Pieces & Parts Pieces & Parts by Dawn Hosmer A Fantasy, 2021 by Mind Mosaic Creative, 310 Pages What I Didn’t Like: Some slower spots. This is a sequel so there are parts specifically written to give people who fell in love with the character in the first one a deeper connection to her life... Continue Reading →
Five Feet Apart Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott YA Romance, 2018 by Simon and Schuster, 288 Pages What I Didn’t Like: We’ve heard this story before. Ill fated teenagers battling disease make a connection to each other. There’s an attempt here to tell a different story, but I’m not sure it’s different enough. Instalove. This... Continue Reading →
Sidetracked Sidetracked by SK Kelley YA Fantasy, 2021 by Bleeding Heart Books, 455 Pages What I Didn’t Like: Shades of stories you’ve heard before are definitely there. I wanted Jayde to have a bit more backbone. While it’s relatable (I’ll come back to that in a second) it’s definitely frustrating when she seems to shrink back... Continue Reading →
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty MG Contemporary, 2018 by Random House, 294 Pages What I Didn’t Like: As an audiobook some of the recitations of the digits of pi, which I would imagine a lot of readers skim through as just a listing of numbers your brain... Continue Reading →
February is officially over. As you probably already know, I set a pretty lofty reading goal for 2022. My goal is to read 104 books before the year is over. Being that there were 4 full weeks in February, my goal for February should've been 8 books. Let's see how we did. 7 Books (Literally... Continue Reading →
Assassin's Apprentice Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb A Fiction, 1995 by Spectra, 435 Pages What I Didn’t Like: Slow start. This is the first in a trilogy and the world building will likely be essential to the rest of the series, but it takes a long time between any action sequences and that world building... Continue Reading →
The Mozart Code The Mozart Code by Rachel McMillan A Historical Romance, 2022 from Thomas Nelson, 368 Pages What I Didn’t Like: If we take this as a serious historical book, it has issues. I didn’t feel like I learned anything in particular about the historical climate, even with the introduction by the author to... Continue Reading →
Heroes Heroes by Brendan Cupp (Editor) A Anthology, 2022 from Lost Boys Press, 385 Pages What I Didn’t Like: As with any anthology, there are a few stories that weren’t really my style. But I’m sure that’s different than the ones that would be YOUR style … and that’s the beauty of anthologies. There were definitely... Continue Reading →
Sneak Sneak by Evan Angler YA Science Fiction, 2012 by Thomas Nelson, 288 Pages What I Didn’t Like: The chapters are further divided into sections. It works for keeping the chapters short and keeping the pace up, but it does make it seem like it’s jumping around a lot. It’s also confusing on the audiobook... Continue Reading →
Pinhole Pinhole by Matthew Kagle A Science Fiction, Independently Published in 2013, 342 Pages What I Didn’t Like: There is a very large cast of characters who you’ll struggle to follow. My advice is to approach this more as a series of short stories surrounding an overall theme of time travel to feel as though... Continue Reading →
