Gabriella M Reads

Forsaken by Connie Ann Michael  Release Date: May 23, 2017 ISBN: 9780997727890 Eighteen-year-old Oli cannot remember life outside the barrier, a life before the oil spill that poisoned human kind, killing half the population and infecting the other half until they deteriorated from the inside out, forced to walk the earth as Screamers. It’s a dangerous new world in which barely anyone makes it past the age of twenty, and Oli’s time is running out.   Studying the Bible, Oli searches for words to help restore faith in a lost world, and when she receives a message from God telling her to leave the barrier, she knows what she must do. There’s only one problem: Her best friend, Coi, doesn’t believe her, and he’s showing the first signs of infection. But before she can convince him to leave with her, the Governor quarantines Coi and orders his execution. ​ Oli risks it all to rescue Coi, and they set out to find sanctuary away from the safety of the compound, not knowin...

You Don't Know Me but I Know You by Rebecca Barrow 5 Stars First off, I want to thank the kind, Rebecca Barrow for sending me a copy of this book after I won a giveaway. I think I entered quite a few for this book because of how badly I wanted to read it and I am so incredibly thankful that I was able to. For those of you who don't know, the main themes of this book are teenage pregnancy and adoption. Our main character, Audrey, was adopted and while it's not made to be some big deal, it is something she talks about/thinks about quite often in relation to her own current situation. That situation being a pregnancy. I swear that's not a spoiler by the way, it's in the synopsis. We also get the chance to see a decently healthy relationship between Audrey and her boyfriend, Julian , which I really appreciate. The thing that made me want to read this book so bad was in fact the pregnancy. I don't know about you, but I don't see a lot of YA book...

Bookish Facts About Me! Hello and welcome back! Today is my 23rd birthday and so I thought it would be fun to share 23 book related facts about myself rather than the standard 25. I hope you enjoy getting to know me a little bit better! One: My love for reading was sparked by my love for Beauty and the Beast. I wanted to be just like Belle and she loved books! Two: My first notable read was Charlotte's Web by E.B. White and my grandma is the one who bought it for me. Three: My favorite part of second grade was weekly library trips with my grandma.  Four: I never did the required reading for school. There's just something about having to read that makes me not want to. Five: My favorite childhood series was Magic Tree House and to this day I still plan to repurchase them all so that my future children can have them. Six: I started Harry Potter when I was around 18 and I still have not finished. I need to read Deathly Hallows. Seven: The Twilight series by Steph...