Me Before You by Jojo Moyes My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reading this broke me. It never had a chance to build me up. From the very beginning it just grabbed me by the heartstrings and started tugging me around like a puppy that couldn’t keep up. Me Before You was just that sort…
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Wow, I am so conflicted with this book. On one hand, I love the worldbuilding. On the other hand this book felt like it dragged and as a result didn’t have a lot going on with it. So I found myself…
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Joonam. I seriously loved this book. This was a character driven story and I absolutely loved them all. Well, for the most part. I initially rrated this 5 stars, but after letting things settle this is more of a 4.5 stars.…
The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Let me be upfront about this. I did not love The Kiss of Deception. I did not hate it. However I feel like when I think back on the year it’s not going to be one of those books that springs…
The Lost World by Michael Crichton My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed reading Jurassic Park, I can’t say the same for The Lost World. So many things were different about this novel. While I didn’t expect it to be the same, I did expect that I would feel like it had the…
Under Their Skin by Margaret Peterson Haddix My rating: 4 of 5 stars Growing up I loved Margaret Peterson Haddix. She was the first author I knew was an author and actively sought out her books no matter what they were about. It all arose from my love of Running Out of Time, which I…
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Everyone seemed to love Nimona, but I’m not one of them. Let’s be clear, I didn’t hate this. It didn’t make me angry or make me want to rage quit out of the story. I just didn’t really enjoy it much. The titular character Nimona…
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 4 of 5 stars My gut reaction when I first finished this book was that it was a 3.5 read. In the days since, I realized that it was much better than that. I just really needed to let it sink in and appreciate what it was.…
This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman My rating: 4 of 5 stars This Shattered World felt like Romeo and Juliet in space. Let me start by saying I absolutely hate Romeo and Juliet. Thankfully, This Shattered World feels different enough with characters who are nearly as foolish that I managed to like this book. That…
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m impressed to watch this story go from a 2.75 with Shatter Me to a 4 with Ignite Me. I still have some issues, but this was rather enjoyable. I’m secretly hoping there will be more in the future. There’s still so much of…
The Fold by Peter Clines My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I sat down with The Fold (which I received for review from the publisher), I didn’t have high expectations. Honestly, I didn’t really know what it was about. I knew it was by an author who wrote another book I read that I…
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Of course I’ve already seen Jurassic Park, though admittedly none of the sequels until the series revival Jurassic World. I wouldn’t be a 90s kid if I hadn’t. I have to admit, I haven’t seen it in a while. Long enough that I still…
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi My rating: 3 of 5 stars Damn it. This book. I have so many mixed feelings about this. On one hand there were so many things that irritated the hell out of me. On the other there were these little glimmers of hope that made me think that this story…
Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m not going to pretend like I loved Snow Like Ashes. I didn’t, but I thought it was alright. In fact, I thought that the first book ended in such a place that it really didn’t need another book. Sure, there was an…
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard My rating: 3.75 of 5 stars Truthwitch is one of those books where I like it and I don’t at the same time. I enjoyed greatly what was done. I liked how things built up. However, I didn’t ever find myself in love. I was looking in the cracks. I was irritated…
So, I pondered... 