Tag: TBR

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 4

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 4

    WillAuthor: Will Smith, Mark MansonPublication Date: November 2021Genre: nonfiction, biographyMethod: audiobook via TPL Going into this memoir, I knew next to nothing about Will Smith other than he was born and raised in west Philadelphia, but doesn’t everybody know that? Let me tell you what – I haven’t been able…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3

    Greenwich ParkAuthor: Katherine FaulknerPublication Date: January 2022Genre: thriller, mysteryMethod: hardcover borrowed from TPL I’m not usually the biggest fan of domestic thrillers but I devoured this debut by author Katherine Faulkner! Personally I loved the slow pace of this thriller, getting to know the main characters, their connections to one…

  • JANUARY 2022 READING WRAP UP

    JANUARY 2022 READING WRAP UP

    General stats Total: 13 booksPages: 2,298 Fiction: 8Nonfiction: 5 Audiobooks: 5Physical books: 8 Borrowed books: 9→ Library savings $178.97Personal collection: 4 2022 TBR: 42022 Release: 3Book of the Month: 2Buzzword Readathon challenge: 3Debut Work: 4 Genre Goals ☐ 5 books about antiracism → What White People Can Do Next by…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2

    The Girl Who DiedAuthor: Ragnar JónassonPublication Date: November 2018Genre: mystery, thriller Method: audiobook via TPL Picked this up on whim because it fit for January’s #buzzword prompt (who, what, where, when, why, and how), and it was available as an audiobook, which was definitely a good call because there’s no…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1

    A Flicker in the DarkAuthor: Stacey WillinghamPublication Date: January 2022Genre: mystery, thrillerMethod: BOTM hardcover And to begin, story time. In June of 2021, in a small independent bookstore in Michigan, I found myself in conversation with a lovely woman pre-ordering a debut thriller written by her niece set to release…

  • 2022 TBR – INTRODUCTION

    2022 TBR – INTRODUCTION

    The 30 books, new and backlist titles, I hope to read throughout 2022 I can’t be sure what possessed me to make a 30 book TBR at the end of 2020 to guide my reading in 2021, but I’m so glad I did! Of the 30 books selected for 2021,…

  • 2021 TBR // FOURTH QUARTER UPDATE + CONCLUSION

    2021 TBR // FOURTH QUARTER UPDATE + CONCLUSION

    Toggle the bar below back and forth to see the progress i made throughout 2021! Back in 2020 when I made this list of books to read in 2021, I didn’t really expect to read them all, so to read 25 of the 30 is a huge success. That brings…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 17

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 17

    A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list for books to come ViciousAuthor: V. E. SchwabPublication Date: September 2013Genre: fantasy, science fiction Method: personal paperback This is the story of two college friends who force upon themselves superpowers, but don’t…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 16

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 16

    A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list for books to come The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoAuthor: Taylor Jenkins ReidPublication Date: July 2017Genre: historical fiction, romance, LGBTMethod: paperback borrowed from TPL Let’s just state the obvious, this book has…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 15

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 15

    A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list for books to come MemorialAuthor: Bryan WashingtonPublication Date: October 2020Genre: fiction, LGBTMethod: audiobook via TPL, hardcover BOTM It was a strong start for me, but inevitably, it fell flat, but I’m fairly…