I like books and telling people my opinion.
So in 2018 I got pretty behind on writing reviews for some of the books I read. I just never wrote a review, and the book has just been sitting on my review list since I read it. So today I thought I'd post some mini reviews for some of those books. Behind the Beautiful … Continue reading 2018 backlog mini reviews
Hunger by Lan Samantha Chang Paraphrased from Goodreads These stories reveal the lives of immigrant families haunted by lost loves: a ghost seduces a young girl into a flooded river; a mother commands a daughter to avenge her father's death; and a woman speaks from beyond the grave about her tragic marriage to a man … Continue reading Book review: Hunger
American Gods by Neil Gaiman From Goodreads Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of … Continue reading Book review: American Gods
A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab Paraphrased from Goodreads It has been four months since a mysterious obsidian stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Prince Rhy was wounded, and since the nefarious Dane twins of White London fell, and four months since the … Continue reading Book review: A Gathering of Shadows
Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman From Goodreads Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese heritage she doesn’t quite understand, Kiko prefers to keep her head down, certain that once she makes it into her dream art school, Prism, … Continue reading Book review: Starfish
The Lost Girls by Heather Young Paraphrased from Goodreads In the summer of 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanishes from her family’s vacation home on a remote Minnesota lake. Her disappearance destroys her mother, who spends the rest of her life at the lake house, hoping in vain that her favourite daughter will walk out of … Continue reading Book Review: the Lost Girls
A Darker Shade Of Magic by V.E. Schwab Paraphrased from Goodreads Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Kell was raised in Red London and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the … Continue reading Book review: A Darker Shade of Magic
