Month: February 2024
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Book Review: The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Inheritance Games is my guilty pleasure series. It’s so wild and something I wouldn’t normally enjoy, alas, here I am for the fourth installment. Though this wasn’t my favorite in the series, it was still a fun time by the end…
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Book Review: The Royal Librarian by Daisy Wood
This is the second book by Daisy Wood I’ve read and it had all of the charm I remember from the first. With both an intriguing plot and lovable characters, it’s a lovely read…
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Book Review: The Wealth of Shadows by Graham Moore
I’m going to jump straight into this review and ask the question I’ve been asking myself from page one: Why is a book set in 1939 opening with a quote about Bitcoin? On the one hand, I understand it. The book has a focus on money, knowledge, power, wealth, etc. On the other, it set…
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January Wrap-up
It’s the middle of February now… but better late than never, right? In the blog update I posted a couple of months ago, I mentioned not writing a full review for every book I read and not keeping to a strict posting schedule. I’ve noticed a big difference already in the way I approach reading…
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Book Review: Mercury by Amy Jo Burns
I have been striving to find a quiet yet thought-provoking work of literary fiction ever since finishing Dirt Music last year. Mercury hit all the points I was hoping for and more…
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Book Review: Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
I was super drawn to books about Asian American families last year and this fit the bill perfectly. It turned out to be even more than I’d expected featuring a non-verbal autistic character. I have twin cousins similar to Eugene, so it was like getting a closer glimpse into what a day might look like…
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Book Review: The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
I blindly picked up this book only knowing it was historical fiction. I’d read Once Upon A Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry a while back and enjoyed it, so when this came up as a Book of the Month pick last year, I selected it without even glancing at the synopsis…