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.
Category: YA Fiction
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.
Book Review: Turtles All the Way Down
“The thing about a spiral is, if you follow it inward, it never actually ends. It just keeps tightening, infinitely.” ― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
Book Review: Holding Up the Universe
“We're all weird and damaged in our own way. You're not the only one.” ― Jennifer Niven, Holding Up the Universe
Book Review: The Love Interest
“I don't exist to teach her a lesson, and it irks me that she thinks labelling me is okay now. Like, by liking guys, I automatically take on that role in her life. That I'm suddenly a supporting character in her story rather than the hero of my own.” ― Cale Dietrich, The Love Interest
Book Review: The Sun is Also a Star
“Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself.” ― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star
Book Review: The Problem with Forever
“It was all about trying, and that was what I would do. I would try.” ― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Problem with Forever
Top Ten Tuesday: Books You’ve Never Heard Of
I had fallen off the bandwagon a bit when it came to this blog, but one of my favorite features that I have done in the past is contributing to The Broke and The Bookish's Top Ten Tuesday. It gets me really thinking about the books I've read in the past. This prompt, in particular, was challenging … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books You’ve Never Heard Of
Book Review: Complicit
“There are some dreams you can't wake up from. Ever. These are called nightmares.” ― Stephanie Kuehn, Complicit
Book Review: Anna and the French Kiss
“For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.” ― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss