A Thousand Ships

Author: Natalie Haynes Pub Date: 26 Jan 2021 Publisher: Harper Page Count: 368 Dates Read: Apr 20 – 23 Reading Method: Physical Category: Adult Backlog Review This was an absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking retelling of the Trojan War, focusing solely on the women and their stories.  I loved that Haynes focused so heavily on the way the women were affected by the decisions …

Review: Plain Bad Heroines

Author: Emily M. Danforth Publication Date: 20 Oct 2020 Publisher: William Morrow Page Count: 612 Dates Read: Mar 20 – 24 Reading Method: Physical – Adult Backlog Review This beautiful, behemoth of a book has been sitting on my shelf for ages.  I picked it up when all my friends were raving about it on bookstagram, but the sheer length of it …

Review: A History of Wild Places

Author: Shea Ernshaw Publication Date: 7 December 2021 Publisher: Atria Books  Page Count: 368 Reading Method: Physical (BOTM Backlog) Dates Read: January 26 – 31 There is no history in a place until we make it, until we live a life worth remembering. A History of Wild Place, Shea Ernshaw Review Shea Ernshaw wrote The Wicked Deep and Winterwood, both of …

Review: The Four Winds

Author: Kristin Hannah Publication Date: 2 February 2021 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Page Count: 464 Dates Read: Jan 20 – 21 Reading Method: Physical – BOTM Backlog Review Holy shit, I needed a hug after finishing The Four Winds.  I should have known Kristin Hannah, the author of The Nightingale, was going to beat me over the head with all the emotions …

Review: Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

Author: Ruth Emmie Lang Publication Date: 14 November 2017 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Page Count: 352 Dates Read: Jan 18 – 20 Reading Method: Physical – Adult Backlog  Review A beautiful, whimsical, magical story full of enchanting characters and wild stories that are sure to bring a smile to your face.  Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance is the story of Weylyn Grey, a …

Review: Bad Luck Bridesmaid

Author: Alison Rose Greenberg Publication Date: 11 Jan 2022 Publisher: St. Martins Griffin Page Count: 320 Reading Method: Physical/E-book Dates Read: Jan 7 – 10  Category: ARC [Thank you to the publisher!] Review If you like destination weddings, rogue falcons, grumpy groomsmen, and lots of laughs, make sure to put Bad Luck Bridesmaid on your radar.   Zoey Marks is convinced she is …

Review: The Maidens

Everyone’s entitled to be the hero of their own story. So I must be permitted to be the hero of mine. Even though I’m not. I’m the villain.  The maidens, alex michaelides Author: Alex Michaelides Publication Date: 15 June 2021 Publishers: Celadon Page Count: 352 Reading Method: Physical ARC [Thank you to the Publisher!] Dates Read: June 16 – 17 Synopsis:  …

Daisy Jones and the Six Review

If she knew how often I was thinking about her, she wouldn’t feel lonely. Daisy jones and the six, taylor jenkins reid Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publication Date: 4 February 2020 Publisher: Ballantine Books  Reading Method: Audiobook Page Count: 400 Dates Read: May 18 – 19  Synopsis:  Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking …

Anxious People Review

We are asleep until we fall in love anxious people, fredrik beckman Author: Fredrik Backman Publication Date: 8 September 2020 Publisher: Atria Books  Page Count: 352 Reading Method: Physical Book [ BOTM Backlog ] Synopsis:  Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and …

Normal People Review

Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn’t know if she would ever find out where it was or become a part of it. normal people, sally rooney Author: Sally Rooney Publication Date: 16 April 2019 Page Count: 288 Reading Method: Physical Book Synopsis:  Connell and Marianne …

The Poison Flood Review

Author: Jordan Farmer Publication Date: 5 May 2020 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Page Count: 288 Reading Method: Digital ARC Synopsis:  Hollis Bragg lives on the fringes. The hunchbacked son of a West Virginia hill preacher, he now resides in rural isolation next to the burned-out husk of his father’s church, and earns his living ghostwriting songs for a popular band …