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How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
This Post is Spoiler Free! So. How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black is the newest addition to the world of The Folk of the Air (starting with The Cruel Prince). This new book is a novella about Cardan. I wasn’t planning on reading it this month (I had a set TBR and everything), but man oh man… I got my hands on it and couldn’t resist! I just HAD to read it! I’m so glad I did. It’s short (it IS a novella), but is everything I could have wanted from a book about Cardan. Unlike the original trilogy, which is told in first…
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Folk of the Air Trilogy
This Post is Spoiler Free! I debated breaking this up into three separate reviews, posting after I finished each book. However, I ended up reading the whole trilogy before I could post the first review, so I decided to group them together. I wrote each one after finishing the book in question, so you are getting unadulterated thoughts that I wrote (most of the time) after 2 in the morning! The Cruel Prince So. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (the first book in The Folk of the Air trilogy). I read it in a day, which is unsurprising. I’ve heard many people say that they read this book quickly,…
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The Starless Sea
Have you ever finished a book, stared at the last page for a moment too long, turned to scream into your pillow, then immediately opened the book again, starting from page one? Yeah, that was me with The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. It was another one suggested to me by a friend. Or yelled at me, I guess. The same friend who also suggested (yelled) that I should read Six of Crows. To be honest, I don’t exactly have the words to describe what I’m feeling right now (especially without giving spoilers… which I promise I won’t do), but I’m going to do my best. However good that may…
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Reading Update (March and April)
Here’s the thing. It’s been about a month since I last posted, and it’s been two months since I last posted anything about what I’ve been reading. I can’t say I’ve read a LOT since then, but I’ve read a fair amount. The books I’ve read in the last two months (with mini reviews/thoughts) are: The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan It took me a while to get into this one. I think a part of that is because I’d been in YA land for so long that going back to Middlegrade was a bit of a shock to my system. The other part is simply… it…