Since last updating this blog, I’ve now read all of Stormlight Archive and am making my way through Mistborn Era 2 (plus a few others). Here’s some braindump-y thoughts about my latest reads: Stormlight is amazing. Definitely my favorite Sanderson series sorry Mistborn Want more now, plz. I aspire to write like This is How […]
I love Leigh’s writing. I love her world building. As I’ve mentioned before, the Six of Crows books are my comfort books – I return to them time and time again when I’m feeling anxious or stressed. That being said, I don’t think Rule of Wolves is her best work. Something about it – especially the first […]
This book had so much potential, but I never felt connected to these characters, especially Juliette and Roma. Lots of showing, not telling without really building the suspense of what happened to them before (is it because of how young they were? Probably). Some of the same issues I had with The Gilded Wolves, where […]
I fucking love Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. They are my comfort books. I have been following all of the actors in the upcoming Netflix series since they were cast. So when I came across The Gilded Wolves (thanks Storygraph!), I was immediately intrigued, because of its similarities to Six of Crows. I love […]
I was drawn to this book because it reminded me of one of my own story ideas (actually two of them – I’m a sucker for assassin characters and queens, apparently). While it was an entertaining read at the beginning, the world and characters felt flat and there was far more telling than showing and […]
I just finished the Grisha Trilogy in over the course of two weeks. While I enjoyed a lot of it, I certainly prefer the Six of Crows duology (which I happened to read first – oops). But I have Thoughts™ about that ending. Spoilers below the cut. For those of you here for a review, […]
Another day, another article criticizing YA. These seem to pop up with the same regularity as articles declaring that libraries are dead (they’re not). Today’s example is from Joe Nutt, “an educational consultant and author”. This article, entitled Why young-adult fiction is a dangerous fantasy (oh, god), decries the alleged role YA plays in “depriv[ing] […]
This book. Oh boy. Throne of Glass is all over BookTube. The vast majority of folks love it. And then there’s me. The concept sounds good: imprisoned badass assassin in a competition to be the King’s assassin. Great. Awesome. Sounds cool. Except that definitely wasn’t my experience with this book. How many times can you […]
If you watch Lainey (gingerreadslainey) on BookTube, you’ve no doubt heard of the Falling Kingdoms series. I listened to the first book, Falling Kingdoms, on audiobook from Hoopla, which is a streaming media service through my library (shameless library service plug). I’ve always enjoyed listening to audiobooks on roadtrips, especially the Jim Dale-narrated Harry Potter ones. […]
I enjoyed the first book in the Winner’s Trilogy, The Winner’s Curse, and gave it 4 stars (or cups, using my new blog rating scale). Maybe 4.5. The writing was absolutely beautiful and I loved the characters, but I wanted more world-building. I didn’t feel like I could completely ‘see’ Herran and Valorian society. Well, […]