by Michelle | Oct 21, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, S Author
The anticipation for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab was so high this year that you might think there is no way it could possibly live up to those expectations. Then you read it. And you realize that it blows those expectations out of the water. The...
by Michelle | Oct 16, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author, Review Copy
The much-awaited sequel to Roshani Chokshi’s The Gilded Wolves, The Silvered Serpents picks up several months after the events of the first novel with the group struggling to accept the loss of one of their own, thus setting the mood for the rest of the novel....
by Michelle | Oct 15, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, H Author, Review Copy
There is something about a story in which a library is one of the settings. It doesn’t matter if the library is a fantasy or really exists, the library establishes the tone of the story, one in which the love of possibility and knowledge, as well as a reverence...
by Michelle | Oct 13, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, L Author, Review Copy
Stories that are good but not great make for some of the most difficult reviews to write, don’t you think? I always make this determination by my eagerness to write the review. If I love or hate a book, I can knock out the review of it within a few minutes. When...
by Michelle | Oct 6, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, N Author, Review Copy
Locked-door mysteries are tricky. Done well, they are thrilling reads because you can rarely solve the mystery before the author reveals the answer. Done poorly, they are predictable and painful. I jumped at the change to read Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp...
by Michelle | Sep 25, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, P Author, Review Copy
I was all set to mark To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini as a DNF after the first chapter. There is so much in the first quarter of the novel which reads like an extension of The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey. This includes terminology, anti-Earth...
