Book Reviews The Winter of the Witch fell sliiightly short of expectations // Book Review 22 Apr 202122 Apr 2021 Goodreads summary: Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this conclusion to the Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies…
Book Reviews Red, White, & Royal Blue: Too sugary for its own good? // Rant Book Review 24 Jan 202121 Mar 2021 Summary: This book takes place in an alternate reality where a woman has won the 2016 Presidential elections, and her son Alex is the main character. After an international incident…
Book Reviews Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo: The best YA series in recent years // Rave Book Review 24 Jul 201922 Apr 2021 “Who'd deny a poor cripple his cane? "If the cripple is you, then any man with sense.” My Goodreads: Criminal mastermind Kaz Brekker is commissioned by the Ketterdam government to…
Book tag 2019 Mid-year Freakout Tag! (a.k.a. making up for my laziness last year) 19 Jul 201923 Mar 2021 Long time no see blogosophere citizens! I was poked last year by another blogger to do this tag, but in typical "me" fashion, I forgot to publish my answers on…
Book Reviews Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo: Raw, grim, wallowing // Book Review 30 Jun 201920 Nov 2020 "Darlington liked to say that dealing with ghosts was like riding the subway: Do not make eye contact. Do not smile. Do not engage. Otherwise, you never know what might…
Book Reviews A Face Like Glass: This author is bonkers! // Rave Book Review 13 Jun 201921 Mar 2021 My Goodreads: Neverfell is found wandering the underground city of Caverna as a little girl with no memory of her past. But one look at her terrifying face, and her…
Book Reviews Why I have no (immediate) plans of continuing An Ember In The Ashes // Book Review 2 Jun 201921 Mar 2021 “In the night, your loneliness crushes you, as if the sky itself has swooped down to smother you in its cold arms.” Goodreads: Laia and her brother live under the…
Book Reviews Angelfall by Susan Ee: Brutal, gripping, harrowing // Book Review 27 May 20194 Jun 2019 My summary: The Apocalypse has struck the world, and Angels are mercilessly hunting down humans. When Penryn's younger sister is snatched away by an Angel, Penryn joins forces with another…
Book tag… My first TBR post In 16 months?! // Books I Plan On Reading (Relatively) Soon 22 May 201923 Mar 2021 It is no secret to anyone in my life that I don't do TBRs very well. I add books to my list in the heat of excitement, but rarely do…
Book Reviews Uprooted by Naomi Novik: Creepy, and delightfully unsettling // Book Review 13 May 201921 Mar 2021 “There was a song in this forest, too, but it was a savage song, whispering of madness and tearing and rage.” My summary: A village lies at the edge of…
Book tag The Seven Deadly Sins Book Tag! (because we all have bookish sins…) 15 Apr 201923 Mar 2021 Whazzup blogosphere! I was tagged to this tag a long time ago by Ashley @ Book Tales, a most loverly blogger with whom I initially bonded over our love for…
Book Reviews The Kingkiller Chronicles: Lacks direction & self-awareness // Rant Book Review 25 Mar 201921 Mar 2021 "As names have power, words have power." Summary: Narrated from the perspective of an adult Kvothe, this series chronicles his past: his tragic encounter with the Chandrian as a child,…
Book Reviews The Girl in the Tower: Riveting, absolutely riveting! // Rave Book Review 19 Mar 201921 Mar 2021 "Why are you here?" she asked him. For a moment she thought he would not answer, then he said, as though reluctant, "I heard you cry.” My summary: In this…
Other I am back from the blogging grave. For reals this time. (She liiiives!!!) 7 Mar 201923 Mar 2021 Dear Blogosphere and its citizens: Good afternoon, good evening, good night. As you can see, I am well and alive, thank you, and I don't know what the actual french…
Book Reviews The Bear and the Nightingale: favorite read of 2018? // Rave Book Review 29 Jan 201921 Mar 2021 “A demon sat sewing in the corner, and she was the only who saw.” My summary: This book is about a Russian girl named Vasya who lives in her village…
