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a new year's book haul
One of my goals for 2019 (and every year for that matter) is to read more. I always start off so strong at the beginning of the new year, and then taper off and forget to read as the months go by. This year is probably not going to be any different, but I’m still really pumped to be getting back into reading now.
Starting off the new year means rushing to Barnes & Nobel to buy all of the books which will inspire me to read. I’ve also collected a few from Half Priced Books over the past couple of months, so I will show those here as well.
Andrew's Brain | book review
I'm just surprised by how many positive reviews there are on this book. As I've been skimming over some, I realized that E.L. Doctorow is a known and well liked author, and I am curious to know if that is the reason that people are liking this book. Do they just accept that it's good because they've had previously pleasant experiences with this author?
A lost vlog
As you know, we're back on the vlogging game, but we still have some catching up to do. We have a few days worth of clips that just need to be shared with the world, so we created this quick and quirky "lost vlog." It's a video full of lost clips that never got shared.
April Reads
Every month I write a Monthly Reads blog post in which I talk about books I read the previous month and books that I plan to read in the current month. Last month, March, I hit a way--the biggest reading slump I've been in all year. I couldn't even finish a single book. Read more on this post to see how I plan to get out of the slump.
All the Bright Places | book review
The book was nominated for the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction. And I really wish that I had read it sooner. I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars, and would definitely recommend this to all young adult readers. The month of February was when I truly just flew through books, and this was another one of those that I read in one sitting. I'm on a roll with one sitting books--like, this one, and this one, and this one.
Wintergirls | book review
I'm seriously becoming a huge fan of Laurie Halse Anderson. Her last book that I read I few through in one sitting, and the same was true about this book. As soon as I started reading Wintergirls one Sunday morning, I could not put it down until I had finished the entire thing. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars, and I would recommend this to teens and young adults who are interested in novels about teens in real life struggling with real life issues.
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy #1) | book review
This books was such a disappointment. I actually would not recommend it at all. The author is too detailed on minor characters, events that don't matter, and plot lines that should not have even existed in the first place. The book is absolutely all over the place with at least 5 different things going on at once. I think that in an attempt to be something different than the recently popular vampire novels this book was written to include everything and the kitchen sink!
March Reads
Every month I write a Monthly Reads blog post in which I talk about books I read the previous month and books that I plan to read in the current month. Last month, February, I had set a goal to read 4 books and I made it through 3 of them. I'd say that that is pretty good.
Gemina (Illuminae Files_02) | book review
This book is the second novel in the Iluminae files series (following the first book: Illuminae). Now-a-days it can be hard to find a second book that is just as good as the first. But this book blew my mind and might even be considered better than the first. I fell in love with these new characters just as I did in the first. I'm already dying for the third!!
Speak | book review
This book was a little underwhelming for me. All of the hype on the internet and numerous amazing book reviews I read about it had really gotten my hopes up; but, in the end, the book seemed to be just another standard novel written to stir discussion. The meaning behind the book, and the fact that this book can be a good resource for students or teens going through similar issues, is the only reason I felt I needed to give it 4 stars.
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