Tag: to be read
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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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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…
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AUGUST 2022 READING WRAP UP
It’s giving chaotic reader and genre diversity. It’s historical fiction, Greek retellings, campus thriller, book in translation, contemporary fiction, and humor nonfiction about what else but birds. Stand out favorite from the month was The It Girl by Ruth Ware followed by Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead…
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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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JULY 2022 READING WRAP UP
The variety of my reading within a single month is astounding, and impressive, if I do say so myself: a couple romances, a couple of thrillers, a YA non-fiction about racism, my first ever graphic novel, a book of haiku, and even a humous field guide about birds. Top tier,…
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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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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 11
The House Across the LakeAuthor: Riley SagerPublication Date: June 2022Genre: thriller, mysteryMethod: signed hardcover Regardless of rating, this book will always have a very special place in my heart. I will read anything and everything Riley Sager writes and I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet…
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