Just a girl and her books
GAME OF THRONES MINI REVIEWS 2021 has been the year of finally reading George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series AKA Game of Thrones. While I reviewed the first book as a full feature post, I thought it would be easier moving forward to talk about them as mini reviews because they’re … Continue reading Mini Reviews: Game of Thrones Edition
THE ONES WE’RE MEANT TO FIND | Joan He 05.04.2021 | Roaring Brook Press Rating: 5/5 stars Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for the last three years without any recollection of how she arrived or memories from her life prior. The only thing she knows is that she must find a way … Continue reading Book Review: The Ones We’re Meant to Find
FIREBORNE | Rosaria Munda (The Aurelian Cycle #1) 10.15.2019 | Penguin Books Rating: 4/5 stars Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving everyone - even the lowborn - a chance to test into the governing class of dragonriders. Now they are both rising stars in the new regime, … Continue reading Book Review: Fireborne
THE DARK TOWER | Stephen King (The Dark Tower #7) 2017 (first published 09.2014) | Scribner Rating: 3.5 stars Roland Deschain and his ka-tet are finally on the home stretch of their journey to the Dark Tower. They have traveled far and wide across multilayered worlds and timelines. They have fought many obstacles and finally … Continue reading Book Review: The Dark Tower
A GAME OF THRONES | George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) 2011 (First published) 08.1996 | Bantam Books Rating: 5/5 stars How does someone review a book that's a modern day classic with a massive fanbase? Impossible. There isn't a lot I can add to the plethora of reviews out there … Continue reading Book Review: A Game of Thrones
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE | V.E. Schwab 10.06.2020 | Tor Books Rating: 5/5 stars France, 1714: In a moment of desperation a young woman makes a fated bargain to live forever. She doesn’t realize that in order to live forever she must also accept a curse that she will be forgotten by everyone … Continue reading Book Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
SONG OF SUSANNAH | Stephen King (Dark Tower #6) June 2019 (first published 06.08.2004) | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Warning: Potential spoilers ahead In the sixth installment of The Dark Tower, our ka-tet find themselves separated and sent to different places in different years. Susannah has given over herself to her alternate personality and is … Continue reading Book Review: Song of Susannah
THE STONE SKY | N.K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth #3) 08.15.2017 | Orbit Rating: 4.5/5 stars Warning: Potential spoilers ahead This is the way the world ends…for the last time. The Moon will soon return. Whether this means destruction or salvation is in the hands of two women. Essun has learned to harness her power … Continue reading Book Review: The Stone Sky
WOLVES OF THE CALLA | Stephen King (The Dark Tower #5) 2017 | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Warning: Potential spoilers ahead In the fifth installment of The Dark Tower, Roland Deschain and his ka-tet have found themselves in a town called Calla Bryn Sturgis, a peaceful valley community of farmers and ranchers located on Mid-World’s … Continue reading Book Review: Wolves of the Calla
THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA | TJ Klune 03.17.2020 | Tor Books Rating: 5/5 stars Linus Baker lives a quiet, solitary life. He spends his days working as a case worker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth and his nights at home with his ornery cat listening to records. Linus has evaluated … Continue reading Book Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea
