The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel is, in my book, a nice adaptation of the source material. It definitely feels like the people who've worked on it (based on Maggie Stiefvater's novel, adapted by Stephanie Williams, and illustrated by Sas Milledge) understood the story they were working with. They've done a beautiful job translating it… Continue reading The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel | The Strengths and Weaknesses of Adaptations | Book Review
Hello, everyone! I just finished reading Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3), and was planning to sit with my feelings towards it for a while before trying to compose them into a review of sorts but it's all a muddled mess that I think can only be unraveled in writing. I'll be discussing both The Raven Cycle… Continue reading The Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater: How Much is a Spin-Off Permitted? | An In-Depth but Spoiler-Free Series Review
Hello, everyone! I've been meaning for a long time now to get back into a regular blogging schedule, and I'm hoping that I'm finally getting there. A large contributor to my absence is my unfortunately waned reading rate. Due to that, monthly wrap-ups come up a little too brief to be reasonable.
Has it been an egregious stretch of time since I last posted anything on this blog? Absolutely. Am I going to move along as if that isn't the case? Perhaps. Following my completion of a 50-book reading goal in 2022, I was fairly certain that I would not be able to keep up at that… Continue reading 2023 Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag of Sorts (+ Mid-Year Overview)
I had a creeping suspicion during the gradient transition from the sweltering, miserable (in my humble opinion) summer to the delightful, richly vibrant, mildly brisk months of autumn that I was going to end the reading plateau that occurred in this year's middle. Unfortunately, though, that was not entirely the case. It did start off… Continue reading September-November ’22 Wrap-Up: A Farewell to Youth, A Hello to Horror, and Overhyped Novels
Long time, no talk, blog (but not really, because I've posted a few reviews since drafting this post)! I suppose it hasn't been too long, but I've been in a bit of a reading slump, and haven't had anything to write about because of it. For all of my life, I never had many plans… Continue reading April ’22 Tentative TBR: Controversial Authors, Dave Grohl, and Trying Out Sci-Fi
If it weren't for lovely (tiny) middle-grade reads like some of the ones on this list, I absolutely would not have read as many books as I did this month (though the number may still be minuscule to some, which is fair). This month featured a slumpy few weeks for me, and I didn't finish… Continue reading March ’22 Wrap-Up: Unsettling Middle-Grade, Fun/Existential Magical Realism, and Dragging Fantasy
I was hoping to have a lot of thoughts coming out of this book, but everything dispersed from my brain at once in the wake of this story's closing. Despite this, I will do my best to recollect those scattered feelings and opinions in this "review" (reaction? discussion? overall book talk?). (Let it be said,… Continue reading Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater: Late Night Drives Are a Love Language, I Think | Book Talk (Spoiler-ish)
I'm a pretty terrible reader, but I'd like to show representation for others like myself! The fact that I read five books is a wonder and something I've rarely accomplished since the middle-grade slivers I consumed as a child. Regardless, it was a decent reading month and I've been trying to determine if I'm too nice to books or if I'm just reading things I like. Perhaps I'm too much of a contrarian. Alas. These are my reads of this month.
me during the first book: ronan:/ me now: ronan:')
Little Bit of All That 