Author: merynmade

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 19

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 19

    The PushAuthor: Ashley AudrainPublication Date: January 2021Genre: thriller, fictionMethod: audiobook via TPL What a polarizing book! It seems like readers either love it for its intensity or hate it because they found it boring. I find that I’m falling somewhere in the middle, while I found it undoubtedly unsettling, based…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 18

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 18

    The Missing YearsAuthor: Lexie ElliottPublication Date: April 2019Genre: mystery, thriller Method: audiobook via TPL I saw the words inheritance and London and I got excited. I picked this up based off of Kayla’s recommendation and she didn’t let me down. Pros: intelligent main character, well crafted pacing, character backstory and intrigue, Scottish Highlands setting,…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 17

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 17

    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the HorseAuthor: Charlie MackesyPublication Date: October 2019Genre: fiction, graphic novel Method: hardcover borrowed from TPL The art style is beautiful and unique, but the story overall felt very disjointed, or is that just me? But that begs the question, am I the target…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 16

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 16

    Fates and FuriesAuthor: Lauren GroffPublication Date: September 2015Genre: fiction, contemporaryMethod: audiobook via TPL This book was definitely not on my radar but I asked my best best friend for a book recommendation for my 2022 TBR and she handed me this, so of course I had to read it. It’s…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 15

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 15

    Velvet Was the NightAuthor: Silvia Moreno-GarciaPublication Date: August 2021Genre: historical fiction, noirMethod: audiobook via TPL Like many other readers who felt meh about this book, I jumped in after loving Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s 2020 release Mexican Gothic, and clearly that was a mistake. I’m shooting myself in the foot for picking…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // 2022 Q3 UPDATE

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // 2022 Q3 UPDATE

    Three quarters down, one to go! General stats Fiction: 58Nonfiction: 19 Audiobooks: 40Physical books: 37 Borrowed books: 45 → Library savings $925.61Personal collection: 32 2022 TBR: 222022 Release: 23Book of the Month: 16Buzzword Readathon challenge: 25Debut Work: 23 5 stars: 17 4 stars: 283 stars: 182 stars: 1Not rated: 13…

  • 2022 Q3 | STOPPED MY SCROLL

    Inspired by Elise Blaha Cripe (blog linked here), here are a couple dozen Instagram images that made me stop, pause, and save over the past 3 months Until next time, Meryn

  • BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2022 – THIRD QUARTER UPDATE

    BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2022 – THIRD QUARTER UPDATE

    JULY – a book with a book related word in the title Book Lovers by Emily HenryRock Paper Scissors by Alice FeeneyThe Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller AUGUST – a book with an item/object in the title In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley WinsteadThis is a Book by Demetri MartinLemon…

  • 2022 TBR // THIRD QUARTER UPDATE

    2022 TBR // THIRD QUARTER UPDATE

    One quarter left of the year and I only have 8 books left in my 2022 TBR! One quarter left in the year 2022 and I’ve read 22 of the books on my 2022 TBR, making my completion percentage 78.57%. I’m still on track to finish by the end of…

  • SEPTEMBER 2022 READING WRAP UP

    I had such high hopes and a huge stack of books I was eager to read in September, but getting COVID the first week of the month definitely derailed my reading plans. Nevertheless, glad to get to 2 more books on my 2022 TBR, Daisy Darker and Fates and Furies.…