If you're looking for a book about girlhood, then The Virgin Suicides probably isn't the one for you. Disguised as a story about just that, it tells far more about the obsessive, voyeuristic boys-turned-men that tell the story of the Lisbon girls' tragedy. Everything told is through their distorted sense of reality, calling the mystery… Continue reading The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides: Girlhood Told Through a Voyeuristic Lens | Book Review
Convenience Store Woman has the insight and oddity of a satirical piece while still not making a joking of itself -- and eliciting a few chuckles at the dire truth in that, though not uproariously funny or even intrinsically comedic like the blurbs and reviews suggest. Started Reading - May 2, 2022 Finished Reading -… Continue reading Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata: A Perceptive Satire, But Not | Book Review
Upon looking at the oldest books on my Goodreads TBR, I found that this novel was in those first few added, and now, after a long five years, I've finally picked it up. And while I enjoyed reading it this time around, I'm not sure it was quite the time for me to read it.… Continue reading We Are Okay by Nina LaCour: Right Book, Wrong Time | Book Review
In all honesty, I wasn't sure it was ever going to happen. Since reading the Six of Crows duology last fall, I wasn't convinced that there'd ever be another book for me. Dramatic, of course, but what can I say? It's hard to say that this book took me by surprise when all I knew… Continue reading The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune: Something More Nuanced Than Separating the Art from the Artist | Book Review
Nathan Delacroix, a vampire hunter-in-training, is on the brink of his eighteenth birthday, and, in turn, his initiation into being an official hunter. However, despite coming from a long line of vampire hunters, he has reservations about the path chosen for him. This line of work doesn't encourage association with the type of friends he… Continue reading Wicked Magic by Margot de Klerk (Vampires of Oxford, #1) | Book Review
I stand strongly in the opinion that a book does not have to be of high quality to be "good". I realize, of course, that the literal definition of good is "having the qualities required for a particular role", which could very well entail stylistic yet composed prose, consistent and likable characterization, and an impressive… Continue reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig: Art Doesn’t Have to Be High Quality to Be Good | Book Review
A very solid 4. 4.5, even, but it's a four-star-4.5 instead of 5-star-4.5 because I'd feel bad rating the finale greater than the first. (This, however, should be taken with a grain of salt because--like a body temperature decreasing as time passes--my feelings on a book often falter.)
Little Bit of All That 