I can't write books so I review them instead
Mona Awad is a Canadian author who has just written her debut novel 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl. As the title suggests, it deals with a character named Lizzie who struggles with her weight, and the way in which she interacts with those around her. Through the Season of Stories program, I…
I received this novel as an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. My favorite thing in the world is when two amazing genres come together in a book. I love Regency England novels. Anything that takes me back to the world of Jane Austen is a winner in my opinion. Now,…
I had previously read Jane Steele by this same author, and found myself in love with her retelling of Jane Eyre. The characters, the historical setting, and the plot had been so wonderfully written that I could not stop reading the novel. It’s still one of my favorite historical fiction/retelling-of-a-classic books. I was excited to…
I received this novel as an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I generally do not read realistic fiction. In my teens, this was my go-to genre. But somewhere in university, I reverted back to my life of science fiction and fantasy. However, there had been a lot of hype surrounding…
This novel was given to me as an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Any book that talks even vaguely about psychology will peak my interest. This is a fact. I’ve always loved psychology, and I even took it as my major in university, so this should come as no real…
I saw a preview of this novel a while back, and I found the cover and the premise of the story to be interesting enough to place it on my want-to-read list. It finally was released and I was able to get my hands on a copy just now. It’s taken me a while to…
So I finally read The Magicians. Why did it take me so long, when there has been so much hype about it, especially once it became a show on the SyFy channel? Well, it was because of all of the hype that I didn’t read it. Sometimes, people keep boosting a novel to the point where…
I received this novel as an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I like fantasy but I have grown wary and weary of YA fantasy novels. Part of it is that I feel like that the story begins to revolve more around the character’s love lives and internal feelings on their…
This novel is completely out of my comfort zone. For one, the genre for this novel most closely resembles realistic fiction, and I don’t usually read novels from this genre. This novel is also very different for me as it deals with cinematography, which is something I am completely unfamiliar with. When I first picked…
I received this novel as an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. As usual, this book was advertised as being along the same vein as Gone Girl and Girl on the Train; the former I loved and the latter I thought was just meh. Whenever I get these kinds of comparisons, I…