To All the Books I DNFed: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Synopsis (GoodReads): Lesson One of the Scholomance: Learning has never been this deadly.A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) — until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets.There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, save strategic ones. Survival is more …

Review: Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Title:Ghost Boys Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes Genre: Middle grade Pages: 217 Format: Paperback Links: GoodReads, Amazon, Bookshop Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (GoodReads): Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that’s been unleashed on his family and community in …

Review: On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn (Bridgerton, 8)

Title:On the Way to the Wedding Author: Julia Quinn Genre: Historical Romance Pages: 371 Format: Paperback Links: GoodReads, Amazon, Bookshop Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (GoodReads): A funny thing happened...Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love. And he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his dreams, he will …

Review: The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

Title:The Wicked Deep Author: Shea Ernshaw Genre: YA Pages: 310 Format: Paperback Links: GoodReads, Amazon, Bookshop Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (GoodReads): Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow… Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding …

To All the Books I DNFed: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

I feel like I gave the All Souls Trilogy a fair chance. After all, I read the first two books (review for A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night). I don’t know why I tried to pick this one up when I clearly did not enjoy the first two books in this trilogy. I …

Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Title: Mexican Gothic Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Genre: Horror Pages: 301 Format: Paperback Links: GoodReads, Amazon, Bookshop Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (GoodReads): After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not …

Top 10 Fictional Crushes

Hosted by ThatArtsyReaderGirl.com Did any of these make your list? What are some ones I missed? Let me know in the comments. Rhysand from ACOTAR: I mean, obviously. I'm obsessed with him. He's perfect.Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice: Another obvious choice and definitely not influenced by the 2005 movie....But I am sucker for enemies-to-lovers....The …

Review: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (All Souls Trilogy, 2)

Title: Shadow of Night (All Soul's Trilogy, 2) Author: Deborah Harkness Genre: Fantasy, romance Pages: 577 Format: Paperback Links: GoodReads, Amazon, Bookshop Rating: 2/5 stars Synopsis (GoodReads): Picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes Diana and Matthew on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of …

Review: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Title: A Discovery of Witches Author: Deborah Harkness Genre: Fantasy, romance Pages: 579 Format: Paperback Links: GoodReads, Bookshop, Amazon Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis Diana Bishop, a historian, descends from a powerful line of witches, only she doesn’t practice. During her research at the Bodleian Library, Diana stumbles upon a bewitched manuscript, sparking the interest of …

TBT The Books I Loved, #5: Dystopians

Feel free to join in! I'd love to see what some of your past time favorites were. Leave a comment, post a link, or let me know if we share the same favorites. Ever since I read The Giver when I was 11, I have loved dystopian literature. These are some of my favorites.What are …