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Wilder Girls
Let’s talk about Wilder Girls by Rory Powers. To put it simply, it wasn’t my favorite book of the year. I’m a little bummed, because I was really looking forward to it? But, such is life! I’ll be keeping this fairly short, but here are a few of my thoughts on the book. First off, I had a hard time following the plot. I don’t always mind that, since confusion can add a lot to a story, but everything twisted just a few too many times. I have to say, though, that with the constant changing and confusion, it was a fairly quick read. Just… instead of proper investment where…
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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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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…