2019 Reading Challenge

2019 Reading Challenge
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Book Review: Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz

A couple of weeks ago I told you about the first two Nowhere Man books - today I’m beyond excited to bring you the third, which is just as incredible as the earlier stories… The fourth book is coming out next month, which makes this a perfect gift series to start someone on. Just saying… […]

Book Blurb: In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey

This is another of those deceptively short reviews. It’s a pretty short book, so that’s part of it, but mostly it’s because to tell you anything more would be to risk peeling back a layer that you’re not going to want to cheat yourself of in the slightest bit… So pick it up and then […]

Book Review: the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace

Oh. My. GOODNESS.

Poetry can be tough - it’s very personal and reactions to it can be unpredictable. It’s often full of simile and metaphor and allegory, and can be difficult to unpack. Sometimes it’s just difficult. And sometimes it’s transcendent, as in this gorgeously brutal collection by Amanda Lovelace.

In sparse, haunting, […]

Book Review: The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman

This is such a marvelous series! I have been in love with Irene’s library since the first book, and am continually impressed with Cogman’s ability to keep introducing new elements and new mysteries in a way that keeps the stories fresh and original while simultaneously maintaining the main story line about the integrity and role […]

Book Review: A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne

What an amazing and horrifying and insightful and incredible read this was!! And to think, I almost put it down in the beginning… This was my first John Boyne - but DEFINITELY not my last. His characters are difficult (personality-wise, not to read - his writing is gorgeous) and I was struggling to fall into […]

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