Tag: book-reviews
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April Wrap-Up: Books Read, Season of Series Update, and What I’m Loving Right Now
I can’t believe it’s already time to wrap up April 2024. It feels like this year is flying, and the pinch to get more done feels stronger than ever as we prepare for our family to grow this fall. In April, I entered my second trimester and with it, I finally got some of my…
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Book Review: Heartless Sky by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
The Zodiac Academy is one of the wildest series I’ve ever read for a handful of reasons. It’s dramatic in an almost soap-opera style way, the characters are equal parts loveable and outrageous, it’s spicier than any book series I’ve ever read, and the world and plot are so intricate and so well developed that…
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Book Review: Golden Son by Pierce Brown
When I picked up Red Rising for the first time a couple of months ago, it completely blew me away. It was exceptionally good sci-fi, probably better than I’ve read in a long time, and I was hooked on the premise immediately. You never know how a sequel will fare when the first book comes…
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Book Review: Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
Little Thieves was an excellent, original-feeling fairytale retelling based on the story of “The Goose Girl”. I wasn’t in any way familiar with that original tale, but I loved everything about the version that Margaret Owen crafted. In Little Thieves, the main character and mostly anti-hero Vanya is an imposter parading as a princess while…
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Book Review: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
This might sound dramatic, but I think The Seven Year Slip is the best contemporary romance novel that I’ve ever read. I’d seen a few bookstagrammers that I trust raving about this back in 2023, but it took ages for my hold to come in from the library. Now I wish I’d bought it a…
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Book Review: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Generally speaking, I typically say that while I’m not super into romance novels, I make an exception for Ali Hazelwood. I usually love her academic settings, the smart female lead characters, and the realistic depictions of sexism and the gruelling nature of academia. With Love, Theoretically though, I fear I may be reaching my limit…
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Book Review: Yerba Buena by Nina Lacour
I’ll admit it: I picked up Yerba Buena because I thought it had a really pretty cover. I’d seen it around on bookstagram here and there, but because it’s pretty far outside of my usual reading preferences, I didn’t pick it up until I found it for $3 at a used book sale. As soon…
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Book Review: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
I was first introduced to Martha Wells through my Illumicrate subscription, which featured her book, Witch King. I found it to be extremely dense fantasy, but the humour and world-building were so immaculate that she’d piqued my interest. A few people recommended picking up her Murderbot Diaries series of novellas and now, it’s my newest…
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Book Review: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
In January I was getting ready to make a lengthy solo road trip when I realized that I didn’t currently have an audiobook on loan. I quickly went to my library’s Available Now selection and right at the top of my suggestions sat Iron Widow. The premise of this book had intrigued me in the…
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Book Review: Dance of Stars and Ashes by Nisha J. Tuli
I was fortunate to read the first book in The Nightfire Quartet, Heart of Night and Fire by Nisha J. Tuli, as an Advanced Reader Copy and loved it. This second book in the series was among my much-anticipated fantasy reads for this year and holy crap, did it ever deliver. Nisha J. Tuli writes…
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