Hello, everyone! While I wait for the oven to preheat for my Thanksgiving turkey (happy holidays to anyone who celebrates), I decided to compose a little post to check in with my book situation. I think it's fair to say that I've mostly lifted my book-buying ban for the year, and am giving in to… Continue reading Expanding My Lemony Snicket Collection | Book Haul
During his first year at Skylight University, Jet Stroud is plunged into a new life where he discovers the reason behind the glowing eyes he's always had: ephebus mortem, a rare condition that kills its victims by the age of twenty-four. Along with his unafflicted roommate and friend, Cutter, and Sterllar Sylvant, a young professor… Continue reading The Prism Affect (Skylight, #1) by J. Wint | Book Review
Frances, the ward of the King's wizard, Billington, teeters between the privilege of the higher society surrounding her whilst also holding the fatal secret of her origin. In a land where each of the four prevalent species--mortal, witch, elf, and mer--have blood exclusive to their kind, Frances's blood is gray. With the King outlawing and… Continue reading The Wizard’s Ward by Jules McAleese (Vale, #1) | 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
Heir of Blood and Secrets is a young adult dystopian novel following Scylla Delevan, daughter of a Magistrate, as her father is found to be the number one suspect of another Magistrate's murder. In this story, we see Scylla as she embarks on an investigation to exonerate her father and uncover who truly committed this… Continue reading Heir of Blood and Secrets by Linda Xia: Strong Female Leads, Classism, and Rejecting “Not Like Other Girls” Behavior | 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
If there was more for this book to offer in terms of talking points than the mildly excruciating relationship between its main character and love interest, I would dive into those. However, this book is four hundred and thirty-five pages of…I couldn't even tell you (and after the laborious month spent wading through this, that's… Continue reading Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo: The Inherent Flaw of a Trilogy’s Second Installment | Book Review
In short, this novella is just a treat. The dedication reads, "for anyone who needs a break", and I think that's a perfectly fitting demographic to pitch to. It's a lovely one-sitting sort of read (I consumed most of this in just one day, which is pretty unheard of for me), and a gentle reprieve from the complexities and overrunning nature of the world.
Little Bit of All That 