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 …

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 …

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 …

Favorite Books of 2016

Hello Everyone, and welcome to my top 10 favorite books of 2016. As a rule, I do not include Harry Potter stuff in here, nor books that I have read in the past and decided to re-read this year. All these books are in no particular order, and please comment down below if you have …

April Wrap-Up

Hello Everyone, and welcome to my third ever monthly wrap up! This month was very strange: busy school-wise (I am still working on my last final paper), it was a heavily packed Cassandra Clare month (as you might have realized by seeing my book reviews) and right now, because of that I am on a …

March Wrap-Up

Hello everyone! It is that time of the month again, and I cannot believe that I am already writing my second monthly book wrap-up! This was a better month than I thought. I read four novels, six novellas (five of which are contained in the same book) and four graphic novels (always grouped in the …

BR: Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

Title: Persepolis Author: Marjane Satrapi Genre: Autobiographical graphic novel Published: 2003, 2004, 2005 Pages: 343 My Rating: 3.75/5 Stars   Synopsis From Goodreads: Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by …