A steamy Hades & Persephone retelling, Coleen Hoover, and more!
February TBR
People We Meet on Vacation, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Ugly Love, and my first ever Colleen Hoover!
Reading in 2022
Expectations, trends, and wistful thinking... in publishing, reader sites, booktok, bookstagram, booktwt, and more.
January TBR
People We Meet on Vacation, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Ugly Love, and my first ever Colleen Hoover!
The Best and Worst of 2021: For Readers Only
Among other things, 2021 was a great year to read. Reading is an activity ready-made for COVID: it's done alone, often at home, but it also creates communities—both on the page and around the world. Featuring dark academia, science fiction, and reading slumps.
December TBR
To Kill a Kingdom, The Love Hypothesis, Punk 57, Black Sun, and more.
Good Trash Bad Trash | Killer Beauty
In my new series, I let you know if the trashy romance novel is GOOD trash or BAD trash. And look. I liked KILLER BEAUTY a lot.
November TBR
To Kill a Kingdom, The Love Hypothesis, Punk 57, Black Sun, and more.
October TBR
Lolita, Punk 57, Black Sun, and more.
Book Review | Shatter Me
The beginning of Shatter Me was an exquisite mix of beautiful, unique prose, complex character, and expert soft worldbuilding. But after that big bang beginning, it gets...soggier. I think if anything, I'm more disappointed by the lost potential than by the actual product. Because I really did enjoy myself in the reading...
