to That Artsy Reader Girl. As described on The Artsy Reader Girl’s blog, “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This description is right up my alley, and I […]

Blogmas Day# 11 WWW Wednesday

Posted on December 11, 2019February 6, 2020 by ashleigh

I know, I forgot to do a post yesterday for blogmas and I apologize for that. I didn’t have anything preplanned for it and couldn’t come up with anything. But today is Wednesday so it’s time for WWW Wenesday. It is a weekly meme hosted by Taking on the World of Words that asked the […]

Blogmas Day#9 Top 10 Faves of the Year

Posted on December 10, 2019February 6, 2020 by ashleigh

Obviously the year isn’t over yet and I’m still reading new to me books. So there’s always the possibility that this list can slightly change. If that happens, I will do an updated list. However, these are my favorites so far for what I read in 2019. This list is in order of when I […]

Blogmas Day#8 End of the Year Book Tag

Posted on December 8, 2019February 6, 2020 by ashleigh

Happy Sunday everyone. I found this tag on Jenniely’s blog the other day and thought it would be fun to do. Plus, I’m having trouble coming up with an idea for a post today and have been lazy which is why this is going up so late in the day. 1. Are there any books […]

Blogmas Day#6 Friday Favorites

Posted on December 6, 2019February 6, 2020 by ashleigh

Today I am starting the Friday Favorites tag. Friday Favorites is hosted by Something of the Book and is a prompt every week to show off your favorites. This week’s prompt is favorite 2019 covers. This was a very difficult one for me because there were so many beautiful covers this year. But I managed […]

Blogmas Day#5 All Time Favorite Books

Posted on December 5, 2019February 6, 2020 by ashleigh

As book lovers, it’s typically impossible to say your number one favorite book of all time. However, we can normally narrow it down to 5-10 books. So today I will be listing my Top 10 Favorite Books of all time. Of course, as we get older and evolve as individuals, our favorite books can change […]

Blogmas Day#3 December TBR

Posted on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by ashleigh

Hello everyone and welcome to day 3 of Blogmas. Today I’m going to talk about what I plan on reading for the month. I’m sure I’ll read other books as well, but these are the physical books and one audiobook that I will definitely be making sure to get through. Julie and Julia: My Year […]

Blogmas Day#2: November Wrap Up

Posted on December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 by ashleigh

Because I have given some reviews throughout the month on some of the books I’ve read, I will make sure to only give a review for the others not yet mentioned. If you are interested in reading my thoughts on the others, I will attach a link to the post that included my thoughts on […]

Blogmas Day#1 November Book Haul

Posted on December 1, 2019December 4, 2019 by ashleigh

Happy December! Wow, we’re almost finished with the year. I’m going to be trying Blogmas out so lets see how I do. Starting the month off with my November book haul. Normally I only acquire 2-4 books in a month because of my subscription boxes. This month however is quite out of the norm. I […]

P. S. I Like You Review

Posted on November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 by ashleigh

P. S. I Like You is a light-hearted, YA Contemporary Romance by Kasie West and was published in July of 2016 by Point. It follows Lily who, after writing some song lyrics on her chemistry dest, finds that someone added to it. Not long after, this anonymous person and her start exchanging letters under the […]

Am I on Track for the Month?

Posted on November 15, 2019November 22, 2019 by ashleigh

Hi everyone. So I decided that I wanted to do a mid-month update to see if I’m actually on track with my reading this month for the TBR that I posted at the beginning of the month. So am I? Well….yes and no. Yes because I’m only 100 pages behind where I should be for […]

November TBR

Posted on November 5, 2019November 22, 2019 by ashleigh

Hi everyone. I can’t believe that it’s already November. How has it come so quickly? I’ve already met my Goodreads Challenge for the year but there’s still so many books that I’d like to get through before the end of the year. This month I have made the decision to start having at least one […]

October Haul

Posted on November 1, 2019January 2, 2020 by ashleigh

Between trying to finish some books as well as waiting on my last package to arrive, it’s been a little longer than I wanted to write a new post. Well, the package came and although I didn’t finish a book I was trying to have done by the end of the month, I did get […]

Spookathon and end of October TBR

Posted on October 21, 2019January 2, 2020 by ashleigh

I can’t believe we only have 10 days left in October. It seems like the month just started. I had hoped to have read more by now but at the same time I can’t complain. If I compare where I’m currently at to how much I read in September I’m actually ahead in order to […]