Kayla Reads and Reviews

Your Go-To Source for Book Reviews and More!!

We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”; I am here to do just that. Kayla Reads and Reviews serves as a vessel to project my passions, and clue in my loyal readers as to what inspires me in this crazy world. So, sit back, relax, and read on.

Search

Can’t Wait Wednesday: The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin

Kayla Isabel

May 20, 20202 min read

Can’t Wait Wednesday: The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin

In the irresistible new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted and Something Borrowed, a young woman...

1 view0 comments

Favorite Friday: Summer Books (Summer Series #1)

Kayla Isabel

May 15, 20201 min read

Favorite Friday: Summer Books (Summer Series #1)

I thought I’d start sharing more of my favorites here and I want to share some of my favorite books that take place during the summer,...

1 view0 comments

Can’t Wait Wednesday: Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe (I See London I See France #2) b

Kayla Isabel

May 13, 20201 min read

Can’t Wait Wednesday: Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe (I See London I See France #2) b

Sam’s summer isn’t off to a great start. Her boyfriend, Eli, ditched her for a European backpacking trip, and now she’s a counselor at...

1 view0 comments

Kayla Isabel

May 12, 20201 min read

Summer Series 2020

Hi friends! If you’ve been here a bit, you may know that I LOVE the summer. Its my favorite time of the year and holds so many special...

1 view0 comments

Think Twice by Sarah Mlynowski (Book Review)

Kayla Isabel

May 8, 20202 min read

Think Twice by Sarah Mlynowski (Book Review)

What’s worse than having telepathy in high school? Having telepathy in high school, and then losing it. When class 10B got their flu...

1 view0 comments

Kristy’s Great Idea (Babysitters Club Graphic Novels #1) by Ann M. Martin and Raina Telgemeier

Kayla Isabel

May 7, 20201 min read

Kristy’s Great Idea (Babysitters Club Graphic Novels #1) by Ann M. Martin and Raina Telgemeier

In this new graphic novel edition of the very first Baby-Sitters Club book, Raina Telgemeier captures all the drama of the original in...

1 view0 comments

Can’t Wait Wednesday: Parachutes by Kelly Yang

Kayla Isabel

May 6, 20201 min read

Can’t Wait Wednesday: Parachutes by Kelly Yang

Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang about two girls...

1 view0 comments

Boy Band (Boy Band #1) by Jacqueline E. Smith (Book Review)

Kayla Isabel

May 5, 20202 min read

Boy Band (Boy Band #1) by Jacqueline E. Smith (Book Review)

Sam Morneau is Melissa Parker’s best friend. He’s also a member of The Kind of September, basically the hottest boy band on the planet....

0 views0 comments

It Only Happens In The Movies by Holly Bourne (Book Review)

Kayla Isabel

May 4, 20202 min read

It Only Happens In The Movies by Holly Bourne (Book Review)

Audrey is over romance. Since her parents’ relationship imploded her mother’s been catatonic, so she takes a cinema job to get out of the...

1 view0 comments

Love on the Lifts by Rachel Hawthorne (Book Review)

Kayla Isabel

May 3, 20201 min read

Love on the Lifts by Rachel Hawthorne (Book Review)

Winter Break super-secret perfect cocoa recipe: 8 oz steamed whole milk (no skim! doesn’t work!) 2 tbsp. dark cocoa powder (big scoops) 1...

1 view0 comments

Kayla Isabel

May 1, 20201 min read

April Wrap Up

Hello! Due to the pandemic and New York’s Stay at Home order, I have been spending my days reading and have discovered my LOVE for...

0 views0 comments

The Freedom Writer’s Diary by Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers (Book Review)

Kayla Isabel

Apr 29, 20203 min read

The Freedom Writer’s Diary by Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers (Book Review)

As an idealistic twenty-three-year-old English teacher at Wilson High School in Long beach, California, Erin Gruwell confronted a room of...

24 views0 comments

Can’t Wait Wednesday: SOURCES SAY by Lori Goldstein

Kayla Isabel

Apr 22, 20201 min read

Can’t Wait Wednesday: SOURCES SAY by Lori Goldstein

Two exes. One election. All the drama. For fans of Becky Albertalli and Morgan Matson comes a funny, heartfelt novel about feuding exes...

0 views0 comments

29 Dates by Melissa de la Cruz (Book Review)

Kayla Isabel

Apr 19, 20202 min read

29 Dates by Melissa de la Cruz (Book Review)

Jisu’s traditional South Korean parents are concerned by what they see as her lack of attention to her schoolwork and her future. Working...

1 view0 comments

We Are The Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian (ARC Review Blog Tour)

Kayla Isabel

Apr 17, 20203 min read

We Are The Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian (ARC Review Blog Tour)

A toxic coach finds himself outplayed by the high school girls on his team in this deeply suspenseful novel, which unspools over...

1 view0 comments

As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi #1.5) by Sandhya Menon (Book Review)

Kayla Isabel

Apr 14, 20201 min read

As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi #1.5) by Sandhya Menon (Book Review)

Will Dimple and Rishi find their happily ever after? Find out in this funny, romantic, endlessly charming e-novella sequel to the New...

1 view0 comments

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon (ARC Review)

Kayla Isabel

Apr 13, 20204 min read

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon (ARC Review)

The Hating Game meets Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by way of Morgan Matson in this unforgettable romantic comedy about two rival...

1 view0 comments

Meet Me at Midnight by Jessica Pennington (ARC Review)

Kayla Isabel

Apr 12, 20202 min read

Meet Me at Midnight by Jessica Pennington (ARC Review)

They have a love-hate relationship with summer. Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star swimmers forced to spend their summers on...

1 view0 comments

Kayla Isabel

Apr 9, 20203 min read

Passover TBR: Part 1

Tonight marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover, I will not be online or using my computer or phone for the next few days....

1 view0 comments

Q and A With Marisa Kantor (What I Like About You Blog Tour)

Kayla Isabel

Apr 8, 20206 min read

Q and A With Marisa Kantor (What I Like About You Blog Tour)

Can a love triangle have only two people in it? Online, it can…but in the real world, its more complicated. In this debut novel that’s...

1 view0 comments

Contact

booksandbloomies@gmail.com

Kayla Reads and Reviews

Subscribe Form

Contact

Subscribe Form