I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned this on the blog before, but one of the first fiction podcasts I listened to was Rabbits. And I enjoyed Rabbits so much that I ended up listening to everything by Pacific Northwest Stories (PNWS) – Tanis, The Black Tapes, The Last Movie, and Faerie. So you can probably… Read More Book Review: Rabbits by Terry Miles
I heard about Every Heart a Doorway when Sam from The Book in Hand wrote a post about 7 atmospheric books to read and I thought it sounded really good! It took a little while, but I finally got around to reading this. Every Heart a Doorway is a novella about children who have fallen… Read More Book Review: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Have you ever started a book because you thought it was one thing and it turned out to be another? This is what happened to me with The Bone Fire and to be honest, I’m not sure what I feel about this. I thought that The Bone Fire was a fantasy that starts in a… Read More Book Review: The Bone Fire by György Dragomán
The annoying thing about one book having two different titles is that you’ll end up misunderstanding how many library copies there are. I searched for this book under “Darling Rose Gold” and thought that there weren’t many copies available, but then I searched by author name and found it in the library I was visiting!… Read More Book Review: The Recovery of Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
I’ve been hearing a lot about this book but because of the subject matter, I’ve always been a bit scared to read it. And then it was picked as my book’s club next book. My Dark Vanessa is the story of Vanessa, from Vanessa’s point of view. Her life at thirty-two isn’t great – she’s… Read More Book Review: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
It feels a bit weird to be calling a Victorian-era book a page turner, but The Woman in White is definitely one. I got this partly because it was cheap and partly because it was famous, so I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The Woman in White starts with Walter Hartright, getting… Read More Book Review: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
I requested this from NetGalley because of two words: “Amish Vampires”. I mean, there is no way I’m not going to request this! And it’s not even a parody – Those who Hunger is an actual Amish vampire thriller. But while the book is interesting and has its good points, it was also let down… Read More Book Review: Those Who Hunger by Owen Banner
I heard about this book quite a bit when it came out but I tend to avoid books during their hype (I’ll probably be reading Harry Potter soon and I guess I’ll continue Game of Thrones when the series is done). When I saw this book in the library, I figured that most of the… Read More Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton
I really enjoyed Miss Buncle’s Book when I read it earlier this year, so when I chanced upon Miss Buncle Married, I immediately borrowed it (especially since Ami from luvtoread also recommended it as a fun read). Miss Buncle Married takes place soon after the events of Miss Buncle’s Book. Since her identity as the… Read More Miss Buncle Married by D. E. Stevenson
I can’t remember where I first heard about this book, but I was drawn to the premise of two girls disappearing and what happens after. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting such an unconventional (and for the mystery-lover in me, somewhat unsatisfying) tale, but this was an intriguing work that kept me reading till the… Read More Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips