I originally picked up this book because it was part of the Penguin Classics miniseries called Legends from the Ancient North, curated because each of the five volumes contributed to J.R.R. Tolkien’s creation of Middle Earth. You may or may… Read More ›
Reading Challenges
The Atlantis Code, Charles Brokaw
Well, well, well. Here we are. Finally. At the beginning of a series that will, in all honesty, encompass many different types of posts (reviews, essays, rants…) and spread across a number of years. Today we are talking about the… Read More ›
Lifel1k3, Jay Kristoff
Here’s the first thing you need to understand: Lifel1k3 is the first of Jay Kristoff’s books that I have read. I still don’t know if that was a good idea, or a terrible idea. If you’re read Lifel1k3 or intend… Read More ›
Manga Classics: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
Hello hello, lovely readers! So: manga. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when I flipped to the first page (at the back!) of this book. While I’ve read comics and graphic novels, this was the first manga I have… Read More ›
Doctor Who: Rose, Russell T. Davies
Hello my loves! I can honestly say that I never (ever!) thought I would find myself reviewing anything that had anything to do with Doctor Who. Seriously. A friend of my mother’s tried to get me into the original series… Read More ›
Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovitch
Let me start by saying that Rivers of London has been sitting on my shelf for….well, for quite some time. I’ve been meaning to read it for about a year, acquired a copy several months ago and have been subsisting… Read More ›
The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben
This was one of these books that I had been meaning to read for a really, really long time and just never seemed to get around to because there was always another book at hand. Then, of course, when I… Read More ›
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
Hello my loves, my nerds, my book-addicted fellows! I think we can all agree that this book has been a long, long time coming. I mean, this has literally been around for over a decade. This was released when I… Read More ›
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote
Now, this is another one of those books that I’ve heard about, people have told me to read it, “it’s an absolute classic!” and all that jazz. Naturally, contrary tart that I can be the more people told me to… Read More ›
Wild Embers, by Nikita Gill
Hey beautiful nerds!! I honestly do not read as much poetry as I used to. I’m not entirely sure why; maybe because with poetry I have a harder time conjuring up the world the way I do with full length… Read More ›