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: 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 Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Genre: Historical Fiction Published: 2017 Pages: 400 My Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis from Goodreads: Reclusive Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant to write her story, no one is more astounded …

Review: Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds

Title: Long Way Down Author: Jason Reynolds Genre: Literary Verse Fiction Published: 2018 Pages: 336 My Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis from Goodreads: After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don't cry. Don't snitch. Get revenge. So he gets in the lift with Shawn's gun, determined to follow The Rules. Only when the lift …

Review: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton

Title: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Author: Stuart Turton Genre: Thiller/Mystery, with a SciFi twist Published: 2018 Pages: 505 My Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis from Goodreads: How do you stop a murder that’s already happened? At a gala party thrown by her parents, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed--again. She's been murdered hundreds of times, and each day, Aiden Bishop is …

Keky Recommends: Halloween Reads

Hello Everyone, and welcome back to another 'Keky Recommends' post. Since we already are in the middle of October, I thought I would share with you five books that could be considered creepy reads and might be able to get us in the Halloween mood. As a disclaimer, I do not read nor like horror …

Keky Recommends: Classics for Beginners

Hello Everyone, and welcome back to another installment of Keky Recommends. I have decided to start this series to share with you some books that have meant something to me in a particular way, and I am happy to know if you have read any of these and what you thought about them. So today I …