Category: Reviews

#BookReview: MORT by Terry Pratchett

The last book I managed to finish in 2018, bringing it to 158 for the year, a personal best! People have been celebrating Terry Pratchett around me for years. 9.5 years, to be exact, since that’s when I came to the UK and was properly introduced to the guy. But I was always overwhelmed by the sheer number of his works. Luckily, I met an awesome fellow bookworm, Will (@books_with_will), in the later months of 2018 who loves Pratchett’s work and didn’t just tell me what to read first but actually handed me a copy of the book! There was […]

Posted January 1st 2019 in Fantasy, Reviews / / 1 Comment

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#BookReview: NAVIGATING THE STARS by Maria V. Snyder

Now that was surprisingly awesome! Why surprising? Well, I struggled at the start. My biggest hurdle? Physics. I’m more of a biology nerd and never quite reached the same level of “ahh, I get it” with physics. My brain couldn’t fully immerse itself in the story while part of it was still trying to understand how time worked. The first third of the book was a lot of setting up the world and trying to explain time dilation and what it meant for relationships with other people. And to be honest, I still don’t completely get it, but I think it […]

Posted December 13th 2018 in Blog Tours, Reviews, Science Fiction, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview + #Giveaway: STRONGER, FASTER, AND MORE BEAUTIFUL by Arwen Elys Dayton

Do you: Love technology? Think about the future of technology? Enjoy thinking philosophically? Like to watch shows like Westworld? Get a kick out of reading about new advancements in medicine? If you answered yes, get this book. Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful is a collection of six short stories set in the near future showing where technology is going and its potential consequences. Some of these are optimistic, some are not, but like with any new advancements, there’s a whole lot of grey. Dayton did something I particularly loved in her stories. While they showed futuristic possibilities where things were so different […]

Posted December 10th 2018 in Blog Tours, Reviews, Science Fiction, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview + #Giveaway: CAROLS AND CHAOS by Cindy Anstey

Once again, a beautiful cover to go with the other beautiful covers of Cindy Anstey’s books! Carols and Chaos is a companion novel to Suitors and Sabotage, which I previously enjoyed, and it’s worth seeing them together. While it’s not necessary to have read Suitors and Sabotage to read Carols and Chaos, I would recommend it because the events of Carols take place following Suitors and involve some of the same characters. Anstey is effectively writing a romance series here, except for a YA-loving audience, and it follows the same rules: can be read as standalone with a different couple […]

Posted October 29th 2018 in Blog Tours, Giveaway, Historical Fiction, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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Online friends and the hilarity that is FRIENDSHIP FAILS OF EMMA NASH by Chloe Seager

First off, if you haven’t read it yet, go check out Editing Emma. I also interviewed Emma (yes, star of the book) after the release of her first diary. It’s fantastic and gives you a clue on what Emma is like. But if you don’t want to go read the interview, I can tell you what Emma is like. She’s funny. She’s a bit selfish and immature. She likes to masturbate (YAY FOR POSITIVE FEMALE SEXUALITY REP). She can put her foot in her mouth. Emma is me. Emma is you. Emma is everyone to some extent. Each book in […]

Posted August 23rd 2018 in Blog Tours, Comedy, Contemporary, Reviews, Thoughts about things, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: TO BE HONEST by Maggie Ann Martin

CW: fat shaming, disordered eating, panic attacks Hello. This here is a book about a beautiful, intelligent high school senior who must deal with the opposing forces that are the Body Positivity movement and Diet Culture that has possessed her mother’s body. Oh, and she does this while also kinda sorta falling in love with an adorable saxophone prodigy who is supportive and perfect and did I say adorable? Despite my little content warning up there, this book was emotional at times but ultimately delightful to read. Have I convinced you to read this book yet, or do I need […]

Posted August 21st 2018 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: THE RAGING ONES by Krista and Becca Ritchie, plus a Q&A on Ice Cream and Death

I feel like sharing that I spent the whole first chapter with Franny with this in my head: And now it’s in your head! Enjoy!!!!!!! Let’s start off with the concept. In this world, people know when they’re going to die. IDs show both birth date and death date. You’re able to plan ahead, decide where, and to some extent, how you die. You can have a big party leading up to the day, then go quietly in bed, taking precautions to make sure everything is peaceful and easy. I really liked this idea. I mean, imagine how well you […]

Posted August 13th 2018 in Blog Tours, Fantasy, Interviews, Reviews, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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