Title: The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
Published: October 5, 2021
Genre(s): adult, historical, gothic, horror
Read as: hardback, owned
Rating: 3
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The Bookish Blog Tag!
I’d been pondering bookish things to write about. Did you know, it isn’t easy writing about books when you are in a reading slump? Who knew. However, I was scrolling along and stumbled across The Bookish Blog Tag over at Kristin Kraves Books and it sounded like a fun time. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find who the creator of the tag is but lets just dive right in, shall we?
Continue readingWhat I DNFed in January
Some people are hard and fast DNFers. And, yes, I am using that as a verb, thanks for noticing. Other people wouldn’t DNF a book for anything. Me, I’m somewhere in between. I’ll not finish a book if it has content I find triggering, if I find the plot simply not to my taste, if I’m not in the mood to read the book at that time…the reasons are endless.
Continue readingReview | Electric Idol (Dark Olympus #2) by Katee Robert
Title: Electric Idol (Dark Olympus #2) by Katee Robert
Published: January 18, 2022
Genre(s): adult, romance, mythology retelling
Read as: paperback, owned
Rating: 5
Continue readingReview | Violet Made of Thorns (Untitled Duology #1) by Gina Chen (ARC)
Title: Violet Made of Thorns (Untitled Duology #1) by Gina Chen
Published: July 26, 2022
Genre(s): fantasy, young adult, romance, magic
Read as: ebook, ARC
Rating: 3
Continue readingJanuary Wrap Up
2022 snuck up on me. One minute it was Halloween and I was panicking about whether or not it was safe to take my kid trick-or-treating and the next minute the ball was dropping in Times Square and I was staring down the barrel of another year in the COVID era. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know where the time went. I think we are all just existing in a void at this point.
Continue readingReview | Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells
Title: Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells
Published: May 5, 2020
Genre(s): adult, sci-fi, adventure, humor
Read as: ebook, kindle unlimited
Rating: 5
Continue readingTBR Leftovers | 2021 Edition
Every year I go into the new year with the best intentions. You know the list: have a more positive attitude, eat better, exercise, actually read the books on your shelves…
Well, I never actually read all of the books I intend to in the year (although I didn’t do too badly with the other items on my list). I do not think I will ever finish my entire Owned TBR, however, there are several books on it I had every intention of reading as soon as I bought them and then just…didn’t. So, I’m putting it out into the world. These are the book leftover from my 2021 TBR that I am determined to read in 2022.
Continue readingA Look Back | Reading Goals for 2021
At the beginning of 2021, I made a list of bookish goals I hoped to accomplish throughout the year. I tried not to make them unattainable goals but just things that would (hopefully) bring me more reading joy throughout the year.
Now, at the beginning of 2022, I’d like to look back on those goals for 2021 with you and see what we managed to accomplish. If you would like to look at the previous post, you can find it here.
Continue readingStat That | 2021
In years past, I never really kept track of my reading stats. I’m not sure why, I had just never looked into how to keep track of them with any kind of organization, or accuracy, outside of the Goodreads platform. However, in 2021, I started using a reading tracker that was created by Hardback Hoarder. The spreadsheet set she created made it simple to keep track of everything I read and gave me some colorful graphs and stats that I’d love to share with you all!
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Literary Weaponry 