Tag: book review
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The Hunting Moon – A Sequel I Wish Gave More
I really loved Susan Dennard’s The Luminaries for it’s rich attention to detail and emotive language. I thought that the vibes were all there for an unsettling YA Dark Naturalism, mythical folklore-laced series that would leave the reader eager for more. I went into her newest novel, The Hunting Moon, expecting the same descriptive lushness…
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How To Deal With Reading Slumps
There is nothing worse than being on a time crunch with your books, whether they are library books due back or new releases you want to get a post or review up for. Reading slumps can be really hard to get out of, especially when you’re forcing yourself, so I figured a great post for…
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Riley Sager’s The Only One Left Left Me Wanting More
The Only One Left has been floating around social media for a while now, popping up on “anticipated reads of the month” posts and all sorts for what seems like months. It’s been on my library requests for almost as long too and with every new post I saw including it I was slowly getting…
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This Is How You Lose The Time War – This Is How You Write A Sapphic Forbidden Love Story
You’re missing out if you haven’t read This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladwell. Like, truly, from the bottom of my heart, I implore you to add this to your TBR at the very least because it will change the way you view poetic prose and science fiction.…
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The Whispering Dark is a Beautifully Haunting Read
I’ll admit, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book as I’ve been burned by Dark Academia recommendations from bookish social media before, namely Ninth House, A Study in Drowning, and the cult classic The Secret History. So I went into this with some reservations and some low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised when…
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Strange the Dreamer – Beautiful but I have DNFed it
I have seen Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor mentioned many times across all bookish social media platforms and I can see why it’s so popular. The world is incredible rich and lush and beautiful, however, I have read 180 pages and I have no interest in continuing this book. Why is that? Let me…