The Art of Reading

Tag: #2023

  • Review: The Stranded by Sarah Daniels

    Review: The Stranded by Sarah Daniels

    My Thoughts: I bought this one after seeing the author speak on a dystopian panel at YALC last year but had put off reading in until now. I finally picked it up coming off the high of another dystopian I read and loved so maybe my expectations were just too high but regardless this one…

  • Review: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

    Review: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

    Summary (from Goodreads): “The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find…

  • September Wrap-Up 2023!

    September Wrap-Up 2023!

    I think you all know how this goes by now so I’ll jump straight into the books! Books Read: And the best book I read this month was… Blade of Secrets by Tricia Levenseller! This was my first Tricia Levenseller book and it did not disappoint! The story was original but also had a comfortable…

  • Fall TBR 2023!

    Fall TBR 2023!

    It’s officially that time of year again! Last year was the first time I’d ever been intentional about choosing books that I felt fit with the season and I think it added so much to my reading experience. I’m really excited to tackle another *ambitious* round of fall books this year! (All summaries are from…

  • August Wrap-Up 2023!

    August Wrap-Up 2023!

    Welcome to another wrap-up! Summer is coming to a close but I still have a trip to Spain to look forward to next week and I’m so excited to soak in the last of the sun by the pool with a good book! I read 9 books in total this month with three of those…

  • Mini Reviews: Frontera & Clementine and Danny Save the World

    Mini Reviews: Frontera & Clementine and Danny Save the World

    Thank you to Harper360YA for providing me with ARCs of these two! I really enjoyed this debut graphic novel! It follows a boy named Mateo as he braves the dangerous journey through the Sonoran desert back home to the United States. For being such a short book the story was very well developed and I…

  • July Wrap-Up 2023!

    July Wrap-Up 2023!

    Welcome to another wrap-up post! I know I’ve been quiet this month but traveling and university prep has kept me extremely busy! I didn’t quite get to all the books I was hoping to read this month, especially the summer themed ones, but there’s still hope for August! Books Read: I need to get better…

  • Review: A Warning About Swans

    Review: A Warning About Swans

    ~Summary~ Hilde and her five sisters were dreamed into existence by their father, the god Odin, and when they came of age, each were given a cloak imbued with a unique gift and granted the power to transform into swans. But Hilde despises her gift of ferrying the souls of dying animals to the afterlife…

  • June Wrap-Up 2023!

    June Wrap-Up 2023!

    Another month has come to an end and some great news, I think I’m finally out of my reading slump! I don’t want to speak too soon but over the past month I looked forward to reading at any spare moment and I’ve been enjoying some slower paced books that I know, had I read…

  • Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

    Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

    ~Summary~ January Scaller grew up as the ward of Mr. Locke, a wealthy man who collects curiosities from around the world. His sprawling mansion is the only home January has ever known since her father, who travels year-round, left her in Mr. Locke’s care. When January gets word that her father is missing and around…