Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
I can’t quite remember how I found this book, but it was in my overdrive wishlist and I was looking for a fantasy to read so I decided to pick it. What I found was a French-inspired fantasy full of friendship and learning how to put broken things back together. The Castle Behind Thorns starts… Read More Book Review: The Castle Behind Thorns by Merrie Haskell
I’ve had Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead (can I call it DYPOTBOTD because that is a loooong title) on my TBR list for a while because it seemed to be fairly divisive. I’m pretty sure that I’ve heard both really good and bad things about this book and it made me… Read More Book Review: Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
My week is over and I think it went pretty well! So it’s back to regular programming, I hope. I first heard about this book when Zeezee reviewed it. Since I’ve not read much African and African-American-inspired fantasy and since I also enjoyed the Percy Jackson series, I thought I would enjoy this one. And… Read More Book Review: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
“Journalists, as they say, write the first draft of history, and the first draft is the only one that most of the public remembers, not the more nuanced, better-informed one that comes after the dust has cleared.” This was one of the books that the library featured in Libby when I opened the app, and… Read More Book Review: The Revolution That Wasn’t by Spencer Jakab
This is the last book that I bought at the church bazaar, and unsurprisingly, I’m regretting not getting more! But a friend did loan me two of her books, so I still have those and a lot of ebooks to read. I remember reading and really enjoying The Shadow of the Wind (Goodreads Review), so… Read More Book Review: The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I should really consider just picking up the next Skulduggery Pleasant book whenever I feel like I’m not reading enough because the books are so fun that I somehow find time to read them (as soon as I start. If it’s just on my bookshelf, it can sit for a while. Funny how spare time… Read More Book Review: The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy
So I impulsively borrowed this for the train ride home from Bordeaux but it turned out to have an unexpected connection to the city! Turns out that the trial (or trials) at the Center in this book were held there. The Bettencourt Affair is about Liliane Schueller Bettencourt, the daughter of the founder of L’Oreal;… Read More Book Review: The Bettencourt Affair by Tom Sancton
I find that thriller/mysteries are great for train rides because they are fairly quick to read and entertaining. Taken has been on my TBR list for quite a while and since I had a long train ride back to Nice, I thought this was a good book to kill time with! Taken starts with an… Read More Book Review: #Taken by Tony Parsons
I’m pretty sure that I’ve read this a long time ago, but this was before I started writing down my reviews so I have absolutely no recollection of what I thought about this the first time I read it. And honestly, this felt like a new-to-me book which I loved so much. The third book… Read More Book Review: The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny
I found this book via Rainienutreads on Instagram and have been wanting to read it since! But I held back for a long time because for some reason, this library book doesn’t synch with my kobo! But eventually, the curiosity was too much and I ended up reading the whole thing on my phone even… Read More Book Review: A Baby’s Bones by Rebecca Alexander