Other I went on a two-month hiatus. Because I suuuuuuck. // Life updates and other pointless shite 23 Oct 201823 Mar 2021 Okay, what the hell is this post? I have no idea. I took a very long and unannounced blogging hiatus due to my big move, and I'm currently waiting for…
Book tag… The Fictional Family Book Tag! (because books are family, cliche as it is…) 19 Aug 201823 Mar 2021 Whazzup blogosphere! I was tagged by Margaret @ Weird Zeal to do this tag, so considering how I've been running around lately like a headless chicken in my hunt for apartments, I…
Book Reviews Why I so intensely dislike A Court of Thorns and Roses // Spoiler Rant Review 10 Aug 201821 Mar 2021 As the title suggests, this is the SPOILER rant review of A Court of Thorns and Roses. Therefore, if you have not read this book or just don't have time…
Book Reviews A Court of Thorns and Roses: Hyperbolic, tone-deaf, and incompetent // Non-spoiler Rant Review 9 Aug 201821 Mar 2021 “As I lifted the ash dagger, something inside me fractured so completely, there would be no hope of ever repairing it.” Summary: This is a Beauty and the Beast retelling…
Book Reviews The Book of M: Oof, what an unsettling ride! // Book Review 5 Aug 201821 Mar 2021 "Everything was slowly draining out of her. When she'd needed to be brave for someone else a moment ago, it was one thing. But it was hard to be brave…
Book Reviews Sea Witch by Sarah Henning: Pensive, melancholy, ominous // Book Review 19 Jul 201821 Mar 2021 "The sea is a fickle witch. She is just as likely to bestow a kiss as to steal the breath from your lips." Summary: Evie, Anna, and Prince Nik are…
Book Reviews Blue Lily, Lily Blue: Finally, it’s getting good! // Rave Book Review 11 Jul 201821 Mar 2021 “Blue was perfectly aware that it was possible to have a friendship that wasn’t all-encompassing, that wasn’t blinding, deafening, maddening, quickening. It was just that now that she’d had this…
Book tag… The Ultimate Harry Potter Tag! // Harry Potter Anniversary Week, Day 4 29 Jun 201823 Mar 2021 Hi! Welcome back to the final day of Harry Potter Anniversary Week. Today I am doing the Ultimate Harry Potter tag, which I'd initially stashed away for my one-year blogoversary,…
Book tag… Why Harry totally should’ve ended up with Luna Lovegood // Harry Potter Week, Day 3 28 Jun 201823 Mar 2021 Welcome back to the third part of the Harry Potter Anniversary Week! For the third and fourth days of this event, I was meant to share a personal story about…
Book tag… Ranking the Snitch outta Harry Potter! // Harry Potter Anniversary Week, Day 2 27 Jun 201823 Mar 2021 Welcome back to the second day of the Harry Potter Anniversary Week! Today is the day where I combine the second and third day prompts of this event (in order…
Book tag… The Hogwarts Tag // Harry Potter Anniversary Week, Day 1 26 Jun 201823 Mar 2021 Hello! I have been tagged by Margaret @ Weird Zeal to participate in a lovely event celebrating the 21st anniversary of Harry Potter (yikes, already), so I decided to take…
Book Reviews Why The Daughter of Smoke and Bone both thrilled and irked me // Book Review 20 Jun 201821 Mar 2021 “Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters?” Summary: Karou is a Prague art student raised by chimaeras, but her past is a mystery to…
Book Reviews Circe by Madeline Miller: A tale of stirring resilience! // Rave Book Review 7 Jun 201821 Mar 2021 “Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime of poets. As if there can be no story unless we crawl and weep.” Summary: From birth, Circe has always looked to…
Book Reviews The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock: Crisp, elegant, fascinating // Rave Book Review 28 May 201821 Mar 2021 “For mermaids are the most unnatural of creatures and their hearts are empty of love." My summary: So all you have to know going into this book is that it's…
Book tag… The Beauty and the Beast Tag! (by a non-fan, ironically…) 8 May 201823 Mar 2021 Whazzup everyone! I saw this tag over at Dorine @ Lost in my Paperworld and thought it would be a fun change to geek out for the first time in…
