September was a busy, kind of stressful month so I quite have the attention span or frame of mind to read a lot. Things have calmed down a bit though so hopefully I can get back to my usual routine.
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare – ⭐️3/5 stars
Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare – ⭐️3/5 stars
Rouge by Mona Awad – ⭐️3/5 stars
Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca – ⭐️2/5 stars
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson – ⭐️4/5 stars
These are the books that I just didn’t quite enjoy this year! I definitely tried to be more honest with my reviews and give more 1 and 2 stars if I wasn’t all that into a book rather than just giving it a three like I usually would. I definitely didn’t actively hate any of these book they just weren’t my style and taste!
This Coven Won’t Break by Isabel Sterling
Our Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
All’s Well by Mona Awad
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Girls of Fate & Fury by Natasha Ngan
Gods & Monsters by Shelby Mahurin
Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho
Back in January I picked 5 books that are high on my TBR that I try to prioritise and read and now that it’s the end of the year it’s time to wrap up and see how I did. I completed 3 out of the 5 that I had picked which honestly I’m ok about. I am still interested in reading Dune but not really interested in The Once and Future Witches anymore.
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
I enjoyed the fact that there is the overarching mystery surrounding the girls murdered and I found the way Camille uncovered it to be entertaining for sure. The way the plot unravels and we start to have more a clear picture as to who the murderer was very intriguing. I had my suspicions from the start and the misdirect was a great touch but I was eventually correct.
My Rating: ⭐️3/5 stars
All’s Well by Mona Awad
I think what I didn’t really enjoy about the book was that there was no explanation. How the three men gave her the powers and healed her of her pain and how she was able to transfer it to the others. Did she suck out their energy and vitality and used that to heal herself or did she just give them her pain. At the end of my read I’m still left with questions and I’m just not feeling satisfied.
My Rating: ⭐️2/5 stars
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
I was expecting it to be more sinister in tone but I liked the fact that Sophia was so naïve and unassuming for a good majority of the book despite some horrific things happening around her. The slow build up of anticipation and the clarity that Sophia gains was entertaining but overall I was a little underwhelmed by this book.
My Rating: ⭐️3/5 stars
Once again it’s Top Ten Tuesday time friends!
Here are 10 books I’ve read in the last year or so that have a school/college/university setting:
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake (kinda)
All’s Well by Mona Awad
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
The Monarchs by Kass Morgan & Danielle Paige
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Back in January I picked 5 books that are high on my TBR that I try to prioritise and actually read! I’ve actually already read three of the five so I figured this was a good chance to do a little recap of the five and my thoughts on the ones I’ve completed so far.
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
I enjoyed the fact that there is the overarching mystery surrounding the girls murdered and I found the way Camille uncovered it to be entertaining for sure. The way the plot unravels and we start to have more a clear picture as to who the murderer was very intriguing. I had my suspicions from the start and the misdirect was a great touch but I was eventually correct.
My Rating: ⭐️3/5 stars
All’s Well by Mona Awad
I think what I didn’t really enjoy about the book was that there was no explanation. How the three men gave her the powers and healed her of her pain and how she was able to transfer it to the others. Did she suck out their energy and vitality and used that to heal herself or did she just give them her pain. At the end of my read I’m still left with questions and I’m just not feeling satisfied.
My Rating: ⭐️2/5 stars
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
I was expecting it to be more sinister in tone but I liked the fact that Sophia was so naïve and unassuming for a good majority of the book despite some horrific things happening around her. The slow build up of anticipation and the clarity that Sophia gains was entertaining but overall I was a little underwhelmed by this book.
My Rating: ⭐️3/5 stars
The two books I still need to read are:
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