Just a girl and her books
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
THE FIFTH SEASON | N.K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth #1) 08.04.2015 | Orbit Rating: 5/5 stars This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun is masquerading as an ordinary teacher in a quiet community when she comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered … Continue reading Book Review: The Fifth Season
THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE | Stephen King (The Dark Tower #4.5) 12.06.2016 (first published February 2012) | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Warning: Potential spoilers ahead Roland Deschain and his ka-tet Jake, Susannah, Eddie, and Oy have returned to their journey toward the Dark Tower. After crossing the River Whye they realize that they will … Continue reading Book Review: The Wind Through The Keyhole
WIZARD and GLASS | Stephen King (The Dark Tower #4) 05.03.2016 (first published November 1997) | Scribner Rating: 3/5 stars Warning: Potential series spoilers ahead Our Ka-tet of Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Oy have survived Blaine the Mono’s final crash. They find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, where a superflu … Continue reading Book Review: Wizard and Glass
THE WASTE LANDS | Stephen King (The Dark Tower #3) 05.03.2016 (first published August 1991) | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Warning: Potential series spoilers ahead Several months have passed since the events of THE DRAWING OF THE THREE. Roland has trained his Ka-tet members, Eddie and Susannah, to be gunslingers in their own right. Each … Continue reading Book Review: The Waste Lands
THE DRAWING OF THE THREE | Stephen King (The Dark Tower #2) 05.03.2016 (first published May 1987) | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Warning: Potential series spoilers ahead At the close of THE GUNSLINGER Roland Deschain learned his fate through a tarot card reading. He was told that he would encounter three individuals who would aid … Continue reading Book Review: The Drawing of the Three
THE GUNSLINGER | Stephen King (The Dark Tower #1) 05.03.2016 (first published 06.01.1982) | Scribner Rating: 3/5 stars Roland Deschain hails from a Gilead and a world that has been left on the brink of destruction. The last of his kind, Roland is known as a gunslinger. His one mission is to track the Man … Continue reading Book Review: The Gunslinger
NINTH HOUSE | Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern #1) 10.08.2019 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Yale’s freshman class just earned it’s most unlikeliest of members in the form of Galaxy “Alex” Stern. Hailing from Los Angeles, Alex was raised by a hippie mom who didn’t understand the strange things happening to her. Alex ultimately dropped … Continue reading Book Review: Ninth House
THE INSTITUTE | Stephen King 09.10.2019 | Scribner Rating: 4.5/5 stars On a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis a group of intruders enter the home of Luke Ellis. In the span of two minutes they murder Luke’s parents and drive away with him, drugged and unaware of his destination. Luke wakes up to a place … Continue reading Book Review: The Institute
