Books and Beverages
I was a bit unrealistically ambitious with this pile but I managed to finish two books. I have mixed feelings about both which I will go into later in my individual reviews but of the two I liked The Summer of Jordi Perez slightly more. Most of the book I was pretty happy with it.... Continue Reading →
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend Little, Brown and Company: 2017 Middle Grade Fantasy 7 cups of tea out of 11 Summary: Morrigan Crow is cursed and will die on her 11th birthday. Except a magical, mysterious man, Jupiter North saves her and enters her in the trials to become part of... Continue Reading →
I didn't finish Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow but I got half-way through so maybe I'm in orbit around Saturn? I am really liking Nevermoor so far and I'm hoping I can finish it today or sometime this weekend. I feel like I had a little bit of a rough start to this readathon.... Continue Reading →
Tome Infinity and Beyond is ending tonight and I'm hoping I can stay on Saturn by finishing Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow. I have really high expectations for this one. I haven't heard or read any negative reviews and people compare it to how they felt about the Harry Potter series. I stalled a... Continue Reading →
I tend not to buy many books. I'm really lucky to live in an area where I have two fabulous public library systems within a reasonable distance. I also utilize some of the university libraries nearby and I ILL things. But there are two authors I tend to buy books from without a lot of... Continue Reading →
I've been following the implosion of the Swedish Academy for the past few months (for more information I will refer you to a Book Riot article to get started). The Swedish Academy is significant to literature because they are the ones who choose the Nobel Prize in Literature every year. But with the aforementioned implosion... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week the theme is our Fall TBR. Technically autumn starts this week (but I've totally been celebrating it since September 1st). I'm a little unsure of my Fall TBR. October is full... Continue Reading →
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers Harper Voyager, 2018 Adult Science Fiction 8 cups of tea out of 11 Summary: This isn't really a sequel to either of the previous books written by Becky Chambers but one of the characters has a connection to one of the crew in the first book. This... Continue Reading →
Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez Nobrow, 2017 Middle Grade Fantasy Graphic Novel 5 cups of tea out of 11 Summary: Sandy is an artist and prefers drawing to everything else much to the frustration of the strict teachers at her school. But when she meets a new student things get a little scary. Likes: The art... Continue Reading →
