Tag: contemporary adult fiction
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My May 2024 Reading Summary
Overall mood: busy. A lot has kept me away from books this month, but I have a handful of reads under my belt. The range of books is broad, which I like, and the trickle of library books has finally stopped, meaning I can get to rereading books on my physical TBR list. That is…
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The Never-Ending Tale of Alex Michaelides’s The Fury
Hell hath no fury like a reader bored. Not only bored, but irritated at what should have been a succinct twisting tale full of drama and thrilling suspense. Instead, I seem to have been subjected to an unfortunate case of deja vu and a pretentious, unreliable narrator who cannot stand to listen to anyone else…
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The Archive of the Forgotten – Dive Deeper Into Hell’s Library
I fell in love with A.J. Hackwith’s writing style upon reading The Library of the Unwritten and The Archive of the Forgotten did not disappoint. There’s something so precious about this world, about the characters and setting and conflicts, that makes this feel like a comfort read on so many levels. Who doesn’t like a…
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My January 2024 Reading Summary
This is the first Monthly Reading Summary that I’ve made so let me note what it is that I’m highlighting with these posts. I am listing the books that I’ve read this month and the books I’ve DNFed, giving a link to reviews where I can, saying my mood in regards to the books I’ve…
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Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect – Yet Another Thrilling, Hilarious Read
I have successfully roped my mum into reading Benjamin Stevenson’s books, however, I did do a bad thing and give her the second book in a series to read first. Forgive me, books gods and Benjamin Stevenson, but she didn’t have anything else to read and I had plenty to share. Everyone On This Train…
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Her Majesty’s Royal Coven – A Stunning Adult Fantasy Featuring The Spice Girls
I’m not lying, there are references to the Spice Girls, and if anything that should make you add Her Majesty’s Royal Coven to your tbr lists ASAP. Juno Dawson is a mastermind for creating this funny, relatable British modern low fantasy and I am here for it. If you look hard enough at old photographs,…
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A New View into Dark Academia with The Cloisters
The Cloisters by Katy Hays dips into a new side of dark academia for me, one which has spurred a wave of curiosity from deep within, and that is art history. Art history is one of those subject that I wanted to take at school but my subject choices didn’t align right for that to…