It's hard to find the time to review every book I read, and it's even harder to find the motivation when a book isn't spectacular or noteworthy or made me think or made me hate it. So, this mini-review roundup was born. (November 2017)
Category: Fantasy
Red vs. Silver: Red Queen Series Review
In a world where the color of your blood determines your station in life, Mare Barrow must figure out who she is and how she can change the world around her. This is the Red Queen series review.
What I Read: October 2017
I get a mild feeling of panic every time someone asks me to recommend books to them. I want to just direct them here, to the safe space where all of my thoughts and feelings are already laid out, where they can read my thoughts on the books before they pick them up.
Confront Your Monster: A Monster Calls Book Review
A Monster Calls is a short, illustrated novella that is a quick but heart-wrenching read. Patrick Ness does an amazing job of creating a compelling story that forces readers to confront their own demons.
Guest Post: Top 5 Fantastical Characters
Hi everyone! My name is Kayla and I blog over at Caught Between the Pages! I talk all about books and writing on my blog, so today I wanted to share with you my top five fantasy characters!5. Jesse from The Mediator series by Meg Cabot. This is an oldie but one I think more … Continue reading Guest Post: Top 5 Fantastical Characters
Historical Fantasy: All Souls Trilogy Series Review
Witches and vampires and time travel, oh my! The All Souls Trilogy delivers on action, love, and historical smarts. Just make sure you have the second and third in the series with you when you finish the first!
Scottish Romances and Kilts: Outlander Book Review
“But just then, for that fraction of time, it seems as though all things are possible. You can look across the limitations of your own life, and see that they are really nothing. In that moment when time stops, it is as though you know you could undertake any venture, complete it and come back to yourself, to find the world unchanged, and everything just as you left it a moment before. And it's as though knowing that everything is possible, suddenly nothing is necessary.” ― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander
Book Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
"I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was." - Random Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children