Monthly Wrap-Up | May

I'm so excited that in May I actually read all five of the books I chose from my Fates jar. I started the process of choosing five books each month on the last day of February for the month of March. I had planned to use the Fates jar to pick books I owned but …

Book Review | The Cartographers

Title: The Cartographers Author: Peng Shepherd Publisher: William Morrow Published: 15 March 2022 Pages: 400 ★★★★★ I don't remember when or where exactly I first heard about The Cartographers. I know it was sometime in the fall of 2021, and I immediately knew I wanted to read it. I ended up getting the book on …

Book Review | Dawg Towne

Title: Dawg Towne Author: Alice Kaltman Publisher: Word West Press Published: 1 June 2021 Pages: 354 ★★★★ I received an ebook through Books Forward Friends in exchange for an honest review. This review will not be spoiler-free When I read the summary of the book, I thought it would be a quirky novel about a …

ARC Review | The City of Dusk

Title: The City of Dusk Author: Tara Sim Publisher: Orbit Published: 22 March 2022 Pages: 576 ★★★★ My goodness, this was a roller coaster of a ride in such a good way! The book opens with a really creepy scene of a boy piling bodies one on top of each other and from then on …

Book Review | The Secret History

Title: The Secret History Author: Donna Tartt Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Published: 16 September 1992 Pages: 544 ★★★★ This book has been on my TBR for ages, and I was so excited to read it. Unfortunately, that excitement didn't last long. While I love dark academia books, and the plot was engaging, there was never …

Book Review | The Whispering House

Title: The Whispering House Author: Elizabeth Brooks Publisher: Doubleday Published: 6 August 2020 Pages: 352 Content Warnings: emotional abuse, suicide, chronic illness, self-harm, and physical abuse ★★ If I can do one good thing for people it would be telling them to not read this book. It is a waste of time, and I want …

Book Review | Everything Under

Title: Everything Under Author: Daisy Johnson Publisher: Jonathan Cape Published: 12 July 2018 Pages: 264 Content Warnings: incest, suicide, and death (explicit); dementia and animal death (moderate); addiction, adult/child relationship, and rape (minor) ★★★★ I go back and forth on if this is a 4 star or 5 star book. On one hand, I absolutely …

Book Review | Good Girl, Bad Blood

Title: Good Girl, Bad Blood Author: Holly Jackson Publisher: Electric Monkey Published: 20 April 2020 Pages: 417 Content Warnings: murder, gun violence, death, sexual assault, kidnapping ★★★★★ I was so excited when this book came out because I absolutely loved, loved, loved, the first book in the series, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and …

Book Review | Daisy Jones and the Six

Title: Daisy Jones & the Six Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publisher: Ballantine Books Published: 5 March 2019 Pages: 355 Content Warnings: drug abuse, drug use, addiction, abortion, alcoholism, toxic relationship ★★★ An interesting novel about the rise of a iconic 1970s (imaginary) rock band and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous …

Book Review | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publisher: Atria Books Published: 13 June 2017 Pages: 389 Content Warnings: domestic abuse, homophobia, death, biphobia, alcoholism, suicide ★★★ I feel like I'm alone in that most of Taylor Jenkins Reid's books I'm not a fan of. I think the author was trying to …