The Art of Reading

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  • New Reviews!

    New Reviews!

    Thirsty by Jas Hammonds My rating: 4 of 5 stars “We don’t fall in love with the worst versions of people.” I love how honest Jas Hammonds books are. Every time I am blown away by how gripped they have me and the way that ordinary life can leave me in a choke-hold. Being a…

  • Fall Reading List 2024!

    Fall Reading List 2024!

    Welcome to one of my favorite posts of the year! I will be sharing the books I hope to read this fall/autumn for an atmospheric and cozy reading experience. I will try not to put any repeats from last year because there are a few books that have carried over but I am so excited…

  • ARC Review: Break to You by Neal Shusterman, Debra Young, Michelle Nolan

    ARC Review: Break to You by Neal Shusterman, Debra Young, Michelle Nolan

    Break to You by Neal Shusterman My rating: 4 of 5 stars 4.5 ⭐ Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC! I will never get tired of books that shed light on where we have failed in our society. This may sound strange but it is almost encouraging to become aware of these…

  • New Reviews: Flashtide and Castles in Their Bones

    New Reviews: Flashtide and Castles in Their Bones

    Castles in Their Bones by Laura Sebastian Genre: YA Fantasy My rating: 4 of 5 stars The sheer size of this book had intimidated me for years, but I was always really intrigued and am very glad that I finally pulled the trigger on reading it. There was a LOT going on here with so…

  • ARC Review: Witty in Pink by Erica George

    ARC Review: Witty in Pink by Erica George

    Keep your friends close. Keep your nemesis closer. After nearly five years of avoiding him, Briggs Goswick may be many things, but after humiliating me at a ball several years ago, he is primarily my arch-nemesis. His presence has made this summer go from bad to…complicated. I have the weight of saving my family’s name and…

  • March Reviews 🌼

    March Reviews 🌼

    Paedyn Gray is an Ordinary, forced to pose as a Psychic in order to blend in with the Elites who were gifted powers after a Plague devastated the land decades ago. In the Kingdom of Ilya, being an Ordinary is punishable by death and every day Paedyn toes the line of survival. But after unwittingly…

  • Mini Reviews: Relit & Poemhood!

    Mini Reviews: Relit & Poemhood!

    My Thoughts: Thanks to Harper360YA for providing me with an ARC! Fantasy short stories are some of the hardest out there to write. You’re creative space is already very limited, so to have to build an entire world, magic system, and cast of characters while also retaining a coherent plot, all in about 15 pages?…

  • Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

    Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

    Summary: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless Lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a…

  • Review: A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey

    Review: A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey

    Summary (from Goodreads): For Lila Reyes, a summer in England was never part of the plan. The plan was 1) take over her abuela’s role as head baker at their panadería, 2) move in with her best friend after graduation, and 3) live happily ever after with her boyfriend. But then the Trifecta happened, and…

  • Books to read if you can’t get enough of The Hunger Games!

    Books to read if you can’t get enough of The Hunger Games!

    If you’re anything like me, after finishing all the Hunger Games books, you may be wondering what you can read next to fill the hole that they left in your heart. On my quest to find books to fit that criteria, I read a LOT of dystopians and have compiled a list with my favorites…