A couple of disclaimers: This is not a story about wolves. Also I may invariably spoil parts of the plot, as I feel the need to talk about the feelings I felt reading this book, and I can't find a way to do that without disclosing major plot points, but I can comfortably say you … Continue reading History of Wolves ~ Emily Fridlund
Month: August 2017
Human Acts ~ Han Kang
A collection of short stories regarding brutal violence in South Korea, this tragic book was difficult to read, but left my eyes a little wider to the events of the world. The opening story follows the death of Dong-Ho, and appropriately the final story is about Dong-Ho's mother, but there are several different perspectives in … Continue reading Human Acts ~ Han Kang
Everything Everything ~ Nicola Yoon
So, I just moved to a small town in Vermont where the library is about the size of my bedroom. It's tiny! There aren't that many options, but fortunately it's part of a 12 library network and I can get inter-library loans. Anyways, this is the first book I checked out with my library card. … Continue reading Everything Everything ~ Nicola Yoon
The Magicians ~ Lev Grossman
I knew almost nothing about this book besides having seen it all over the internet for the last few years when I picked it up, but I'm sure it was better this way. You see, The Magicians begins on a premise very similar to both The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter, and there's no … Continue reading The Magicians ~ Lev Grossman
The Unexpected Everything
Rating: Morgan Matson Andie is the kind of girl who has everything planned, from what her summer internship will be like, to how her friends interact, to how long she dates her boyfriends. Needless to say, when something goes wrong with her planned internship, and slowly pieces of her life fall outside of the plan … Continue reading The Unexpected Everything
Dumplin’ ~ Julie Murphy
Rating: 8/10 Dumplin' has been fairly well received by the public, and I can see why. Will, short for Willowdean, is a teenage girl, going to High School, living with her mom, and working at a fast food restaurant. Everything changes for her when she ends up making out with her hot coworker behind a … Continue reading Dumplin’ ~ Julie Murphy
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. ~ Adele Waldman
Rating: 5/10 Well, this book was exactly as it sounds. The cover looked fun, and I often judge books by their covers, so I hoped I wouldn't be too disappointed, but even so my expectations were dashed to pieces. I expected short stories, but Waldman combined a series of romances together kind of sporadically, sometimes … Continue reading The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. ~ Adele Waldman