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Burn, baby, burn

by | Jun 4, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, N Author, Review Copy

Burn by Patrick Ness is a clever alternate reality story set in the 1950s. This reality is extremely close to our own except for one not so small thing. Dragons exist in this world. Yet, for as dangerous and unknown as dragons are in this world, they are not the...

Nora does it again

by | Jun 3, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, R Author, Review Copy

I do not hide my obsession passion for Nora Roberts’ novels. I find them akin to that great feeling of coming home and sinking into your own bed after a trip. They are comforting, welcoming, and entertaining. They never fail to improve my mood and put everything...

A Bad Book Slump

by | May 28, 2020 | Did Not Finish, Review Copy

After reading some spectacular books earlier this month, I have hit a spate of bad ones. I know it happens; not every book can be amazing after all. Still, it depresses me because I have not been able to finish a book in over a week, and I was on such a good streak....

No Queen for me

by | May 22, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, G Author, Review Copy

I thoroughly enjoyed The Women’s War by Jenna Glass, but the same cannot be said about its sequel, Queen of the Unwanted. In fact, I did not enjoy the reading of the sequel so much that I did contemplate marking it as a DNF. The only reason I did not do so was...