Book Reviews One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest: Entertaining, yet gutting // Rave Book Review 7 May 201821 Mar 2021 “It may not have happened exactly like this, but this is the truth, whether it happened or not." Summary: This book is narrated from the perspective of Chief Bromden, a…
Book Reviews My Lady Jane: Charming, cheeky, and delightful! // Book Review 3 May 201822 May 2019 “No horse jokes," he said. "My lord, I apologize for the horse joke. If you put down the book---unharmed!---I will give you a carrot." He brandished the book at her.…
Book Reviews The Hero of Ages (Mistborn #3): Hurrah! Catharsis galore! // Rave Book Review 1 May 201821 Mar 2021 “Breeze turned to look out the window. "You were always the best of us, Sazed," he said quietly. "Because you believed in something.” Summary: Ruin is unleashed, ashfalls are soon…
Book Reviews The Cruel Prince by Holly Black: Flimsy, but salvageable // Book Review 26 Apr 201821 Mar 2021 "Madoc raised his brows. 'We will all look magnificent.' When he walks past, he ruffles my hair. In moments like these, it is almost possible to think there is no…
Book Reviews The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2) blew me out of the water! // Rave Book Review 6 Apr 201821 Mar 2021 “It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.” Summary: The second installment of the Mistborn trilogy shows Vin,…
Book Reviews The Final Empire (Mistborn #1): Painful prose, genius storytelling // Book Review 26 Mar 201821 Mar 2021 “The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The wrong fit however, can suffocate.” Summary: This first…
Book Reviews The Dream Thieves: Not that different from the first? // Book Review 9 Mar 201821 Mar 2021 “He danced on the knife’s edge between awareness and sleep. When he dreamt like this, he was a king. The world was his to burn.” Summary: The ley lines have…
Book Reviews The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller: rich and well-researched // Book Review 3 Mar 201821 Mar 2021 "No, that's philosophy," Unger said. "The strength of your dissipate sigils doesn't matter. It's the interfaces." "So what, it bounces off?" "Not precisely," said Unger. "As I said, it's a…
Book Reviews The Raven Boys: Talk about a misleading synopsis! // Rave Book Review 26 Feb 201822 May 2019 “We have to be back in three hours," Ronan said. "I just fed Chainsaw but she'll need it again." "This," Gansey replied "is precisely why I didn't want to have…
Book tag… The Harry Potter Spells Tag (a.k.a. the very first tag on my blog!) 21 Feb 201823 Mar 2021 Now I don't recall if I've ever mentioned this before, but BY GODS do I love Harry Potter. This series is one I've re-read so many times that I have…
Book Reviews The Hazel Wood: A tantalizing premise gone unfulfilled? // Book Review 16 Feb 201822 May 2019 "My mother took care of me and I took care of her in a symbiotic relationship that looked cute on TV, but felt fucking exhausting when you're moving for the…
Book Reviews A Monster Calls made me weep uncontrollably…. // Rave Book Review 8 Feb 201822 May 2019 “Stories are wild creatures," the monster said. "When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak?” Summary: Thirteen-year-old Conor wakes up every night at exactly 12:07 a.m.…
Book Reviews The Language of Thorns: A retelling with progressive twists // Book Review 2 Feb 201821 Mar 2021 “I can bear ugliness,” he said. “I find the one thing I cannot live with is death.” Summary: This is a collection of short stories that exist within the Grishaverse,…
Other I need this book in my life. Right now. // My Current Bookish Obsessions 25 Jan 201823 Mar 2021 News flash, I've lost my mind. Like, I'm utterly cuckoo right now. I realized this book is coming this April, and I am going nuts trying to get my hands…
Book Reviews Mask of Shadows completely lost me…. // Dnf’d Book Review 20 Jan 201822 May 2019 “I would remember them forever–their names, my reasons, the way their bodies slumped in death and their eyes stared through me." Summary: Sal is a gender-fluid thief who wants to…
