Midyear Freakout Book Tag

Can you believe it is already mid 2020? I sometimes think that it is still March! What a time to be alive. Here’s to the rest of the year being better than the first half! How much have you read? Twenty-six books! I am nine ahead of schedule according to Goodreads.  My goal is 38,

The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan REVIEW

Buc and Eld are too much fun as protagonists.  Buc is an old 17: smart, skilled, and brave.  Eld is an even older 19: polite, strong, and mysterious. Together, they are a dynamic duo of pirate fighting geniuses.  The back of the book describes Buc as a young, female Sherlock, and she certainly has some

Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik REVIEW

Chaos Reigning is the third and final book in the Consortium Rebellion Trilogy, a series of romance books that take place in space. I wish there were more! I love that the characters in each book do more than have a romance plot, but have real stakes and issues that have nothing to do with

May Wrap Up 2020

This month I have had a wide variety of reads! I can’t believe how much my reading has expanded since joining bookstagram 11 months ago! This month I read eight books that were in five different genres! Below are all my May reads! Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory McGuire: This book was not

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins SPOILER FREE REVIEW

Suzanne Collins has done it again. She has brought the world of Panem back to the page, and I loved it.  I was concerned about Coriolanus Snow as a main character, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I ended up liking it. Coriolanus is a young man who is grasping at the remains

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Review

On today’s episode of bookstagram made me do it, I listened to the enemies to lovers rom-com The Unhoneymooners in my car. They are right: it is the perfect book to listen to in the deep of winter in your parka, clutching your steering wheel in mittens on the way home from work in the

An Anonymous Girl REVIEW

Second person! Yes! Never before has a book not only made me think about moral quandaries, but outright ask me to like this one has.  But the problem with that is that I was much too busy trying to really figure out my answers to these moral quandaries because I was reading so fast.  This

The Library of Legends by Janie Chang review

The Library of Legends by Janie Chang review I really liked this book.  I read it slowly, and I think it was because I did not want to have to leave this world.  The Library of Legends takes place in 1937 China, where the Japanese are working on taking over the mainland, mostly through air

The Silent Patient review!

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelidos The Silent Patient is a thriller, which is a new genre for me. I’ve read a couple lately, and this is a classic example of #bookstagrammademedoit. I got this book from the library app, Libby, which makes book borrowing so easy from home! Alicia hasn’t spoken since she was

Victoria by Daisy Goodwin REVIEW

Queen Victoria is known for having one of the longest reigns in British history. Instead of trying to tackle all 64 years of it, Daisy Goodwin decided to write about just the first three years of her reign. This allows her to give space and depth to Victoria’s character and relationships with those around her.