Wow. I'd previously only read the "Blinkist" version of this book, but it loses so much when stripped of context (which I think is true for nearly every book worth reading, really--that's why I got rid of that app.) Had this just been memoirs from Auschwitz, I don't think I'd have read it, as I ...
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I found a new favorite author! This is the second book I've read by Beth Moran (the first was Christmas Every Day) and they were both just delightful. I'm not generally a chick lit kind of a girl, but they were chick lit in all the best ways and without the drawbacks (which usually tends to be an ...
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So fun! I'd read the first book in this series and enjoyed it, but then forgot about it until I saw it in part of the free books included with my audible membership this month. I'm glad I rediscovered it! A lot of the middle-grade lighthearted writing style, the whimsy, and even the plot reminds ...
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I can't believe I'd never read this before! Such a gem! It reminded me a great deal of "The Count of Monte Cristo" at least for the first half or so, since the theme of betrayal and revenge drove the plot. But after that, the story abruptly changes course. It's interesting that it's billed as "A ...
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This was a fun read! It reminded me a lot of the Lunar Chronicles, and particularly of Cinder. Solara is an orphaned teenage mechanic living in an intergalactic universe - hence the connection in my mind to Cinder. In this world, misdeeds are tattooed across the knuckles so that all the world can ...
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