What a very surprising read! This was suggested to me by a friend, and I loved it. It was a very unexpected book and the story was fresh and enjoyable. I’m looking forward to reading more. Highly recommended.
5/5 stars
This book was so much fun to read. The world building was perfect and it was a genre I was comfortable with but it was also written from a unique perspective since it was Muslim based. Loved it, and look forward to continuing the series.
4/5 stars
This book was beautifully written but also very deep considering what the world is going through right now. It was heartbreaking and I felt bad for the women of Iran, much like I currently feel for women of the USA. The book resonated with me more than I wanted it to, that’s for sure.
Great read – loved the parts about Oak. Started (and ended) very dark. Was nice to be reading about Elfheim again.
This book was amazing. Princess Donut makes the book, as always. I listened to it as an audio book – HIGHLY recommended for all of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Rough story about Maggie & Chris. Frank. I wonder how Agnes manages each floor. I’m excited to start the next book and it’s probably the only book that I suggest people listen to the audio instead of reading it.
4/5 stars
This book started off very slow, and it was hard to get into. I liked the idea of it, but found it too easy for my thoughts to drift away during the audiobook. British narrator. It’s being made into a Netflix show later this year I believe.
3/5 stars
It’s that time of the month where I go over how I did in my reading stats! That’s right, a new feature because I’ve never actually done a reading wrap-up before. Why not start now?!
The graphics are from TheStoryGraph which is my book tracking site of choice these days. If you’re into statistics, this is where you want to be. They even include a calendar of all your reading updates. Looking at February, I see it was another big month for books and I really hope that carries over into March, but if it doesn’t that’s alright too. I read a total of 7 books (29% of those were audio books, the rest were physical & ebooks) and my average rating was 3.57 – I only had one 5 star read, and that was ‘What I ate in One Year’ by Stanley Tucci.
I’ve decided moving forward I’d like to devote an entire spread to any 5 star books I read, mostly because I don’t often have a lot of 5 star reads, and I think it would be a neat little bit of creativity I could toss into my reading journal. I’m not 100% pleased with how the journal went this year, but I am determined to keep with it (as best I can) and then next year I can implement changes like moving to a square journal and organizing some things better. Right now the journal is a lot of statistics, and while I do love stats, I’d like a little more creativity to flow.
In January I read 6 books (I may actually backdate a post to represent this) which I also thought was a lot for me, but hey maybe this is the year for massive reading (so I can protect my mental health with all of the crazy that is going on in the world these days). I certainly have no complaints – and I really hope that March involves just as many (if not more) amazing reads.
I’m not sure what to think of this one. It’s written by a white woman and she comes across as having a white savior complex, where blacks need to be rescued. I wanted to educate myself but I was pretty frustrated during certain parts. It was an OK book and I’m glad I tried it, but I think this subject is better coming from someone else.
2/5 stars
VELA ROTH
Phoebe, a widow in her thirties, feels like a princess every time fanged, immortal Alethas spirits her out of her father’s castle for dances under the full moon. After years of making sacrifices for her eleven sisters, she’s tempted to let him fulfill all her secret desires. But loving him could get her killled.
Heat Level: Scorching ****
This was my second book by T. Kingfisher – and I enjoyed it, but I wasn’t absolutely blown away by it like I have with some of her works. It tells the story of fourteen-year-old Mona, who has a magical gift of – bread. She can make gingerbread men rise, and her familiar is a sourdough starter which I found hilarious. I think in the case of this book, I was simply not the target. The book was written for a younger audience, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.
I didn’t particularly like how Mona went and solved her issues, either. Things start off as a murder mystery but quickly develops into a coming-of-age story – and again, nothing wrong with that, it just wasn’t what I was looking for.
There are some young adult books I can read and forget that it was ever written with an audience in mind, and unfortunately this was not one of those books, for me. Still, it was a fun magic system and brought some unique features, so if you’re looking for something easy to read and quite cozy despite the murder happening, this might be a read you’ll want to look into.
3/5 stars
The Nomadic Reader 