Tag: book review
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June and July 2025 Reading Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR Lists, and What I’m Loving
It feels like I blinked and suddenly, I hadn’t written a blog post in months. I knew that returning to work after parental leave would be a significant shift, particularly as we adjusted as a family to this new normal, but I (very naively) thought it would have little impact on my reading life. Wow,…
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Book Review: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
The Fifth Season is one of those books that’s been in the back of my mind for years. I’ve only ever seen good things about it, but it never reached the top of my to-read list. When I saw it was available immediately at my library, I took it as a sign that I needed…
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May 2025 Reading Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR Lists, What I’m Loving Right Now
Wow, what an epic month for reading. May was my last full month of maternity leave, and fittingly, it was probably my best month for total books read in a long time. We’ve had an incredibly rainy Spring, which is likely why I’ve managed to get through so many books lately. Baby girl and I…
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Book Review: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games is a rare series where every book, including the prequels, is an absolute home run. I find it’s rare for a series to maintain significant momentum in every instalment, but Collins is a true talent, both in her ability to craft such a magnificently terrifying world and to deliver a constant rotation…
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Book Review: Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro
Ordinary Monsters has been on my TBR for a while, but its size previously prevented me from picking it up. I love a good fantasy, but the investment of time and effort required for an almost 700-page book in an entirely new fantasy realm is always a little daunting. That said, it was worth the…
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Book Review: The Maid by Nita Prose
I rarely read mysteries because, like thrillers, I find they almost always elevate my anxiety, and I genuinely do not love being anxious for fun. That said, I have seen so many positive endorsements for The Maid that I found my interest piqued, and when my library had a copy, I figured I might as…
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Book Review: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
I’ve been eyeing Godkiller by Hannah Kaner since it was released because, if I’m being perfectly transparent, it has a really pretty cover. The fact that it was blurbed by Samantha Shannon was also appealing, but ultimately, it was the stunning artwork that made me add it to my Goodreads TBR. Aside from that, I…
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Book Review: Beach Read by Emily Henry
Contemporary romance isn’t a genre I read a whole lot of. I often visit these books in between heavy fantasy novels as little palate cleansers that help me shift gears and stay out of a reading rut. Because of this, it’s taking me a long time to get through Emily Henry’s backlist, despite knowing that…
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April 2025 Reading Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR Lists, and What I’m Loving
For the first time since I started my maternity leave, it feels like the days are flying by. While collectively it feels like time has moved quickly when I consider I now have a 7-month-old baby, up until recently, each day in and of itself felt extremely long. Sometime around when baby girl began to…
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Book Review: The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon
The Dark Mirror was one of my most anticipated reads of 2025 and I’m now confident it’ll be one of my favourite reads of the year. It was everything I could have wanted from another instalment in this series and then some.
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