Well, this is a first for me. I'm generally the sort of person who believes that it's important to experience--to a degree--for yourself before you decide to complain about something, but I think sometimes we have to step back and understand also that it is perfectly reasonable to read about other people's experiences and develop…
The Wolf Will Not Come [Myriam Ouyessad]
I don't know whether I should spend the next couple minutes laughing or just sit with this feeling of utter confusion until it passes. The Wolf Will Not Come by Myriam Ouyessad and Illustrated by Ronan Badel is ten thousand percent not the book I expected it to be. And, I imagine, there is very little likelihood…
The Trouble With Flying [Rochelle Morgan]
The trouble with The Trouble with Flying by Rochelle Morgan is that the novel was poorly written. This was a book that I began, knowing without any doubt in my mind, that it was going to be one of those guilty pleasure reads if it was any good. Just the plot itself was one that…
Quote Me This; Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. I once had a tumblr blog completely dedicated to quotes. I would post all the book quotes in the world there, writing out the ones that spoke to me in some way or another. I actually really miss this blog, despite the…
Lovely War [Julie Berry]; 2019 YA Releases
I actually almost want to read Lovely War by Julie Berry. But there that word is again, almost. You see, Lovely War is a WWI novel and though I've had my moments of becoming interested in these stories and I've definitely enjoyed quite a few of them, I always seem to find that there are just too many…