Since I read The Changeling last year (and had it immediately become one of my favorite books of all time) and now I find myself buying any book of Victor LaValle’s that comes through the store. (Well, I made my parents buy this one from the bookstore I work at as a Christmas present for me when …
So for 2018, I am doing 2 different reading challenges. Here they are if you want to play along! First of all, I am doing the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge, which is as follows. A book published posthumously A book of true crime A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) A …
I have had friends telling me to read Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles series for years and just haven’t gotten around to it so I jumped at the chance to listen to the audiobook of her newest book. Renegades questions what it means to be good or bad. In a world where those lines are very defined, …
I have to admit, I am usually a little skeptical when a thriller is getting a lot of press because I have been burned too many times before. But The Perfect Nanny was showing up on so many lists and there was a galley taunting me in the back so I decided to give it a try. …
I love when I have to read books for work and end up loving them! (Because when the other direction happens, it is so incredibly heartbreaking.) Satellite, Whalen’s first YA novel, is a great piece of realistic YA fiction. She deals with first love, family dynamics, as well as confusion as to what it means to be …
I absolutely loved The Best Kind of Magic and have been gazing longly at The Sweetest Kind of Fate on my bookshelf for months, saving it for a time when I really needed it. And that time finally came. I absolutely love Amber Sand and the fun world that Cestari has created. When I met her for the launch …
One of the requirements for my reading challenge this year is to read a book of true crime (something that I find fascinating but end up getting freaked out by in the end) and so I pulled this book off of my bookshelf where it had been sitting for months. A False Report tells the story of …
I have to admit, I was nervous going into this book. I’ve read some middle grade children’s books lately that have had some questionable messages in them and having “payback” in the title made me worried. But this book was great. It’s a story about how to be a good person, how to treat other …
In a world where women’s rights to their own bodies are constantly being threatened, Red Clocks by Leni Zumas doesn’t feel so far fetched. While not being as immediately horrifying as The Handmaid’s Tale or Future Home of the Living God, Zumas has crafted a tale that shows how women from many different walks of life are changed as the …
I know, I know. It’s February and a little late for doing a 2017 in review but I’m only getting back to blogging now so this is when it’s happening. Last year I read a total of 125 books. I did a reading challenge with my roommates. I completed it and this is what I …
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