2021 To Be Read (TBR) List…and How I Did on my 2020 TBR

I love making and updating a To Be Read List, even if I only sometimes consult it, and nearly never fully complete it, especially a year long TBR list! But the beauty of the book community is I am always getting more recs, moving current books “up” or “down” my TBR, and picking up booksContinue reading “2021 To Be Read (TBR) List…and How I Did on my 2020 TBR”

Mini Reviews for Recent Reads: October – December 2020

I have put off writing reviews for these books for TOO LONG– and since we are now entering a new year, I want to start with a fresh slate, so I am making myself write mini-reviews for all my recent reads that I have not made time to write a full review for! Kingdom ofContinue reading “Mini Reviews for Recent Reads: October – December 2020”

“Get in Loser, We’re Going Condemning Incest”: Rereading The Mortal Instruments series

City of Bones, Book 1 As with most of the Shadowhunter books (I’ve previously reviewed each book in the Infernal Devices series!), I flew through this book with relative ease. I felt like I remembered most of the plot of this book from when I first read this series a whole ass decade ago, andContinue reading ““Get in Loser, We’re Going Condemning Incest”: Rereading The Mortal Instruments series”

The Poppy War: A Review

Synopsis When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off andContinue reading “The Poppy War: A Review”