I’ll be honest, I’m really behind on reading (life’s been insane lately), so I’m writing about one of my go-to novels today. Cinder is the first of the Lunar Chronicles and is a re-imagined twist on the classic fairy tale, Cinderella. I LOVE this book. Cinderella was always one of my favorite Disney movies/characters, butContinue reading “Cinder”
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
When I picked this book up, I thought I knew the story…man obtains a portrait that ages for him. The end. Nothing more. Man, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Wilde uses his novel to explore social hierarchy and pick apart that which society deems important (both at his time and arguably, today) – physicalContinue reading “The Picture of Dorian Gray”
Fool Me Once
The plot of this book is very intriguing – a woman buries her murdered husband and sees him on a video camera soon after his funeral. Overall, it was an entertaining-enough book for me to revisit throughout the course of the week it took me to read. It was a quick read all said andContinue reading “Fool Me Once”
The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova
What a thoroughly enjoyable novel. I typically stick to mysteries revolving around a type of crime that has been committed (i.e. a murder, disappearance, etc.). Even the “cozy” mysteries I choose to read follow the same premise as a non-cozy mystery that I tend to gravitate toward. Despite not having any crime (well, one possibleContinue reading “The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova”
The Wicked Widow
Wow. Just…wow. I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this book through a goodreads giveaway. This is the third book in The Wicked City series by Williams. I will start with this – if you haven’t read The Wicked City and The Wicked Readhead prior to this one, that is an absolute must.Continue reading “The Wicked Widow”
Skeletons in the Attic: A Marketville Mystery
Skeletons in the Attic follows the storyline of Callie’s investigation into her past after her father passes away suddenly and leaves a note telling Callie that her mother was murdered when Callie was a child. The concept of this book was intriguing. Initially, there were a lot of twists and turns that kept me flippingContinue reading “Skeletons in the Attic: A Marketville Mystery”
To Have or to Hoax
“He knew that she knew. Or rather, he knew that she knew that he knew. It was enough to give any man a headache, truly.” To Have and to Hoax is predictably loveable and entertaining. The storyline is essentially written out in the summary of the book, and it naturally follows the stereotypical “man andContinue reading “To Have or to Hoax”
The Wicked Redhead
This is the second installment in the Wicked City series by Williams. I’ve read that the majority of her books are written to be in series but you don’t have to read the series to understand each book – that’s NOT the case with this series. I enjoyed this book a lot more than TheContinue reading “The Wicked Redhead”
Cruella
Cruella is now streaming on Disney+ for all subscribers! If you haven’t watched this yet, I highly recommend it. I’ve consistently enjoyed every backstory for the infamous villains Disney produces (i.e. Maleficent), but Cruella lived up to my expectations as well. It starts off a bit more fantastical than one may expect from this typeContinue reading “Cruella”
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Wow. When I first opened this book, I couldn’t figure out how this pathetic, woe-is-me, weak, yet slightly likeable character ever turned in to the horrid, evil, awful President Snow in the original Hunger Games trilogy. This book follows the story of young Criolanus Snow mentoring the District 12 girl in the 10th Hunger GamesContinue reading “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”
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