The Art of Reading

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  • April Wrap-Up 2023!

    April Wrap-Up 2023!

    I hope everyone had a great April, I certainly did! I started the month off by buying way to many books to bring back to London with me from America and then the 18th was my birthday! I went on a Harry Potter walking tour with my family which was awesome and I’ll share some…

  • Review: A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

    Review: A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

    ~My Thoughts~ I didn’t know a whole lot about this book going in, but when I saw Romeo and Juliet with rival Vietnamese restaurants, I knew I had to read it! And though this wasn’t the most polished book I’ve ever read, I still enjoyed it. What I mean by not the most polished was,…

  • March Wrap-Up 2023!

    March Wrap-Up 2023!

    I still haven’t gotten back on track with my reading and I only ended up getting to four books this month! I feel like I have a pretty good excuse this time though. I currently live in London but I’m originally from the US and for the past three weeks I’ve been back visiting family…

  • Review: Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf

    Review: Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf

    ~Summary~ Najwa has just walked into her first Scrabble tournament since the death of her best friend Trina. She’s hoping that playing again will help her to move on, and that by winning she can reclaim Trina’s title ‘Queen of the Tiles’. But she’s not the only one seeking victory. Now that Trina’s seat as…

  • February Wrap-Up 2023!

    February Wrap-Up 2023!

    I hope that everyone had a good February! This wasn’t my finest reading month, I only ended up finishing 5 books which is probably the least I’ve read since early 2021, but I was finally able to finish the Renegades trilogy by Marissa Meyer which I’d been wanting to complete for a long time now!…

  • Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

    Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ~My Thoughts~ I have a confession to make. I started watching the TV show before I read this book 🫣 I thought it wouldn’t matter and that I’d still be able to enjoy all that the book had to offer but I ended up playing the comparison game between the two. And it didn’t…

  • Review: The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

    Review: The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

    ~My Thoughts~ This is without a doubt one of the weirdest books I have ever read and I’ve been having such a hard time deciding how I feel about it. I’d seen it around on a few different book-lists and was really intrigued by it. It isn’t very long, less than 300 pages if I…

  • Review: Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston

    Review: Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston

    ~Summary~ The Kingdom of Aloriya has long been a safe haven amidst the darkness of the wood that surrounds it. Cerys, who lost her friends and mother to the wood, now carries a small bit of its curse with her, a constant reminder of everything she’s lost. When the encroaching darkness finally spills over on…

  • January Wrap-Up 2023!

    January Wrap-Up 2023!

    This year, one of my goals is to publish a wrap-up post for every month of 2023. This will be the first time I’ve ever attempted to create one and I’m really excited to finally be trying it out! Here’s how it’s going to go: I’ll start with all the books I read in the…

  • Review: Waking Fire by Jean Louise

    Review: Waking Fire by Jean Louise

    ~Summary~ Lagusa, a quiet village on the edge of a vast desert, is the only home Naira Khoum has ever known. Nothing exciting ever happens in Lagusa, that is until a woman calling herself the Mistress arrives with a hoard of Dambi, undead monsters under the control of Sothpike, a power hungry warlord. Naira doesn’t…