Category: My Favourite Books
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My Favourite Reads of 2021
Another year has come to an end, and it went by really fast. It wasn’t the best year for me in terms of how much reading I did. And, in other ways, it was both great and awful. For the first time in over two decades, I’m not a student, which is awesome but also…
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Review: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Genre: Middle Grade, Contemporary, Fantasy, Novella, Emotions? Sadness? Pages: 226 Illustrator: Jim Kay Series: None Release Date: September 27, 2011 Publisher: Walker Books Every once in a while, you read a book that becomes an instant favourite. Though usually, you have at least get to the end of the book before that happens. But something…
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Review: Oz by Lily Morton
Genre: Contemporary Romance, M/M Pages: 274 Series: Finding Home #1 (Standalone) Release Date: November 20, 2018 Publisher: Independent Okay, so I didn’t manage to finish the book I was planning to review on time. Partly because I couldn’t pick one to focus on. So now I’m over halfway through two books rather than being finished…
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Review: Pieces of You by N.R. Walker
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, M/M Pages: 194 Series: Missing Pieces #1 Release Date: May 23, 2020 Publisher: Blueheart Press Available on Kindle Unlimited I was so eager for this book to come out. The author hasn’t written a new series in a while. She’s one of the very few authors who can pull off a series…
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Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance, M/M, LGBT Pages: 421 Series: None Release Date: May 14, 2019 Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin An adorable fucking book that I’d previously decided not to read, for reasons that I can’t recall. Except that I have a hard time buying into stories that feel the need to involve world leaders…
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Happy New Year!
After thinking long and hard about what I want my first post of the year to be, I’m just going wherever the post takes me. I like new years, and for some pretty nerdy reasons too. I get to buy a new planner, a journal (or something), and I get to make lists. Seriously, I’m…
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Review: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Crime Pages: 265 Series: Hercule Poirot #10 (works as standalone) Release Date: 1934 Publisher: HarperCollins (and others) It’s a good thing I waited till the morning to write a review because had I written it right after I finished the book, the entire thing would have just been excited rambling. This is…
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Review: Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Mental Health, Realistic Fiction Pages: 320 Series: None Release Date: April 21, 2015 Publisher: HarperCollins When I first read the synopsis of this book, it didn’t make much sense to me. It talked about Caden Bosch, a teenage boy who’s been behaving oddly of late. And Caden Bosch, the same teenage…
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Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Genre: Classics, Romance Pages: 435 Series: None Original Release Date: January 28, 1813 Publisher: Penguin (and others) I’m officially counting this as my first reading of this book because a) I’m pretty sure I didn’t finish it the first time and b) I barely remember the things I did read. All I recall…
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Review: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Fantasy, Young-Adult, Steampunk, Mystery Pages: 378 Series: The Rithmatist #1 Release Date: Tor Teen Publisher: May 13, 2013 First review of 2019, I wanted to start by reviewing a book that I love, just like I started the year reading a book that I know I’ll love. Funnily enough, they’re both by…
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