#bethlylou reads

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Review: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (read by the author)

I vaguely knew who Jennette McCurdy was thanks to years of stocking magazine’s working for B&N. I knew she was on some Nickelodeon show but I was passed the Nickelodeon phrase in my life. I have nothing but good things about her memoir but the more I learned about her life, I wasn’t sure I wanted to read it. I decided to to listen to the audio book. I find listening to memoirs more enjoyable.…

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What I'm Reading Now: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

So far this has been very amusing.

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What I'm Reading Now: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

I’m excited for this. I really like Leigh’s writing.

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Quick Review: The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

I thought at the end of The Final Gambit that this series wrapped up nicely. I didn’t know what else needed to be said. True, Avery’s journey was wrapped up nicely. She made it a year, inherited the Hawthorne fortune and figured out what she was going to do with that vast wealth. However, Grayson and Jameson’s stories has some work to do. True their relationship with each other have…

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What I'm Reading Now: Rough Around the Hedges by Lish McBride

More paranormal romances

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What I'm Reading Now: Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

Chloe Gong’s last series was a reworking of Romeo and Juliet. This time she takes on Shakespeare Cleopatra and Antony. Now I am not as familiar with this play but I’m willing to give it a shot.

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Review: Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu

This was a fun book. Winter is the biggest pop star in the world. He also happens to be the favorite singer of the daughter of one of the most dangerous men in the world. So when Winter gets invited to play her birthday party it is the opening that Sydney, a covert operative for an agency that does what the CIA won’t. Which if you know the CIA’s history that’s some real shit. Sydney poses as…

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What I'm Reading Now: Ink Blook Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs

This was on a couple of Best of Lists so I thought I would give it go

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What I'm Reading Now: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Dragons. It had me at Dragons.

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What I'm Reading Now: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

I figured with the movie coming out it’s about time to read it. I’m not thrilled that Snow got his own book but I’ll give it a try.

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Review: The Adventurs of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

I have made a conscious effort this year to not read as many teen novels. Not that I think they are not worth reading but as I get older, It was starting to feel weird reading but the love lives of teenagers. I’m not going to stop reading teen novels completely because there are many authors I love and I want to support but maybe it’s time to read novels that feature people my own age. So I was…

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What I'm Reading Now: The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill by Rowenna Miller

Fairies. Sisters. This is right up my alley

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Quick Review: Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare

This was the last book in the Last Hours trilogy and honestly, it’s a good thing. I don’t think I really connected to any of these characters as much as I have with other characters in Clare’s other Shadowhunter’s novel. It’s not that I think they were not interesting. I appreciate that she continues to populate her books with a diverse set of characters, even in Edwardian London but maybe there…

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What I'm Reading Now: Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

What I’m Reading Now: Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

I’m really digging the creepy vibes of the cover.

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What I'm Reading Now: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

What I’m Reading Now: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

I’ve been hearing such good things about this book so I’m excited. Also this one of my purchases from NYCC this year.

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Review: Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

Review: Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

After finishing the Dreamer’s Trilogy, I think I liked The Raven Cycle a little bit better. No disrespect to the Lynch brothers. I’m glad they were able to get their lives together but as I reading this, I sort of forgot that they were trying to stop the apocalypse from happening. Not a minor thing. I was definitely more invested in the emotional journey of Ronan, Declan, Matthew, Jordan,…