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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
This Post is Spoiler Free! Let me just start this by saying that I am not a detective. I am fantastic when it comes to memory, but ask me to solve a riddle and I’ll be lost. I wish I were better, but alas, that is something I’ve just never been particularly good at. So… keep that in mind while I’m talking about The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. It’s a Mystery book (hence the disclaimer above). I honestly really liked it, even with my lack of crime solving abilities. First things first, a lot happens in this book. And when I say a lot… I…
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Spoiled… How Rotten!
This Post Does NOT Contain Spoilers! Is it obvious that I’m a little salty about a spoiler I came across? Let me give you some background. So, I’m pretty good about staying away from spoilers. I somehow managed to only have ONE thing from the Avengers franchise spoiled, and I couldn’t tell you anything at all about the new Star Wars movies (I’m not joking… I’ve stayed so far away from it that all I know is the name Rey and that Adam Driver plays a bad guy and has a lightsaber that looks like a sword). I do this for a reason. I. Can’t. Stand. Spoilers. I will say…
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Ella Minnow Pea
This Post is Spoiler Free! GUYS! THIS BOOK! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I am legitimately shaking right now. Or bouncing. I’m not sure which. Maybe it’s my brain that is shaking? I don’t even know. All I know is that Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn is now my new favorite book. It is a book I will cherish for the rest of my life. I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!! This is going to be more of a fangirling session than a proper book review, but who cares? I certainly don’t. This is my blog, and I will get as excited as I please on it! Okay so here’s the deal. I picked this…
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Fahrenheit 451
This Post is Spoiler Free! Okay this book was fascinating. I can see why it’s considered a classic. It’s the type of book that I don’t particularly want to review because I’m honestly not sure I can review it. So instead, I’ll share a list of reasons why you might want to pick it up: The language of it is beautiful. And super interesting. Between literary quotes, sentences that leave you breathless, and the occasional bout of stream of consciousness writing, the language really offers up many things for a lot of different people. It’s fairly short and to the point. It doesn’t try to push the meaning on you…
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The Girl The Sea Gave Back
This Post is Spoiler Free! Alright. Bear with me here. I have mixed feelings about The Girl The Sea Gave Back. There were parts about it that I absolutely loved, but there were also parts that nearly made me put it down, which is a bit rare. I honestly think that if I were the DNFing (Did Not Finish) type, this book would have been one of them. BUT! I hate leaving things unfinished, so I pushed through, and I’m not too upset that I did. I know… I’m going in circles… This is just how the book made me feel, okay? Let’s start with what I liked: the story.…
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House of Salt and Sorrows
I recently read House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin Graig, and it was the first Fantasy book I’ve read in a while that I thought was kind of… eh. Don’t get me wrong, there were a lot of things in the book that I liked (particularly in it being a retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses), but the ending didn’t sit well with me. When the ending is off, it throws off the whole book. However, let’s start with the beginning. Erin Craig sets the scene, and she sets it fairly dark and dreary. It took some time, and I had the smallest amount of trouble getting into her…