book reviews

  • January Reading Recap
    I keep telling myself that I will review every book I read. Or, at least, more of the books I read. And I keep not doing it. Sometimes, I feel like it’s a herculean task to get my thoughts about a book out of my mind and written out. Other times, I’m not sure I have enough unique …
  • My Favorite Reads from 2022
    I’m a little late writing this, but better late than never! Last year, I read 57 books. Out of those 57, I rated only seven books as 5-star reads. Another 22 made the list with 4 stars. I won’t include all of these in this post. Goodreads doesn’t allow partial stars, so many of …
  • Book Cover forEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
    Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
    Emily Wilde is a professor and the leading expert on faeries. She is compiling the world’s first-ever first encyclopaedia of faeries. She is most herself while researching or in the company of books and doesn’t seem to fit in with others. Emily travels to a remote village to complete …
  • Maame by Jessica George, book cover
    Maame
    Maame by Jessica George is an endearing, emotional story about family, finding one’s self, and coming to terms with life and all that it has to offer. The books I’ve received from Netgalley have been disappointing lately, so I wasn’t expecting much from this. However, I was …
  • 2022 mini-reviews part 1
    Often, I don’t write full book reviews for every book I read. However, I like to capture my thoughts about each book whenever I can. This is a collection of mini-reviews on books I’ve read so far in 2022. There will be a part 2 with more reviews coming soon! L.A. Weather L.A. Weather by …
  • The Paper Palace
    The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller is quite popular and highly rated. So my opinions are, once again, contrary to what others are saying. This review contains spoilers, so don’t read anymore if that’s a concern for you!…
  • A World of Women book cover
    A World of Women
    First off, when I requested this book from NetGalley, I didn’t realize it was originally published in 1913. I found the (newly added?) introduction to the book to be terrible. That should have a been a clue! Regardless, I skimmed and skipped over the intro and started reading. This novel has …
  • Meant to Be
    Meant to Be
    Meant to Be by Emily Giffin is a romance novel centered around a fictional Kennedy-esque family. While enjoyable, I often found the story to be bland, the characters shallow, and overall less than what I expect from Emily Giffin. Touching on a plethora of issues—domestic abuse, dead parents, the …
  • Fevered Star
    Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse is the second book in the series Between Earth and Sky. The sequel to Black Sun, this novel will not disappoint fans of the first. A wild fantasy series, complete with mysticism, magic, intrigue, romance, and family feuds. Fevered Star returns to The Merdian in the …
  • Daisy Jones Book Cover
    Daisy Jones and the Six
    People like this book. People LOVE this book. O.M.G. I do not understand why. Daisy Jones and the Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid, uses a rock documentary narrative device. Everything is told as though from transcripts of the documentary interviews. I listened to the audiobook, and while I didn’t enjoy …