Category: book reviews
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 21
1984Author: George OrwellPublication Date: 1949Genre: classic, fictionMethod: audiobook via TPL In 2022, I set out to read at least 4 classics, planning to read this in December. Honestly I was kind of excited about it because I thought I had fond memories from reading it in high school like 10…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 20
The Family RemainsAuthor: Lisa JewellPublication Date: July 2022Genre: mystery, thrillerMethod: hardcover borrowed from TPL To recap, in October I picked up my first Lisa Jewell, this books predecessor, The Family Upstairs, and absolutely loved it. I was glued to TFU, fascinated with the characters and the psychological, familial drama that…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 14
The Song of AchillesAuthor: Madeline MillerPublication Date: August 2012Genre: historical fiction, fantasyMethod: audiobook via TPL Look, it pains me that I’m not rating this 5 stars. Mentally, I was ready to cry, I wanted that for me. I was ready and willing. But we just didn’t get there, bestie. It…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 13
Eating Salad Drunk: Haikus for the Burnout Age by Comedy GreatsAuthor: Gabe HenryPublication Date: February 2022Genre: poetry, humorMethod: hardcover borrowed from TPL At the end of June, I took a look at the genre related goals and intentions I set for the year of 2022 and realized I hadn’t yet…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 12
My MonticelloAuthor: Jocelyn Nicole JohnsonPublication Date: October 2021Genre: short stories, historical fictionMethod: audiobook via TPL Ugh, it’s hard to rate a collection of stories. This collection starts out this a bang with Control Negro, performed live by LeVar Burton (yes, from Reading Rainbow). It was incredible, so gripping, eerie, and…
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