I don't know about you, but I'm feeling the year 2022! It has been far too long since I posted (almost two years--oof), but I can happily say I am back and ready to read all the things! My goodness, I've never been so excited to get back into reading for fun instead of reading … Continue reading Reading Goals 2022
Spring is finally here! I'm so ready for warmer temperatures, no more snow (fingers crossed), and all the flowers to bloom. Some birds have already made their way back home, and there are ducks quacking away in the pond near my home (love them). That being said, it's time to dive into my wrap up … Continue reading Fall/Winter Wrap Up (Sept – Feb)
"I am telling you the truth. The unvarnished, ugly truth. And it is all that. It is unpolished and unpleasant, and I don't pretend I acted like an angel. But I didn't kill anyone" (16). Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key is an adult thriller that begins with Rowen Caine writing a letter to a potential lawyer … Continue reading The Turn of the Key
"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive, and will come forth later, in uglier ways" - Sigmund Freud The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides is an adult thriller that tells the story of Alicia Berenson: a famous painter living in one of London's most desirable areas with in-demand fashion photographer husband, Gabriel. Everything … Continue reading The Silent Patient
We're just gonna pretend that it's still the end of January and not February 1st. Hello, all! Yes. I am still here, and I am trying my hardest to get some reading in that doesn't involve writing a paper afterwards. The last few months of 2019 were honestly so chaotic. All my reading plans for … Continue reading Reading Goals for 2020
I know, I know. It's definitely not summer anymore. We're two weeks into October, and I'm clearly a slacker. Just kidding. I'm back in grad school, and it's taken over MY LIFE! Oh man. This is the first time since school started in August that I've been able to sit down and write something that … Continue reading Summer Wrap Up (June-August)
"A tailor's worth is not measured by his fame, but by the happiness he brings" (7). Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim is a YA fantasy that tells the story of Maia Tamarin: a young seamstress and daughter of a once well-respected tailor who dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in all of A'landi. The only … Continue reading Spin the Dawn
"The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak" (221). Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone is a YA fantasy set in the Russian-inspired fictional world of Ravka. Ravka was once a great nation, until an impenetrable darkness known as the "Shadow Fold" ripped it in two and turned innocent people into flesh-eating monsters that thrive … Continue reading Shadow and Bone
"May the queens forever rule the day. Together, yet apart" (10). Astrid Scholte's Four Dead Queens is a YA Science Fiction novel that takes place in Quadara: a dystopian world ruled by...wait for it...four queens (!!!). Quadara is separated into four "queendoms," with each "queendom" following a unique set of rules and ways of living: Archia - … Continue reading Four Dead Queens
Now that it's the summer, and I'm on break from grad school, I thought now would be the perfect time to catch up on all the series I've been wanting to read, but didn't have the time to start. Behold the Summer of Series! From June until August, I'm going to read as many books … Continue reading Summer of Series
Alynn the Librarian 