Here’s a note on my review policy: I’m mostly talking about books I enjoy (obvs) and I don’t have a star rating. Most of the reviews below are posted very close to when I finished reading the book.
Review: The Betrayals
TLDR: A slightly eerie story that’s more vibes~ than plot, this book presents a curious mix of dark academia and dystopia to tell a story that had me on the edge of my seat as much as it had me confused about what was going…
Keep readingReview: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
TLDR: A century-spanning romance about enjoying life, and love, with an underlying tragedy that talks about the sacrifices we make for these things. The story focuses on Addie, who wants to live in a space larger than her village, bigger than her world will let…
Keep readingReview: If I Had Your Face
TLDR: This story begins from the basis of appearance — and the specific culture around it in South Korea — to explore how women’s social status, finances, relationships and whole lives can unfold. An unrelenting story that still manages to delve into the small, intimate…
Keep readingReviews – Bel Canto, How to be Both, Larry’s Party
The Reading Women Challenge encourages you to explore women’s writing, reading each previous winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Find out more here. We’re at the end! Last month I reviewed books about family and this time I’ve rounded out the rest of the books…
Keep readingReviews – On Beauty, Home, The Tiger’s Wife
The Reading Women Challenge encourages you to explore women’s writing, reading each previous winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Find out more here. I feel like I haven’t done this in a while, because I took a break last month to read the 2020…
Keep readingReview: Gilead
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, 2004Winner: 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award TLDR: A brief, continuous narrative about a man suddenly desperate to chronicle his life for a young son he will not see grow up. John Ames is a church…
Keep readingReviews – Women’s Fiction Prize 2020
If you follow my blog, you might be aware I have spent the past few months doing the Reading Women challenge. This involves reading the past 25 winners of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. This month, I took a break to read the six shortlisted…
Keep readingReviews – The Road Home, Small Island, The Lacuna
This month I read books gathered by the theme of ‘immigration.’ Each story is about relocating to another country in search of something that is, at its heart, a better life.
Keep readingReviews – May We Be Forgiven, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, A Spell of Winter
The Reading Women Challenge encourages you to explore women’s writing, reading each previous winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Find out more here. This month I read books gathered by the theme of ‘siblings.’ Despite a variety of narrative techniques, each book was quite similar…
Keep readingReviews – An American Marriage, Home Fire, The Idea of Perfection
For this month’s Reading Women Challenge, I read books about love.
Keep readingReviews – The Power, We Need to Talk About Kevin, When I Lived in Modern Times
In May, I read three books for the Reading Women Challenge grouped by the theme: women.
Keep readingReviews – Half of a Yellow Sun, Property, Fugitive Pieces
For April’s Reading Women Challenge, I review three books about history.
Keep readingReviews – Song of Achilles, Glorious Heresies, Crime in the Neighbourhood
My Reading Women Challenge reads for March are three books about a coming of age.
Keep readingReview: Temeraire Series
TLDR: An enthralling historical fantasy series with a unique premise and consistently good writing, creating a story that’s incredibly immersive. It follows Captain Laurence, a Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars, who becomes the unwitting companion to a dragon, named for the famous ship, Temeraire.…
Keep readingReview: Shades of Magic Trilogy
TLDR: An enthralling and innovative series about parallel Londons and everyone’s favourite elemental-style magic. The story beings with Kell, the last magician who has the ability to travel between worlds, all of which have grown differently according to the amount of magic they have. The…
Keep readingWorth the Hype? Review: Folk of the Air Trilogy
In this review, I’m going to look at a book that gets a lot of hype and evaluate whether or not its deserved. (PSA: this is, obviously, my personal opinion.) Series: Folk of the Air by Holly Black1. The Cruel Prince2. The Wicked King3. The…
Keep readingReading Romance: Reviews
One of the goals I set myself for my reading this year was to expand the genres I read. One of the subjects included in this expansion~ was romance. Now, I’ve read romance books before. Obvs. But I haven’t really read books that are particularly…
Keep reading10 Fantasy Books I Enjoyed but Didn’t Review
Not all of these books are my faves, but I did definitely enjoy them all. Most of them I haven’t reviewed because they are a single book in a series that’s either too well-known or I haven’t read
Keep readingBook vs Audiobook Review: The Starless Sea
TLDR: A book about fairy tales, the narrative here is a magical adventure that follows a university student who finds a moment from his childhood in a random library book. This leads him on a quest to find the Starless Sea, a world of magic.…
Keep reading2 Read, 2 Reviews – Blood of an Exile & The Bone Ships
TLDR: The strength of both these books lies in their rejection of the grim dark. What begins as stories about ruthless societies captivated by killing dragons, emerges to focus on hope and how small groups of people can change the world for the better.
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