All the Books.

"Like "Mary Poppins" only with books, Fay Revil and her magical Bookshop appear when you need it most. Luckily for Jo, Kye and Adelaide, they'll discover the Midnight Bookshop together and it will change their lives for the better. It was silly and cliche but sometimes a book that doesn't require too much thought is a nice change of pace."  ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Pros: It was quaint and fun at times. Predictable but sometimes that's nice.  Cons: The solution to Adelaide’s problem was very convenient/The book coulld very easily have ended 50 pages sooner.   Full Review:  Jo, is in her early twenties, with well off parents and so, she's never really wanted for anything. Her Mother is obsessed with appearances and is always disappointed in her daughter, who's never amounted to much. She dropped out of University and spends most of her days reading, when not getting a cheap thrill from shop-lifting.  Kye is living with his sick mother and his drug-dealer brother., ...

​ "Kate Harker and August Flynn's dissonant notes collide to create a beautiful ending to this truly unique symphony by Schwab. It had a real Urbany Fantasy, "Romeo and Juliet" feel and in her seeminly effortless way, Schwab just made it work. This was definitely an interesting series."    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pros: August and Kate do have good chemistry/Ilsa is just a genuinely good soul/The ending kind of broke my heart but it worked.    Cons: Kate’s attitude can get a little tiresome, the whole, "I'm the only one who can do it"thing/The ending felt a bit rushed, like Schwab was running close to deadline.  Full Review:   ***Disclaimer***If you have not read This Savage Song   by Schwab, please do so and then come back and read this at your leisure. That way you'll know what I'm talking about 🙌.*** It's been six months since the harsh end of This Savage Song. Six months since   Kate and August went their separate ways .  Kate made her way to the t...

"Though dark, disturbing and at times, truly disgusting, Blakemore has created an unforgettable character in Tarare and his sad, sordid tale. This is a book that will stay with me for a long time for many different reasons and to me, that's a sign of a great read."  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐ Pros: Tarare wasn't a monster, it just seemed that the world was against him/I liked Lozeau and his strange band of misfits/Dr. Dupuis seemed like a genuinely good person, or at least, he had his moments.  Cons: Some of the timeline/people of the French Revolution were just white noise to me/Courville was a despicable man.  Full Review:  The Bottomless man, the Glutton of Lyon, Tarare the Terrible. The man who has many titles but who's name is simply, Tarare, is dying in a hospital in Versailles. Citizen Doctor Tissier has written to his friend, Dupuis, in hopes that he'll be able to cure this mysterious illness that plagues Tarare. For now though, he lays, chained to his bed and waits for...

"We're given an interesting glimpse into a day in the life of Bast, Kvothe's student, who also just happens to be Fae. Some of it makes sense, some of it doesn't but through it all Bast shows that though he's powerful, he also has a heart and in the end, will do the right thing."  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Pros: I do love Bast for the fact that he could easily kill all the people who come to him and yet he doesn’t. He has a heart, though he’s sly, dark and mysterious.  Cons : I’m curious as to what happened between Rike and Bast that created such animosity but the lack of an explanation didn’t take away from the book as a whole.   Full Review:  ***Disclaimer***If you have not read  The Name of the Wind  or  The Wise Man's Fear  by Patrick Rothfuss, please do so and then come back and read this at your leisure. That way you'll know what I'm talking about 🙌.*** Bast is sneaking out of the Waystone Inn early, for what purpose, we don't know but just before he ...

​ "A collection of stories, all set in the world of the Arc of a Scythe series by Shusterman. A Martian Minute  and Anastasia's Shadow were real standouts but after awhile they storie began to get repetitive and the lack of a singular narrator, iring. This was an interesting addition to the series but not as good as the series itself."  ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Pros: Some interesting stories that add a bit more history to characters and the timeline of the series, such as the Cirrus expedition/What happens when you become Unsavory/ A Martian Minute and Anastasia’s Shadow were really well done.  Cons:  Though this focused more on the world of Arc of a Scythe, I did miss Rowan/Citra/Short stories are tough for me because they lack a linear storyline but that's just a pet peeve.  Full Review:  This was a collection of short stories that were all based in the world of rhe Arc of a Scythe series by Shusterman. Some stories were co-authored while others were written by his child...

"Love is a disease, the deadliest of them all.  Unfortunately for Lena,"Amor Delirium Nervosa" runs in her blood. It drove her mother to suicide and Lena's terrified that she'll somehow fall victim to it as well. She's a good, law abiding citizen and simply lives her life. As fate would have it, with her procedure mere months away, she sees a boy, their eyes meet and the rest is history. Though it had a good, dystopian, The Giver  vibe, Lena's painfully melodramatic naivete and Oliver's paragraph long descriptions were tedious."  ⭐️⭐️ Pros: The idea that love is a disease, "Amor Delirium Nervosa" was unique, a good hook/Oliver's truly built a world of her own with society twisted on its side, pure dystopia/Parts of the ending were surprising, which I appreciated.  Cons: Lena is painfully, obnoxiously oblivious/I almost DNFed with Lena's reaction to Alex's big reveal because it just seemed very unbalanced. Lena shared a dar...