Category: Reviews

#BookReview + #Giveaway: HOPE AND OTHER PUNCHLINES by Julie Buxbaum

#BookReview + #Giveaway: HOPE AND OTHER PUNCHLINES by Julie Buxbaum

I can remember first learning about the 9/11 attacks. I was in an interesting point in time and space. At 10 years of age, I was old enough that I understood to some extent what was happening, and I can remember it happening, but I was still young enough that I didn’t completely grasp the horror. I was also on the other side of the world at the time, living in China. Not being American, nor being in the country, it was a terrible but distant concept for me, like seeing all the other atrocities on TV and in the […]

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#BookReview + #Interview: LOVE, AND OTHER THINGS TO LIVE FOR by Louise Leverett

#BookReview + #Interview: LOVE, AND OTHER THINGS TO LIVE FOR by Louise Leverett

Reading Love, and Other Things to Live For was like reading about myself. In this story, we meet Jess, a 20-something woman living in London who has experienced a recent breakup while also trying to figure out her life. SOUNDS FAMILIAR. I felt like a mirror was being held up to my face, forcing me to examine some of my recent behaviours. I could recognise my coping mechanisms through the months following my breakup in September last year. Everything Jess was doing, I’d done at some point. It was almost painful to recognise her struggles. But it was also quite healing. […]

Posted April 21st 2019 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Interviews, Reviews / / 1 Comment
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#BookReview + #FirstChapter: IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TRUE by Susan Kaplan Carlton

#BookReview + #FirstChapter: IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TRUE by Susan Kaplan Carlton

That was…amazing. I was not expecting the effect it had on me. Ever so slowly, it buried me, languidly, very much a pacing suited for summers in the southern states. (Not that I’ve ever been to any of the southern states.) After the death of her father, Ruth moves with her younger sister and mother from New York to her grandparents’ guesthouse in Atlanta, Georgia in 1958. Here, she is introduced to the world of debutante balls, sweet tea, country clubs, and Southern Comfort. But her new friends are all white Christians, and Ruth fears revealing that she’s Jewish will […]

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#BookReview: WICKED SAINTS (Something Dark and Holy #1) by Emily A. Duncan

#BookReview: WICKED SAINTS (Something Dark and Holy #1) by Emily A. Duncan

Trigger warnings: death, torture, self-harm, emotional abuse SO. Here’s the tea. I’m just so sad. And confused. And disappointed. And frustrated. I was supposed to be part of the blog tour, but you’ll see why I couldn’t… Everything was going SO WELL. You can tell from my status updates that I was really into this book in the beginning. I was fully expecting to give this book at least 4 stars. Just look… 1%: I am already gripped with questions! What is this magic? Why is Nadya useful? How does anyone climb 7000 steps? 4%: I AM CRYING AFTER A […]

Posted April 2nd 2019 in Fantasy, Reviews, Young Adult / / 1 Comment
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#BookReview: WOOL (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey

#BookReview: WOOL (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey

It took me far too long to finally read this book, and it took my work book club choosing it for me to actually go for it. I’ve had it on my Kindle for a while, but I opted for the audiobook, which I’m happy I did, as it allowed me to just keep “reading” while I had to do other things, like travel to work. Through the eyes of several characters, we learn about life in the Silo, an underground bunker where people have lived for generations because the outside world is too toxic. In this closed system, there […]

Posted March 16th 2019 in Dystopian, Reviews / / 2 Comments
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#BookReview + #BookTrailer: THE DYSASTERS (The Dysasters #1) by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

#BookReview + #BookTrailer: THE DYSASTERS (The Dysasters #1) by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

The Dysasters is a teen adventure that reads like a comic book origin story. Everything is high stakes and dramatic, and of course All The Family Must Die (or be otherwise disconnected) to give each teen a tragic backstory. So if you’re into your paranormal/superhero stories, this is one for you. It has a really cool concept: genius scientist experiments on embryos, resulting in teens who can control the four elements. Teens are spread out around the US, and scientist-turned-evil-genius sends his “children” to hunt them down, so it’s up to the teens to band together and learn about their […]

Posted February 25th 2019 in Blog Tours, Fantasy, Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult / / 1 Comment
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What I Watched: January 2019

What I Watched: January 2019

Hey hey hey!!! The ghost of Dani is back to tell you all about the movies she saw in January. I know this is usually a book zone, but I happen to love all forms of art, including the cinematic. Now, I know I’m not a professional book reviewer, but I’m definitely not a professional movie reviewer. I am feeling this harder than ever before now that I happen to know someone who actually writes about films for a living (hereto known as MC). BUT I do love watching movies, especially on the big screen with some sweet and salty popcorn […]

Posted February 3rd 2019 in Movies, Reviews, TBRs and Wrap-ups / / 3 Comments
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