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 …

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 Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield

Title: The Thirteenth Tale Author: Diane Setterfield Genre: Contemporary Gothic/Mystery Published: 2006 Pages: 456 My Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis from Goodreads: Angelfield House stands abandoned and forgotten. It was once the imposing home of the March family - fascinating, manipulative Isabelle, Charlie, her brutal and dangerous brother, and the wild, untamed twins, Emmeline and Adeline. But Angelfield House conceals a chilling …

Favorite Books of 2018

Hello Everyone, I know it is long overdue, but I finally bring you my favorite books of 2018. This year has been my lowest reading year since I have started my blog, I have been very busy reading for my Master's course and I hardly had time to fit anything else. However on the second …

Wrap-Up: October 2018

Hello Everyone, Welcome to my October Wrap-Up, which is long overdue. I have started a new job, and that has taken up so much of my time that it has been difficult to find the time to post. In any case, in October I read seven books, and liked (almost) all of them. These are …