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How to pick which audio book to buy

LOOK, I GET IT, this seems REALLY boring BUT please if your not going to read the whole thing JUST LISTEN TO THE SAMPLE and you'll find out why if you actually decide to read this. so, welcome back to this blog and if u read my shit often u'll know that I'm very much into free audiobooks. HOWEVER, when you start getting to the more niche books, that's when u need audible. At some point I will do a guide to how audible works and what app works best but for now it's just going to be, what you need to think about for whatever audiobook so you don't waste £8. There are two situations where these don't really apply and thats: 1. If you have already listened to the free version and now want to be able to listen to it offline 2. If you have started listening to an audiobook series and really want to finish it but a certain audiobook is'nt available freely so you need to buy it. Otherwise, PLEASE READ THIS. So obviously you have seen a book recommended somewher...

Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover (best quotes)

“Summers are for focusing on today and today only” “I'm overdosing on good things which only means I'll eventually have to go through the withdrawal” “I’m drowning, Samson. And you’re the one holding me underwater.” “Samson makes me wonder if there’s a difference between a liar and a person who tells lies to protect someone from the truth.” “I know what love is, because I spent my whole life knowing what it isn’t.” “Secrets are my only form of currency.” “There are two different kinds of wrong. The wrong that stems from weakness and the wrong that stems from strength. You made that choice because you were strong and needed to survive. You didn’t make that choice because you were weak.” “Not depressing. We’re deep. There’s a difference.” “Wet eyes and a dry heart.” “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” “Look at us. Two lonely kids who slipped through all the cracks, but then climbed right back up to the top of the world.” “I kind of like that Samson...

Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover

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*TW - Sexual manipulation/sexual assault (underage sex only consensual due to lack of money) Heart Bones Review  | Spoiler-free review | audible link | best quotes Average rating  (goodreads) - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My rating  - ⭐⭐⭐⭐/⭐⭐⭐ Author  - Colleen hover Pages  - 338 pages Publisher  - Hoover Ink Published  - August 19, 2020 ISBN  -  9798671981742 Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah Grim's parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself. With only two short months separating her from the future she's built and the past she desperately wants to leave behind, an unexpected death leaves Beyah with no place to go during the interim. Forced to reach out to her last resort, Beyah has to spend the remainder of her summer on a peninsula in Texas with a father she barely knows. Beyah's plan is to keep her head d...

All Eyes on Us by Kit Frick

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*TW - brief (not graphic) conversion therapy flashbacks All Eyes on Us Review | spoiler-free review | Audible Link Average rating  (goodreads) -  ⭐⭐⭐ and 1/2 My rating  - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Author  - Kit Frick Pages  -  384 pages Publisher  -  Margaret K. McElderry Books Published  -  June 4, 2019 ISBN  -  9781534404403 PRIVATE NUMBER:  Wouldn’t you look better without a cheater on your arm? AMANDA:  Who is this? The daughter of small town social climbers, Amanda Kelly is deeply invested in her boyfriend, real estate heir Carter Shaw. He’s kind, ambitious, the town golden boy—but he’s far from perfect. Because behind Amanda’s back, Carter is also dating Rosalie. PRIVATE NUMBER:  I’m watching you, Sweetheart. ROSALIE:  Who IS this? Rosalie Bell is fighting to remain true to herself and her girlfriend—while concealing her identity from her Christian fundamentalist parents. After years spent in and out of conversion “thera...

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera - BEST Quotes (spoilers!)

WARNING: I love quotes so you'll be getting a lot of these  “You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.” “...stories can make someone immortal as long as someone else is willing to listen.” “No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.” “I kiss the guy who brought me to life on the day we’re going to die.” “I cannot tell you how you will survive without me. I cannot tell you how to mourn me.  I cannot convince you to not feel guilty if you forget the anniversary of my death, or if you realize days or weeks or months have gone by without thinking about me. I just want you to live.” “Entire lives aren't lessons, but there are lessons in lives.” “Two dudes met. They fell in love. They lived. That's our story.” “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. —John A. Shedd” “No one goes on, but what we leave behind keeps us alive for someone else.” “I...

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

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*TW - suicide, drug abuse, kidnapping, rape, and mentioned briefly self-harm. Lesser trigger warnings include mentioned disordered eating, p sychological abuse, murder and underage drinking Good Girl's guide to murder (1) R eview   |   Spoiler-free review   |   Audible Link Average rating (goodreads) - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My rating - ⭐⭐ Author - Holly Jackson Pages  -  433 pages (Paperback) Publisher  -  Electric Monkey Published  -  May 2, 2019 ISBN -  9781405293181 The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final year project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to k...

✨69✨ BOOKS🥳

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Yassssssssssss queen... To celebrate I am reading so many romance books which in truth isn't much of a challenge but still... So what am I reading to celebrate this you ask? I'm doing a Colleen Hoover book run!!!!!! This really kills two birds with one stone because she is also on this autumns tbr list and I'm looking forward to it. I'm going to be doing another blog post soon enough where you can join me in reading Colleen Hoover AND I will post all of reading list goals... Wow that's a really random post....