The Art of Reading

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  • Review: The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

    Review: The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

    ~Summary~ Habia una vez there was a girl named Petra Peña whose dream was to become a storyteller, just like her abuela. But her dreams are shattered when Earth is struck by a comet and only a select few, Petra’s family included, are chosen to journey on to a new planet. But this means leaving…

  • Review: Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman

    Review: Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman

    ~Summary~ Kate Thompson has just discovered her father dead. He was killed by the notorious gang, The Rose Riders and now Kate is out for revenge. As it turns out, her father was keeping secrets from her and the reason he was killed was for a journal in his possession which leads to a hidden…

  • Review: Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

    Review: Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

    ~Summary~ Ellerie Downing lives in a secluded mountain village called Amity Falls, where life is quiet and uneventful. That is, until the day one of their supply runs goes missing. Now some of the townspeople are saying that the monsters their ancestors talked of, the ones that had caused them to uproot their lives and…

  • Review: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

    Review: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

    ~Summary~ Stevie Bell has just been accepted to the elite Ellingham Academy, a boarding school located in the mountains of Vermont. The school was founded by Albert Ellingham in the 1930’s. Shortly after the school’s opening however, his wife and daughter were kidnapped, the only clue to the kidnapper being a mysterious ransom letter signed,…

  • Review: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

    Review: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

    ~My Thoughts~ My first thought upon finishing this book was how much I wanted to go back to the start and read it all over again, it was that good!! This book deftly weaves together the story of the Trojan war through the lens of the women whose voices are left out of the original…

  • My Fall TBR

    My Fall TBR

    Hello there! Being a reader, I love the fall. It’s so cozy and the weather is perfect for curling up with a good book. Today I’m going to be sharing the books I plan to read this October that I think are a perfect fit for this season! Ellerie Downing lives in the quiet town…

  • Review: My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen

    Review: My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen

    ~Summary~ Helena and Penelope are firm friends and Culinarians in their final year of school. They are now turning their attentions to the final projects they must complete before the end of the school year. Penelope has decided to showcase non-European cuisine in honor of her Filipino heritage and Helena has just found the opportunity…

  • Review: The Darkening by Sunya Mara

    Review: The Darkening by Sunya Mara

    ~Summary~ Vesper Vale lives one bad day away from her city being swallowed by the ever encroaching Storm. The Storm her mother chose to walk into instead of facing execution. And now after twelve years, the same people who forced her mother into the Storm have caught up to her father. They’re after the book…

  • Review: The Austen Girls by Lucy Worsley

    Review: The Austen Girls by Lucy Worsley

    ~Summary~ I didn’t know much at all about the story of this book going in and I definitely think that’s the best way to read it. Usually I like to have a good idea of the synopsis but upon just now reading the one Goodreads provides, which spoils the entire plot of this book, I’m…

  • Review: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

    Review: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

    ~Summary~ Meggie has never heard her father read aloud from a book before. Little does she know, this stems from an incident which occurred when she was younger. You see, Meggie’s father has an unusual skill, when he reads out loud, sometimes the characters come to life. And this is exactly what happened that night…