Category: reading

Brown’s novels always have such fascinating concepts. This one definitely should have worked for me with the similarity to Warehouse 13, one of my favorite shows. Something about the execution, though, keeps the whole story extremely mid and forgettable. I never expected to read this sequel – or expected it to be published, honestly. Should…

I managed to finish this book but that’s the most positive I can say about this book. While many of the pieces technically qualify as YA, the narrative voice felt like a cheesy Disney movie targeted at 8 year olds.I do not know how this seemed like a good idea to publish for a YA…

Wow. Islington continues to astound. I have no idea how one person can keep up with such complex magic systems and plots much less create them yet somehow Islington manages. I was confused nearly the entire time and loved it. While book two did not have me in a chokehold and wallop me with the…

Did I remember many of the details from book one due to the expanse of time between reading the two books? Not really but that’s okay. I probably would have understood more but I still enjoyed this complex, mad cap world that Bancroft created. Trying to explain more would likely enter spoiler territory so I’ll…

I really enjoyed this historical fiction read with a few hints of the fantastical. Shelly Parker Chan created such a unique character with the main character (whose name, as usual, I have forgotten.) I also really appreciated the complex relationships and their dynamics that she explored. I hope that the sequel and conclusion to the…

So…I read a lot of books in November. Despite that, I’m not read out so let’s see how many books I’ll get read before the end of the year and if I can meet all the goals I set at the beginning of the year.

The combination of being fairly new to the thriller genre as well as too much time and too many books read between reading and writing the review makes for a fairly non-specific review. I remember enjoying my experience enough to keep the book but not enough to write a review with much if any detail.…

Now is the time to try to finish all the goals that I did not quite get to during the year, mainly my Fully Booked Reading Challenge. After a month of quite a few books read, I don’t know how many of these I’ll get to but we shall see. Fully Booked Reading Challenge Buzzwordathon…

Tahereh Mafi really knows how to write yearning. I felt so captivated by the dynamics of the primary relationship that I did not even mind the relative little movement in the plot. Mafi also really knows how to drag things out. I hope that book five ends the series but with Mafi, one never knows.…

If you need another reason to hate capitalism, read this book. Greenwell wove together several examples of how private equity companies devoured iconic American (and beyond) companies and made life worse for everyone from workers and consumers except for the bare few at the top of the company. So many people need to read this…