Book Review
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Review: I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
I Killed Zoe Spanos is a thrilling YA Mystery that is not what it seems. A confession that doesn't add up, missing memories and a town full of people who know more than they let on. I went into it not knowing anything about the story and am glad I did, it amplified the mystery and made discovering the truth extra exciting. I highly recommend the audiobook version of this story, all the narrators are wonderful and their performances drew me in and didn't let go.
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Review: Blazewrath Games by Amparo Ortiz
Blazewrath Games is a fantasy novel with a relatively common hero story that is made unique and enticing through its execution and the worldbuilding. I expected a cute adventure featuring dragons. Instead, I got a wonderful world with a magic system I am desperate to learn more about, characters I fell in love with on page one and a lot of twists and turns I was excited to follow.
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Review: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Inheritance Games is a young adult mystery featuring a large inheritance, a house filled with riddles and a family with powerful secrets unwilling to give up what they're owed. The comparison to Knives Out and my love for mysteries drew me to this book, but unfortunately, it didn't quite meet my expectations.
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Mini Reviews #1 – Odessa and Narratives, Nerdfighters, and New Media
Welcome to the first-ever Mini Reviews post! Sometimes I read books and don’t have enough thoughts for a full review that I think would warrant its own blog post. Other times, I simply push off writing a review because my thoughts aren’t clear enough yet and then it just gets worse. So I present to you my humble solution: mini reviews! Every once in a while, when there’s a couple of books I have read but never reviewed but still want to mention, I’ll wrap them up neatly in a post like this. It’s short and sweet but makes sure my thoughts land somewhere other than just the notes on…
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Review: The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi
The Silvered Serpents is a story about longing. Longing for something more, a longing to be anything but who you are, to strip away the pain and loneliness and be something more. In many ways, this novel is an exploration of grief and love and how different people let themselves be guided by those emotions.
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Review: Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
Radio Silence is a liminal story about finding your way in life told through the lens of the pre-university anxiety many teenagers face. Alice Oseman examines how a well established path isn't necessarily right for everyone and that it's okay to change your mind.
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Review: The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
The Gilded Wolves is a magical adventure featuring a group of outcasts using their talents to acquire magical objects. It's a sweeping tale about identity, friendships, marginalization and who gets to have access to power.
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Review: Beach Read by Emily Henry
Beach Read is a bittersweet romance about love, loss, writer's block and murder cults and Emily Henry balances all those elements gracefully. It's a story about how a "Happy Ever After" isn't always possible but a "Happy For Now" can be just as sweet.
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Review: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
Series: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing #2Author: Hank GreenEdition: Paperback (452 pages)Publisher: Trapeze (July 7, 2020)Genre: Science Fiction Synopsis The Carls disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. While they were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction without ever lifting a finger. Well, that’s not exactly true. Part of their maelstrom was the sudden viral fame and untimely death of April May: a young woman who stumbled into Carl’s path, giving them their name, becoming their advocate, and putting herself in the middle of an avalanche of conspiracy theories. Months later, the world is as confused as ever. Andy has picked up April’s mantle of fame, speaking at conferences and online about the world post-Carl;…
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Review: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
protagonist, a privileged, pretty and rich young woman, tries to spend an entire year sleeping in an attempt to solve all her problems. To help that endeavour, she finds a psychiatrist who prescribes her all sorts of drugs without asking too many questions. What follows is the story of a year that feels like a strange fever dream, populated by characters that are both overdrawn caricatures and simultaneously like people you've met.
