Rating: TW: rape, homophobia Honestly, I don’t want to write this review. I realize a three star rating isn’t bad, but I had such high hopes for this one that giving it anything less than four stars feels like a betrayal. If we’re being frank, Beartown is about a rape in a small town. When [...]
This was a momentous occasion in my reading life, because I self-proclaimed Misster Reader did not finish this book. Granted, I am still counting it as a read book, because I read the vast majority of it until I realized there really was no point in continuing. Originally, I thought I might force myself to [...]
Rating: My first Selznick book down! This is such a beautiful and heartwarming story. Honestly, I wish I had read this when I was younger, because it feels like the type of story you become infatuated with as a kid. That being said, young adult me still thoroughly enjoyed this. In fact, it rid me [...]
Review: There couldn’t be a more perfect example of how polarizing a book can be. When I finished reading this the first time around, I couldn’t decide whether it had been a waste of time or completely brilliant. There aren’t many books that come to mind that can produce that effect. See, the issue is [...]
Rating: I think every review I write should just have a built in this is a difficult book to rate introduction, but hey I can't help the fact that I overthink things to a T. I think the issue mainly resides in my overwhelming love and appreciation of an idea, but then grappling with the [...]
Rating: Eh, if by Everything All At Once we're referring to the lack of substance until the last twenty pages, then yes I'd say that's a pretty accurate title. For the last few months I’ve heard a lot of hype surrounding Katrina Leno. Albeit, more toward Summer of Salt than anything else. However, I thought I’d start [...]
Rating: A few weeks ago I watched the first episode of Pandemic on Netflix. Like many, the fear of COVID-19 was barely trickling into my nervous system. In the documentary there was a brief mention of Elizabeth Holmes and her fraudulent company Theranos. However, apart from mentions of deceit, not much was delved into. Resolute, I [...]
Rating: This truly was not it. It’s a real shame it wasn’t, because right from the start you can tell how much this story means to the author. Every word was chosen with care and thought. It’s as if the author had been honing and perfecting the novel for years. Unfortunately, this just rendered the [...]
Rating: 3.5 stars This was a highly enjoyable read! Surprising, considering it’s filled with tropes, but somehow that didn’t bother me completely. The Hating Game follows Lucy and Josh, two sworn enemies/coworkers, who are in a constant battle of upping one another. This only intensifies when a promotion between the two is up for grabs. [...]
Rating: I have a hard time writing something critical/potentially negative when it comes to memoirs, because in a way it does feel as if you're rating someone's life. However, my issue with this novel comes more from Walden's writing and overall story telling than it does her subject. It seems as if Walden has overcome [...]
