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The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (non- spoiler) Book Review

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (non- spoiler) Book Review

Rating: 4/5 stars

Genre: Adult Romance

First off, I absolutely enjoyed this novel and would recommend it to all chic lit fans out there.

The best way to summarize the plot is this: gender swapped version of Pretty Woman.  (more…)

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Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan MacGuire (non-spoiler) Book Review

My rating: 5/5 stars (more…)

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The Long Walk by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) Book Review

My rating: 5/5 (more…)

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Nowhere Near You by Leah Thomas (non-spoiler) review

My Rating: 5,000/5 (more…)

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The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli (non-spoiler) review

My Rating: 2.5/5 (more…)

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Made You Up by Francesca Zappia Book Review (non-spoiler)

My Rating: 3.5/5 (more…)

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Anne With an "E" Netflix's Series Adaptation Review

Anne With an “E” Netflix’s Series Adaptation Review

Rating: 5/5 Release Date: 05/12/2017 Networks: Netflix and CBC Adapted from the books Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Genre: Historical Fiction, Coming of Age Themes: Prejudice, Friendship, Family, Discrimination, Love Overview Anne with an “e”  can’t stop day dreaming, talking and, certainly, can’t stop telling stories. Anne Shirley is an orphan from the 19th century, mistakenly…

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Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Book Review (non-spoiler)

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Book Review (non-spoiler)

Rating: 4.5/5 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery Overview Lazlo Strange, an orphaned librarian’s apprentice,  has an imagination that transcends the most elaborate of dreams. “Dream up something wild and improbable… Something beautiful an full of monsters… All the best stories are.” (Taylor, 115) Fueled by stories, books and fairy tales, since a very young age, Lazlo developed a life…

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The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski Book Review (non-spoiler)

The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski Book Review (non-spoiler)

Rating: 5/5 The second installment to the The Winner’s trilogy is even better than the first one. Compared to the Winner’s Curse, the Winner’s Crime has a darker tone and a faster pace. The world building and character development are stronger, and the plot doesn’t focus so much on the romance but on Kestrel’s schemes. Kestrel, once again, slayed. Here we see a more cunning and politically savvy…

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The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski Book Review (non-spoiler)

The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski Book Review (non-spoiler)

Rating: 5/5 Publication Date: 2014 A rich girl buys a slave. Then falls in love with him. Then the revolution starts, and her world flips. In  my opinion, Kestrel was a fucking bad ass. (more…)

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2017 Rereading Goals

So, what is the point of loving and owning so many books if we never read them again? It makes no sense. Therefore, I think it’s extremely important to re-experience those worlds and those characters that are so dear to our hearts, because if don’t, then they will be forgotten and what we might have loved will be lost. (more…)

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Coraline by Neil Gaiman Book Review (Non-spoiler)

Coraline by Neil Gaiman Book Review (Non-spoiler)

Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, takes readers on a journey that pushes the boundaries of children’s literature. (more…)

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The Skinjacker Trilogy by Neal Shusterman Series Review (non-spoiler)

The Skinjacker Trilogy by Neal Shusterman Series Review (non-spoiler)

After Nick and Allie suffer a car accident, they wake up in Everlost; a place between the dead and the living. In Everlost, they meet ancient, old, and new souls wondering the same things as them, why don’t they move on? why can some of them host living people’s bodies? What happens to them once they start sinking? (more…)

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R.I.P it or Ship it Book tag

R.I.P it or Ship it Book tag

(Tag created by emmmabooks.)* Valentine’s Day is here, so lets Ship some characters together. Shall we? Round #1= Simon Snow +Ollie I ship this with all I got.  For those who don’t know Ollie, he’s the most positive person. Even though he goes through tough and heartbreaking situations he always puts on a smile. He loves making others laugh and show them they can be better. Underneath however, he…

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Forgive Me Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Book Review (non-spoiler)

Forgive Me Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Book Review (non-spoiler)

My rating: 4/5 Leonard Peacock is going to off himself on his birthday. But not before he gives his goodbye presents to the few people he appreciated and not before he takes his bully down with him.  (more…)

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Book Review (non-spoiler)

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Book Review (non-spoiler)

As a child, Jacob admired his adventurous grandfather. As a teenager, he thought he was a liar. Abraham, has told his grandson, Jacob, about extraordinary children living in a secret island and terrible monsters hunting them down.  Jacob was the only one that believed him, but only when he was a child. However, when Jacob finds a letter addressed to his grandfather from Miss Peregrine, the…