Book Reviews The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue: Whew, what a riot! // Book Review 14 Jan 201822 May 2019 “I've always been of the mind that subtlety is a waste of time. Fortune favors the flirtatious." Summary: It's 18th century Europe, and Monty has been kicked out of boarding…
Book Reviews Nyxia by Scott Reintgen: Hunger Games meets space? // Book Review 6 Jan 201822 May 2019 "I never thought of escaping into a book. So as I read, I'm surprised how quickly the words take me from the hospital bed and into the woods." Summary: In…
Other My (Non-existent) Bookish Goals of 2018 2 Jan 201823 Mar 2021 Happy belated New Year's! I am only putting this out today because I was having way too much fun spending time with family and binge-watching Harry Potter, and thus forgot…
Book Reviews Why The Song of Achilles is my favorite book of 2017 // Rave Book Review 29 Dec 201715 Jul 2019 “Will you come with me?” he asked. The never-ending ache of love and sorrow. Perhaps in some other life I could have refused, could have torn my hair and screamed,…
Book Reviews The Strange Case of The Alchemist’s Daughter // Book Review 19 Dec 201721 Mar 2021 "Phew!" said Diana. "You would make a good criminal." "Yes, I worry about that sometimes," said Watson. Summary: After the death of her mother, Mary Jekyll comes to learn of…
Book Reviews Rosemarked: A slow yet engaging burn! // Book Review 12 Dec 201722 May 2019 He's almost apologetic, but still I can feel my heart pounding against my rib cage. "I wouldn't lie to you. Why would I?" "I don't know," he says quietly. He…
Book Reviews Heartless by Marissa Meyer: Shocking, but gutsy! // Rave Book Review 10 Dec 201721 Mar 2021 “These things do not happen in dreams, dear girl,' he said, vanishing up to his neck. 'They happen only in nightmares.' His head spiraled and he was gone.” Summary: Cath…
Book Reviews Murder on the Orient Express is a clean and thrilling ride // Book Review 3 Dec 201721 Mar 2021 “If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it, often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your…
Other My grubby little hands snagged these on Black Friday! // Book Haul 29 Nov 201723 Mar 2021 Sadly, I spent Thanksgiving alone this year *sobs* and as a result, I went a little nuts binge-shopping on Black Friday. I woke at 8 am to drive to Barnes…
Book Reviews Haven by Mary Lindsey: Predictable, but strong finale // Book Review 27 Nov 201721 Mar 2021 “We all hold a monster inside. The only difference is what form it takes when freed.” Summary: Rain has lived on the streets with his mother for his entire life…
Book Reviews As You Wish by Chelsea Sedoti: Flawed protagonists for the win! // Book Review 20 Oct 201721 Mar 2021 "Why don't people stop wishing and start doing? Why is everyone so willing to wish away their lives?" Summary: Madison is no ordinary town. It may look dry and dusty…
Other Whoop! I got approved for this book on Netgalley! // Currently reading and Life Updates 13 Sep 201722 May 2019 Seriously my gods, I requested this book on Netgalley way back in June, and I never thought I'd get approved. And yet, I finally got the green light a week…
Book Reviews The Golem and the Jinni: Such villainy, such story-telling! // Rave Book Review 2 Aug 20178 Dec 2020 “On a cloudless night, inky dark, with only a rind of a moon above, the Golem and the Jinni went walking together along the Prince Street rooftops.” Summary: Chava and…
Book Reviews Caraval: Bland, lazy, self-indulgent // Rant Book Review 29 Jun 201721 Mar 2021 “She’d once heard emotions and desires fueled the magic that made wishes possible. But either Scarlett didn’t feel enough, or the stories she’d heard about wishes were made of lies.”…
Book Reviews Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe // Rave Book Review 18 Jun 201722 May 2019 “When do we start feeling like the world belongs to us?” I wanted to tell him that the world would never belong to us. “I don't know,” I said. “Tomorrow.”…
Book Reviews The House of the Scorpion is an incredible masterpiece! // Rave Book Review 10 Jun 201722 May 2019 “I love you," Matt said. "I love you, too," Maria replied. "I know that's a sin, and I'll probably go to hell for it." "If I have a soul, I'll…
