Series Review: The Poppy War, by R. F. Kuang (Mild Spoilers)

Title: The Poppy War trilogy Author: R. F. Kuang Genre: Fantasy Published: 2018, 2019, 2020 Pages: 544, 658, 640 My Rating: 4, 5, 4.5 Synopsis from Goodreads: When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who …

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 …

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 …

Wrap-Up: March 2019

Hello Everyone, welcome to my overdue March Wrap-Up. I read a total of 14 books, and a couple of them I had to blurb for Teen Titles. The star rating is all over the place, but I am happy that there are a couple of favorites. Here we go! Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1), by …

Review: The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon

Title: The Priory of the Orange Tree Author: Samantha Shannon Genre: Adult Epic Fantasy Published: 2019 Pages: 848 My Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis from Goodreads: A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm …

Review: In An Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire

Title: In An Absent Dream (Wayward Children #4) Author: Seanan McGuire Genre: Fantasy Published: 2019 Pages: 203 My Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis from Goodreads: This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. …