April Wrap-Up

This was another short reading month because life got unexpectedly busy in the middle of it. But hey, life happens, and at least I read some! Anxious People by Fredrick Backman I started this at the end of March and finished this at the beginning of the month. It was an emotional thought-provoking analysis of all the people involved in a weird hostage situation–but instead of being about the…

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Book List: Portal Fantasy

Because we all long for some sort of doorway into another world. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Average Goodreads Rating: 4.03 In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and…

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Spring Cleaning Book Tag

It’s that time of year again, so let’s dust off the shelves! I found this tag from Moody Reader. With this tag, I have to answer using only books from my TBR. I’ll use just my physical TBR. One: A middle-grade book you would have loved as a kid Unbirthday by Liz Braswell. I love Disney, and I think I would’ve appreciated the Twisted Tales more when I was a child. Two: The book that has been…

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Book Review: Anxious People by Fredrick Backman (Simon & Schuster)

What a lovely time it is when we can finish/start a month with five star reads! I recently finished Anxious People by Fredrick Backman, published by Simon & Schuster. Anxious People on the surface is a book about a bank robbery gone wrong, turning into an accidental hostage situation at an apartment viewing. But really, it’s about each person involved in the hostage drama, and the trauma of…

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Book List: Cancer Representation

Cancer is an awful disease that in some way affects us all. Everyone knows someone who has had it or even passed away from it. A parent, a grandparent, maybe even a friend. One of the most common goals or wishes people have is to find a cure for cancer, though there are so many types and variants. What we, the average person, can at least do, is read books about characters who have cancer and…

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April TBR

It’s time to decide what I’m going to read this month! Part of Your World by Liz Braswell This one is a carry over from last month’s TBR because I did not get to it. But it’s a goal of mine to read every Twisted Tale. Black Boy by Richard Wright This is a modern classic I had been wanting to read it and I found it for, like, a dollar at a used bookstore over Christmas. So, it’s time to dive…

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March Wrap-Up

I read 7 books this month. Well, 6.5 but I’m counting it in case I finish by midnight March 31! I did find a new favorite this month also, so I’d say it was overall a good reading month. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas I think I put this also on my February wrap-up because I had started it then. But this month I finished it! Ultimately, I gave this four stars, and I’m excited to continue the…

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Bookish Playlist: A Study in Drowning

Of course I have to create a playlist for my latest favorite, A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid. Love and War by Fleurie Fine Line by Harry Styles Northern Downpour by Panic! At The Diso Viva La Vida by Coldplay I Wanna Be Yours by Arctic Monkeys Amsterdam by Gregory Alan Isakov Roslyn by Bon Iver, St. Vincent As it Was by Hozier Believer by Imagine Dragons Meet Me in the Woods by Lord…

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Book Review: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid (Harper Teen)

I’m in a virtual book club and for this month we chose A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid, published by Harper Teen, for our read. And my goodness, I may have been the only one in the club so far to, but I loved it. A Study in Drowning is primarily about Effy, an 18-year-old girl starting at the architecture program at university, only because she isn’t allowed in the literature program as a girl.…

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Characters I'd Name a Pet After

We always talk about naming kids after someone or something, but we so rarely talk about what to name pets! And in my opinion, they deserve the greatest honor of all. To name a Dog: Six-Thirty from Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Argos from The Odyssey by Homer Fang from Harry Potter Nymeria from Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Toto from The Wizard of Oz To name a…

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Book List: Morally Grey MC

Because who doesn’t love a bad boy/girl with a soft heart? All books on this list are fantasy because that’s the most common genre for this trope. Vicious by V.E. Scwab Average Goodreads Rating: 4.21 Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in…

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The Cover Love Book Tag

Have you ever seen a cover and just had the book because of how gorgeous it was? This is the tag for cover lovers–and I found it on Home With the Hummingbirds, though I’m unsure who created it. 1- a cover you loved the moment you saw it. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn!! 2- Your least favorite book cover on a book you love. I’d have to say the Wicked series books by Gregory Maguire. Particularly…

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Book Review: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas (Bloomsbury YA)

Two years after reading Throne of Glass, I finally read the sequel, Crown of Midnight. If you somehow haven’t heard of the author, Sarah J Maas, she also wrote the A Court of Thorns and Roses series and the Crescent City series. Crown of Midnight, the second book in the Throne of Glass series, was published by Bloomsbury YA. Throne of Glass is a YA fantasy series targeted to older teenagers…

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March TBR

Happy March! This is my ambitious to read list for the month that I probably won’t complete. Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline I read Ready Player One probably about two years ago. I had been waiting for the sequel to go to paperback because when it was hardcover, it was prettttty pricey. But now I’m ready to enter a virtual world once again. The Friendship Breakup by Annie Cathryn I won this…

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February Wrap-Up

I didn’t read as much this month as I’ve been so stressed out, but it’s also the shortest month of the year so I’m going to cut myself some slack. Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain This was a Southern Gothic/Fantasy/Thriller that I found really interesting. Set in a Louisiana town where all the people have psychic powers, it’s a conundrum that they can’t find out who killed this girl.…

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Book List: Nightmare Trope

Today’s book list is dedicated to the nightmare trope, AKA when the main character and love interest protect each other from nightmares and one is finally able to sleep through the night. It’s a beautiful trope! The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata Genre: Romance Average Goodreads Rating: 4.21 Vanessa Mazur knows she’s doing the right thing. She shouldn’t feel bad for quitting. Being…

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Bookish Playlist: Starling House

This playlist is inspired by my favorite read from January, Starling House by Alix E. Harrow R U Mine? by Arctic Monkeys my tears ricochet by Taylor Swift As the World Caves In by Matt Maltese Safe & Sound by Taylor Swift Arms Tonite by Mother Mother You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive by Braid Paisley Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush Blood on My Name by…

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