• Looking for your Next Read?

    You’ve come to the right place, especially if you like fiction.

    FIND A BOOK

Welcome to JenniElyse

The Blog

Quality content posted almost daily, including book reviews, discussion posts, reading challenges, memes, and recaps.

Book Reviews

Having trouble deciding what to read? Check out my book reviews to help you decide.

Favorites

Looking for an engaging read to take a break from life’s demands? Check out my favorite books. Maybe one of them will catch your eye!

Stay up to Date by Subscribing

About Me

Hi! I’m Jenni Elyse, but you can call me Jenni. I’m wife to Corey and cat mom to Izzy, Luci, and six angel kitties. I’m queer and my pronouns are she/her.

I’m an eclectic reader. I mostly read fiction and I favor romance, fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, mystery, and thrillers. The more kissing in a book the better!

I’m a seeker of all things purple. I love animals, especially cats and llamas. I’m an unapologetic fan of Harry Potter, Twilight, How to Train Your Dragon, Futurama, and Star Wars. I enjoy reading in warm bubble baths, drinking decaf iced lattes or herbal tea, drawing on my iPad, playing my Switch, watching movies, dyeing my hair, crocheting, knitting, and listening to music.

Read More

Review: The Duke and I

I decided to read THE DUKE AND I because the audiobook was…
August 21, 2024/by Jenni Elyse

Review: Iron Flame

After reading FOURTH WING, I needed to read IRON FLAME.…
August 20, 2024/by Jenni Elyse

Sunday News #65

Sunday Post and Sunday Salon are blog news memes hosted at Caffeinated…
August 18, 2024/by Jenni Elyse

Review: Bringing Down the Duke

I decided to read BRINGING DOWN THE DUKE because the audiobook…
August 12, 2024/by Jenni Elyse

Sunday News #64

Sunday Post and Sunday Salon are blog news memes hosted at Caffeinated…
August 11, 2024/by Jenni Elyse

Follow Up to NYT’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

When I visited Anne's blog, My Head is Full of Books, last…
August 9, 2024/by Jenni Elyse

Review: When I’m Dead

WHEN I'M DEAD was my October 2023 pick for Book of the Month…
August 7, 2024/by Jenni Elyse

Top Ten Tuesday #47

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in…
August 6, 2024/by Jenni Elyse

“

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

“

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

“

There is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you’re in.

“

Don’t wait for your life to magically come together–it’s your work to do. Every day, every moment, you are making your life from scratch. Today, take one step, however small, toward creating a life you can be proud of.

“

Don’t let yourself get caught up in what-ifs. That way madness lies.

“

It’s one of those feelings, happiness. One of the ones you don’t really notice is gone until it comes back.

“

The only way to learn is to live.

“

Maybe home isn’t a place. It’s a feeling. Of being cared for and understood. Of being loved.

“

That’s the problem with depression–it discourages its own treatment.

“

What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.

“

Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it.

“

Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That’s part of the risk.

“

Fear is a hungry beast. The more you feed it, the more it grows.

“

Faith is a very personal thing, really. Just because you don’t meet with a group of people once a week who believe everything exactly the way you do doesn’t mean you don’t believe in something.

“

I don’t have arachnophobia (irrational fear of spiders) because fear of spiders is perfectly rational so I refuse to recognize it as a “disorder.”