I want to start out by saying that this was supposed to be a Reading Rush wrap up. There have been some questionable decisions made in the past and some other issues have come up, but the fact that the hosts didn't bother reading the group read (Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, who [...]
I did not post a wrap up in May, but I read some incredible books in May that I want to share. So today will be a combined May and June wrap up! Also, Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians! # of Books Read: 14 # of Pages Read: 4,494 Favourite Book(s) of the Month: Clap [...]
# of Books Read: 8 # of Pages Read: 3,694 Favourite Book(s) of the Month: Gemina, A River in Darkness The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez This was absolutely adorable! One of the best romances I have read and my favourite of the year so far. I realized that I am a sucker for a romance [...]
# of Books Read: 9 # of Pages Read: 2,909 Favourite Book(s) of the Month: Conversations with Friends, Be Not Far From Me, Hum If You Don't Know the Words Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore Time Travel can be hit or miss for me because it can be difficult for the trope to feel original. [...]
# of Books Read: 9 # of Pages Read: 2,897 Favourite Book(s) of the Month: Quiet, Catch and Kill, Just Mercy My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout My Name is Lucy Barton is actually my first Elizabeth Strout novel. I think that it was a good place to start as it is short and it let [...]
# of Books Read: 10 # of Pages Read: 3183 Favourite Book(s) of the Month: In the Dream House, Such a Fun Age, The Dutch House Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer I have never been someone who got poetry, but this collection has made me realize that I might have just been looking in the [...]
This is something I did for the first time last year and had so much fun looking back on the books I read during the year. I have decided to make it a yearly tradition. I am an absolutely sucker for a graph! Strangely enough, this time last year I had read 128 books and [...]
# of Books Read: 10 # of Pages Read: Favourite Book(s) of the Month: Finding Chika, Over the Top, The Eyre Affair Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren It is hard not to compare Twice in a Blue Moon to all of the other Christina Lauren novels that I have read. Objectively, this is a [...]
Happy Halloween!! # of Books Read: 10 # of Pages Read: 2,988 Favourite Book(s) of the Month: The Only Plane in the Sky, Supper Club, How We Fight For Our Lives Frogcatchers by Jeff Lemire Frogcatchers was my first graphic novel from Jeff Lemire, and it will not be my last. I was incredibly moved [...]
# of Books Read: 8 # of Pages Read: 3232 Favourite Book(s) of the Month: House of Salt and Sorrow, His Hideous Heart The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal This is a book that will haunt your dreams! It is brilliant in that it manages to get under your skin without the need for any [...]
