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Romanov
This Post is Spoiler Free! I made the mistake of not writing down my feelings directly after reading Romanov by Nadine Brandes, and now it’s been almost a week and I feel lost. This has nothing to do about how much I liked the book, because I liked it a lot. I just finished it at three in the morning, fell directly to sleep, and didn’t have time to write my review when I woke up. And then I procrastinated. But, it’s Tuesday, my usual blog post day, and I figured I should really, really get to this. So, here I am! Talking about Romanov! To start, I want to…
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We Are Okay
This Post is Spoiler Free! We Are Okay by Nina LaCour. I can’t even begin to describe what this book means to me. I read it sometime last year, I think in late October? I needed it then. I remember reading it all in one sitting (while I was at work one really, really slow evening). I cried a lot. Then all of the hockey guys came in and my makeup was a little streaked, but it was okay because that wasn’t the first time they had seen me in tears over a book and the hockey dudes were very understanding. I needed this book again this year, though for…
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The Kingdom of Back
This Post is Spoiler Free! Okay. I just finished The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu. I need a second to compose myself (like, honestly, I’m still crying), so I’m going to give you a quick recount on how this book came into my possession. It’s not a very special story, but I had been walking through the shelves at Barnes & Noble, just chillin’ as one does, when I caught sight of it. The cover is so intriguingly beautiful, I nearly couldn’t set it down, especially after I saw it was by Marie Lu (I loved her Warcross duology) and was about Mozart’s sister. But… I had promised myself…
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Let it Snow
This Post is Spoiler Free! I’m reading Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle right now. It is split into three sections, one section/story per author, each with a different Main Character. I figured I’d write down quick thoughts of each story as I go along, and finish it off with thoughts on the book as a whole at the end! Here we go! The Jubilee Express by Maureen Johnson Mmm… what to say about this one. For one, it was super easy to read. At 117 pages long, it is definitely possible to read it in one sitting. It took me about an hour. So…
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My Rating System!
I’ve been posting so consistently this month (on Tuesdays and Fridays), and I didn’t want to lose my momentum. The only problem is that I haven’t actually finished a book since Winterwood, so I’ve decided to finally write up something that has been on my mind for some time. I was looking through my Goodreads 2020 Challenge (I’ll write up more on that closer to the end of the year), and I realized the majority of the books I read, I rated either 4 or 5 stars. There are 5 books (out of 59) that I rated 3 stars. I didn’t rate a single thing below that. This isn’t to…
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Winterwood
This Post is Spoiler Free! Y’all… I don’t even know how I’m supposed to write this. I just finished Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw, and OH MY GOODNESS! AHH! WHAT DID I JUST READ?!?!?!?!? There are so many emotions, my dudes. So many emotions. To start, I’m just in love with the way Ernshaw writes. It flows so beautifully and conveys such emotion, I found myself devouring it. I felt the same way when I read The Wicked Deep earlier this year (you can find my review of that HERE). Like The Wicked Deep, Winterwood was a Paranormal Fiction (with a healthy dose of Fantasy). I just… I don’t quite know…
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One Way or Another
This Post is Spoiler Free! So… I don’t usually like YA Contemporaries. Great way to start out a review, right? You might be asking yourself why I even bother reading them if I don’t usually like them, and I have two answers for that question: 1. I appreciate any piece of writing as an opportunity to learn about the craft, and even if I don’t like the genre, there are bits of it I can incorporate into my own writing. 2. Sometimes I find a book I genuinely like. So far, the list consists solely of We Are Okay by Nina LaCour, Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, and now One Way…
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Damsel
This Post is Spoiler Free! Hey! I just finished my first book of December. What book? Damsel by Elana K. Arnold! Let me start out by saying that this book is apparently marketed as a YA… That is so wrong. This book is incredible, but it is NOT for a YA audience. The themes in it are very adult, the descriptions are very adult, the emotions are very adult. Do I think the odd teen will read this and possibly appreciate it for what it is? Sure. Do I think teens should read this book? No… Early twenties, yes. Teens, no. I didn’t buy Damsel thinking it was a YA…
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Piratica (I and II)
This Post is Spoiler Free! I’m going to be 100% honest with y’all… I forgot to write down my thoughts on Piratica by Tanith Lee before starting (and finishing) Piratica II. Normally, I’ll be fresh from finishing a book as I write my review (which is less an ordered review and more a slew of my thoughts and feelings), so this feels a little weird. Piratica But let’s look at Piratica. I’m going to start by saying that it took me nearly the whole month of November to read, however that was less because of the book and more because I was busy (and even when I wasn’t, my mind…
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Fangirl
So, here’s the thing. I recently finished Fangirl, and I wish I hadn’t. You might be thinking, “Wow, Lucy… was it that bad?” and the answer is an all caps NO! Fangirl was AMAZING! The only thing I didn’t like about it was that it ended at all. To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure what it is about this book that I find incredible. I didn’t notice any particular techniques, or character related things that stood out to me, but I think that might be because I was invested? It didn’t feel like a book to me. It felt like I was diving straight into the memories of a…