2021 In Review and Some Goals For 2022

2021 was a great reading year. I found two new favourite series and a new favourite author. A lot of the books I read this year have stayed with me, which is always good. I hope to carry this over into 2022. As far as stats go, I have read 108 books for a total …

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V. E. Schwab (Spoilers)

Title: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Author: V. E. Schwab Genre: Speculative Fiction Published: 2020 Pages: 448 My Rating: 2/5 Synopsys from Goodreads: When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But there's always a price - the devil takes away her place in the world, …

Recent Reads: Highlights January-March 2020

Hello all, And welcome to a new blog post! Because I have read some INCREDIBLE books already, I thought that I might share with you the books that I have enjoyed so far in 2020, in the hope of inspiring you to pick them up during this troubled time. And Then There Were None and The …

The Doll Factory, by Elizabeth Macneal (Spoiler Free)

Title: The Doll Factory Author: Elizabeth Macneal Genre: Gothic Historical Fiction Published: 2019 Pages: 336 My Rating: 5 Synopsis from Goodreads: London. 1850. The Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and among the crowd watching the spectacle two people meet. For Iris, an aspiring artist, it is the encounter of a moment – …

Series Review: Nevernight Chronicle, by Jay Kristoff (Spoiler Free)

Title: Nevernight Chronicle Author: Jay Kristoff Genre: Fantasy Published: 2016, 2017, 2019 Pages: 434, 455, 512 My Rating: 5, 4, 4 Synopsis from Goodreads: Destined to destroy empires Mia Covere is only ten years old when she is given her first lesson in death. Six years later, the child raised in the shadows takes her …

Series Review: Arc of a Scythe, by Neal Shusterman (Spoiler Free)

  Title: Arc of a Scythe Author: Neal Shusterman Genre: Utopian Science Fiction Published: 2016, 2018, 2019 Pages: 435, 504, 625 My Rating: 5, 4.5, 5 Synopsis from Goodreads: A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the …

2019: My Year in Reading

Hello All, Welcome to my Year in Reading. 2019 has been most peculiar in terms of reading, as it is the year in which I have read the most amount of books since I have started tracking my reading in 2016. This year I have created a long-lasting habit of listening to audiobooks when going …

Recent Reads: Highlights (Apr-Jun ’19)

Hello Everyone, welcome to my new blog post. In these past few months I have read some interesting books that I would like to mention and share with you. If you would like to see the complete list of books that I have read between April and June you can see it on Goodreads here. …

The Ominous Reading Slump and Why TBRs Don’t Work For Me

One of my year resolutions was to post a monthly wrap-up for every month. You might have noticed that it did not happen. Today I want to discuss reading slumps and TBRs, trying to deconstruct the fear of the former, and unpack the idea of the latter. If you did not notice, I am in …

Review: The House on Rosebank Lane, by Millie Gray

Title: The House on Rosebank Lane Author: Millie Gray Genre: Historical Fiction Published: 2019 Pages: 272 My Rating: 1.5/5 Synopsis from Goodreads: Edinburgh, 1953. Kirsten Mowat, eighteen years old and with a joyful spring in her step, couldn’t be more in love with her sea-faring sweetheart Duncan Armstrong. But, seven years later – after a hasty wedding, a twist of …