"The king stood in a pool of blue light, unmoored."First line in Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Hi, everyone. In today's post, I'm taking a closer look at the site Storygraph, which is a place where you can track your reading and leave reviews for the books you've read, much like the popular… Continue reading Do I Agree With Storygraph Reviewers?
Category: Fun Lists
Reacting to Unpopular Opinions About YA Books
"I was ninty-nine point nine percent sure I was dreaming."First line in New Moon by Stephenie Meyer Today I'm dealing with a hot topic: unpopular opinions. I stumbled upon some glorious Buzzfeed articles about unpopular opinions people have about YA books, and there were just too much gold in those to not make a post… Continue reading Reacting to Unpopular Opinions About YA Books
5-Star Predictions #3
"We should agree on some passwords."First line in Half Lost by Sally Green From the title you can probably guess what I'm attempting again. That's right, I have found five new books that I expect will be 5-star reads for me. I'm notoriously bad at predicting this but practice makes perfect as they say so… Continue reading 5-Star Predictions #3
Matching Books To My Favorite Songs
"I'm pretty much fucked."First line in The Martian by Andy Weir I love music almost as much as I love books, so I've long been wanting to do something music-related here on my blog. I've taken a closer look at my "on repeat" playlist on Spotify to find some of my favorite songs that I… Continue reading Matching Books To My Favorite Songs
Books I’m Afraid to Reread
"One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And the next minute he was gone."First line in Gone by Michael Grant Reading tastes can change a lot throughout your life, so most people have books that used to be their entire world but aren't anywhere near that today. I have recently thought about… Continue reading Books I’m Afraid to Reread
Fantasy Characters as Eurovision Participants
"Every city is a ghost."First line in Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray You've read the title of this post and now you're thinking: what the hell is this? Well, it is the result of me thinking I should find a way to combine two of my favorite things: Fantasy and Eurovision. It is Wyrd… Continue reading Fantasy Characters as Eurovision Participants
Wyrd and Wonder: Historical Fantasy Books That Should Be A Movie/TV Show
"My father was a king and the son of kings."First line in The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Today's prompt for Wyrd and Wonder is Page to Screen and combining that with my own theme of Historical Fantasy means I'm going to be talking about some Historical Fantasy books that would be great on… Continue reading Wyrd and Wonder: Historical Fantasy Books That Should Be A Movie/TV Show
Fantasy Books That Feel Historical But Aren’t
"I didn't know how long I had been in the king's prison."First line in The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner Welcome to this post for Wyrd and Wonder where I'm looking at Fantasy books that kind of make you believe they take place in a historical version of our own world. They don't actually, but… Continue reading Fantasy Books That Feel Historical But Aren’t
More Popular Books I Don’t Want to Read
"The palace still shook occasionally as the earth rumbled in memory, groaned as if it would deny what had happened."First line in The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan Unpopular opinions time! It's been almost two years since I made a post listing some popular books I have to interest in reading, and since… Continue reading More Popular Books I Don’t Want to Read
Awesome Characters in Books I Didn’t Like
"The demon exploded in a shower of ichor and guts."First line in Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare So you're reading a book that you can tell isn't your thing, but you keep going anyway because there's this one side-character you want to read more about, so you pray they turn up more often. Who hasn't… Continue reading Awesome Characters in Books I Didn’t Like
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