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Most Intimidating Books on my TBR Tag

Inspiration/Question Source: Hailey Orton Name a book you just can’t get yourself to finish. The Trial- Franz Kafka The premise of this book is that a man on his birthday gets arrested but no one will tell him the nature of the crime he’s committed. From what I read the first chunk of the book is him thinking this is some kind of joke until he realizes the prosecutors are serious. I find…

Book Review: Petting Zoos by K.S Covert

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4.5/5) Author’s Synopsis: Ten years after the deadly virus nicknamed Henny Penny, the world has largely recovered — there’s an interim government as well as law and order, and life is returning to normal for the greatly reduced population. But despite effective vaccines, the law still requires people to wear protective masks and gloves at all times in public, and many still…

Zodiac Book Recommendation: Scorpio Edition

Book recommendations for a Scorpio based on the accreditation that it is written by a Scorpio. These books fit the following criteria: I thoroughly enjoyed them, they are very well written, and also tap into at least one of the Scorpio traits or characteristics. According to the Co-Star astrology app, these characteristics include: Desire to get to the bottom of…

Literary Review of Comics/Manga

Books I can’t wait to read: April TBR list

Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

Page Count: 352 Pages Expected Release Date: August 9th, 2022 Summary : Our main character, Liv Reese, wakes up in a taxi cab with no memory of how she got there. When the cab finally reaches its destination she is relieved to see she is back to her New York City apartment. From here Liv Reese starts to see everything she holds true start to fall apart. Liv finds a new couple has moved into…

Giving New Genres a Try!

Book Review: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

5 STAR READ Spoiler Free Book Back Synopsis: A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never…

A SERIES I WISH I COULD READ AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME

This series is one of the most underhyped yet beautifully developed stories that I would die to be able to read again. If the last book series that really took your heart was Harry Potter but now you grown-up and nothing has been able to fill that void, the Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman is here for you. The adventure is still a magic school however the magic in this world is a bit different…

Book Review: 214 Palmer Street

Publication Date: April 06, 2022 Synopsis: A house with a secret. A woman with nothing to lose.When Maggie sees the beautiful Venetian blinds moving in the Caldwells’ front window, she freezes. Her favorite neighbors Cady and Josh are away, so who is in their house?The pretty young woman who answers the door tells a convincing story. She’s Sarah. The house-sitter. Just here for a month. An old…

Blind Date with a Book Box

Such a Fun Age Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5 stars) This book was my surprise positive read of the year. I owe Kiley Reid a personal apology for assuming this would be just another easy read of modern fiction, it was one of my most enjoyable reads of the year so far! Synopsis: ‘Such a Fun Age’ by Kiley Reid centers on Alix Chamberlain, a well-to-do entrepreneurial woman who starts her narrative off in university marketing…

Book Expectations vs Reality

I wanted to see what would happen if I tried to predict the stars I would give a book just based on the recommendations, the plot, and the book cover. These are the results (out of 5 stars) in the order that I read the books Predicted Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3/5) Reasons: Many warnings that the book drags on or causes book slump after the factI liked the movie and have great intrigue in where…

These Violent Delights & Our Violent Ends Duology

I need to go on an adventure books

Ten Thousand Doors of January – Alix E Harrow This is the book 12 year old me was searching for. I wish with all my heart I had read it then. January is a girl that has grown up in a manor under the care of her father’s employer Cornelius Locke, while her father travels the world finding artifacts to bring back. January finds a journal inside a trunk her father had brought back and starts to…

The Work Wife: Allison B. Hart

Publication Date: July 19th, 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Following the rise of popularity in celebrity-centered books led by Taylor Jenkins Reid in 2021, The Work Wife takes the model of addictive reads about Hollywood and celebrity life and makes it a platform to bring awareness to injustices faced in the film and celebrity industry. At every turn, Allison Hart imbeds a story of female and…

How to read more books

Firstly and most importantly I think you need to identify why you want to read more? Mental stimulationElimination of boredomLive a million lives and take on a million personalities with no repercussionsTo be the type of person who reads alot/bragging rightsTo gain a sense of accomplishment How to read more? Pick topics, stories, settings that interest you If you’ve found yourself just…