{Book Review + TBR Discussion} A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

April 20, 2016 // 11 Comments

Something about this book made it one of my most anticipated reads of 2016. Maybe it was the cover, the anticipation of a Sherlock Holmes retelling with some romance between a female Holmes and a male Watson. I’m not sure... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows

December 28, 2015 // No Comments

The Orphan Queen was one of those super hyped books of 2015; I saw it on a lot of blogger lists for their ‘can’t wait for books of 2015’. And though I didn’t give it five stars, I did really... Continue reading →

Book Review: Four, a Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth

July 8, 2015 // 1 Comment

*Mild Spoilers for Divergent* There are four factions I don’t know or trust, with practices I don’t understand, and only one that is familiar, predictable, comprehensible. If choosing Abnegation won’t lead me to a life of ecstatic happiness, at... Continue reading →

Book Review: Allegiant by Veronica Roth

April 27, 2015 // 4 Comments

I’m starting this review with a warning: I did NOT like Allegiant. So if you’re one of the die hard fans, you will probably disagree with most of what I say here. *MAJOR SPOILERS FOR ALLEGIANT. DO NOT CONTINUE... Continue reading →

Friday Book Beginnings and Friday 56: Four, a Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth

April 17, 2015 // 2 Comments

FBB: I emerge from the simulation with a yell. My lip stings, and when I take my hand away from it, there is blood on my fingertips. I must have bitten it during the test. Friday 56: “My name... Continue reading →

Friday Book Beginnings and Friday 56: The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows

April 10, 2015 // 2 Comments

FBB: “The mirrors were an expensive superstition.” Friday 56: “Skyvale Palace is a little over two hundred years old — pre-wraith, like most of the homes inside the Hawksbill wall — which means it was originally built and run... Continue reading →