As a member of Book of the Month, every month I do my best to research which book will be the best bang for my buck. I usually base this off the description and reviews on the BOTM site. However, this time I decided to take a look at Goodreads instead. And let me tell … Continue reading Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Soooo I’m ashamed to say I’ve spent a fair amount of time on BookTok and BookTube recently. Admittedly, it's probably part of the reason that I haven't posted in so long. Dear reader, if you have no idea what BookTok or BookTube is, just know that it is made up of seemingly endless horny, fantasy-reading … Continue reading Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
A group of septuagenarians meet every Thursday in their retirement home to discuss unsolved murders. Primarily, they just look through cold case files given to them by an ex-cop. However, when a murder happens close to home, this rag tag bunch will find themselves swept up in the action. With this premise, Richard Osman has … Continue reading The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
After Ryland Grace wakes from a coma, he slowly starts to remember that he is millions of lightyears away from home on a suicide mission to save the human race. To make matters worse, he is completely alone in a spaceship that he does not recall how to command. Annnnd, that is about as much … Continue reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
To quickly summarize, this book is about a group of adults who are vacationing together with their children during the slow death of the planet due to climate change. The adults drink, get high, and have sex. The children play in the lake, climb trees, and camp, anything to avoid their parents. They feel frustrated … Continue reading A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall
The premise of this book is what initially drew me in. A young couple living in London, Mike and V (short for Verity meaning truth **eyeroll**), play a game called the Crave. V will go and stand at a bar with Mike watching from far away. When V gets approached by a man, Mike swoops … Continue reading Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall
Falling by T.J. Newman
This book chronicles a plane hijacking unlike any other. In a post 9/11 world, as a society we rest easy thinking that the FAA has improved regulations to the point that this is borderline impossible to occur. The author presents a new kind of hijacking that feels deeply, unsettlingly plausible. It's a book that reimagines … Continue reading Falling by T.J. Newman
Dinosaurs and Blueberries 