If you can't tell already from the reviews I posted recently, I'm getting my butt in gear and taking reviewing more seriously. I need to. I have so many books AND SO MANY THOUGHTS. I love to recommend good books to others, and I don't mind telling someone what I have issue with in a book--I'm not going to beat around the bush, that's for sure.
I have been really fortunate to have received several ARCs that have been releasing the beginning of this year. One Blood Ruby, Long May She Reign, The Power of Different, Overturned, The Hate U Give, The Upside of Unrequited, and The Weight of Him. A pleasant surprise, I have enjoyed them all. Have I reviewed all of them? Well...maybe on Goodreads. :/ I will bring those reviews here and to Amazon/other book retailers. It will take some time, but it will happen eventually. (Either within the next week...or after we move March 31st. It will happen. *pinky promise*)
Upcoming book shenanigans:
Upcoming books on my TBR:
Books that are taking me forever to finish:
I have been really fortunate to have received several ARCs that have been releasing the beginning of this year. One Blood Ruby, Long May She Reign, The Power of Different, Overturned, The Hate U Give, The Upside of Unrequited, and The Weight of Him. A pleasant surprise, I have enjoyed them all. Have I reviewed all of them? Well...maybe on Goodreads. :/ I will bring those reviews here and to Amazon/other book retailers. It will take some time, but it will happen eventually. (Either within the next week...or after we move March 31st. It will happen. *pinky promise*)
Upcoming book shenanigans:
- Book blitzing a Barnes & Noble for the release of Gena Showalter's Lifeblood (Februaru 28th)
- Book blitzing two Barnes & Nobles for the release of Wendy Higgin's The Great Pursuit (March 7th)
- NoVa TEEN Book Festival (March 11th)
Upcoming books on my TBR:
- Emma Brown by Clare Boylan (unfinished manuscript by Charlotte Bronte)
- Overturned by Lamar Giles
- Carve The Mark by Veronica Roth
Books that are taking me forever to finish:
- Quarterlife Crisis by Alexandra Robbins & Abby Wilner: I am not someone who gives up on a book normally. It takes a lot for me to not finish what I am reading, and I am actually blanking at this time as I try to give you a couple examples (that is how RARE it happens). QC, though, is one I think I am going to let go and donate. It has become painful to read. The concept is interesting, but then you realize that the book is just one continuous complaint against the older generations not understanding the plight of millennials in their twenties and trying to integrate successfully into society as efficient, happy adults. It is story after story after story that the authors have tried to categorize, but at some point the categories just bleed together. I can no longer look past the blatant whiny plea of 'woe is me' in the stories. I am twenty-five, I just bought a house with my love, we have a dog, I work full-time, I am in an orchestra, AND I read and write during my short amounts of free time. I understand on a visceral level how hard and cruel and difficult the world can be, but I have also put A LOT of determination into not let the hardness and cruelty and difficulty get the best of me--hence why my life is going pretty well right now, but it hasn't always been that way and I know there will be periods where it is rough. Now I have had this rant, I know for sure I'm giving up on it--I don't want to waste my time and I suggest you don't as well.
- The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport: Now, this one is not taking me forever due to dislike. I love this book and I get sucked into it each time I go back to it, but I have the ebook version and read it only at work a single chapter at a time. Rappaport has meticulously researched the Romanovs and woven their lives together from letters, diary entries, news articles, stories passed by mouth and recorded. The lives and love she reveals are wondrous and tragic. I can see why Tsar Nicholas was the last of the Russian tsarist regime, and I can see how TsarinaAlexandra was a huge contributor to why the Russians no longer supported the reigning family. Though fiercely devoted to family, the Romanovs ended up isolating themselves and losing touch with the people, and that distance resulted in distrust and outright hatred. I'm halfway through this monster of a book, but I will definitely be finishing it--don't you worry about that. :)