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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.
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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...
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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...
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Kayla Isabel
May 2, 20201 min read
Four Days of You and Me by Miranda Kenally (eARC Review)
A new swoon-worthy romance following a couple’s love story on the same date over four years. Every May 7, the students at Coffee County...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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Kayla Isabel
Apr 1, 20201 min read
March Wrap-Up
During the month of March, I have had more time to read due to what is going on right now. In March, I read a grand total of 7 books! I’m...
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Kayla Isabel
Mar 30, 20201 min read
Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson (Review)
When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you’re talking to. Except there’s two of them (it’s a...
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Kayla Isabel
Mar 29, 20201 min read
Eleven (The Winnie Years #2) by Lauren Myracle (Review)
Winnie knows that change isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, especially when it means her best friend, Amanda, might be dropping her for...
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Kayla Isabel
Mar 27, 20204 min read
What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter (ARC Review)
Can a love triangle have only two people in it? Online, it can… but in the real world, it’s more complicated. In this debut novel Marisa...
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Kayla Isabel
Mar 23, 20202 min read
Split Ends by Riva Pomerantz (Book Review)
Libby bit her lip, then looked Rivka full in the face. “I know what you want to talk about, Rivk. And I also know you’ve been trying to...
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Kayla Isabel
Mar 22, 20202 min read
Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon (ARC Review)
The first novel in a series set at an elite international boarding school, that’s a contemporary spin on Beauty and the Beast. Will the...
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Kayla Isabel
Mar 9, 20201 min read
American Royals by Katharine McGee (Book Review)
What if America had a royal family? When America won the Revolutionary War, its people offered General George Washington a crown. Two and...
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Kayla Isabel
Jan 4, 20202 min read
Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei #1) by Abigail Hing Wen (Blog Tour Review and Giveaway!!)
For fans of Crazy Rich Asians or Jane Austen Comedy of Manners, with a hint of La La Land When eighteen-year-old Ever Wong’s parents send...
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