2024 reads
The Midnight Feast - Lucey Foley
★★★★★
I don't read much mystery/thriller, so I'm not the best judge whether this book was
good or not. Either way, I liked it a lot, I found it very enjoyable. The way
that things came together in the end was super fun and satisfying, having all the
puzzle pieces fall into place one by one was a blast.
The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers
★★★★☆
One of my first ever classics, I found the prose a bit hard to follow but that's
probably because english isn't my native language, and this was written in the late
1800's, so a lot of it was a style of reading I wasn't used to. Some short stories
didn't click with me, but others did, and when they did I had a really good time
with them.
Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
★★★★☆
What can I say, it's some good old YA romantasy. Not a genre I read often either,
but I had a lot of fun with this one. It's an incredibly fun experience to indulge
in some tropey, sometimes kind of cringy, romance. I also really really like
dragons, so that made this book even more fun to me.
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
★★★★★
I knew I would like this book, since I enjoyed the show a lot. I was surprised to
find how different the show was from it's source material, but not necessarily in a
bad way. Aziraphale and Crowley aren't more of the main characters than the 11 year
old Antichrist is, and I thought that was very fun. The humour was great, and it was
overall just a very good time.
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
★★☆☆☆
I hated this. I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 solely because I like Andy Weir's
writing style and the humour was fun, but the entire story completely sucked in my
opinion. I know sci-fi isn't realistic, nor does it need to be, but everything the
main character did seemed so convenient to a point it was just kind of
stupid. I didn't know about the whole "befriending an alien" before I started
reading, but I did not like it at all. It seemed not just improbable, but like a
fantasy a child would come up with. I only finished it because I don't like leaving
books unfinished, but this probably would've been a DNF if I wasn't like that.
A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★★
My first book by Le Guin, and man, I fell in love with her immediately. The prose is
phenomonal, and the story feels like everything I would want out of a fantasy book.
I loved listening to this while doing my morning routine, it gave me a sense of calm
like nothing else. The story is captivating, the magic is unique and interesting,
and ultimately this is a book about working to right your mistakes and growing as a
person, and not your typical run-of-the-mill fantasy book.
Other Birds - Sarah Addison Allen
★☆☆☆☆
I wish I DNF'd this. I really, really, really hated this book. The reviews
for it were glowing, so I expected a story that was deep and interesting. Instead, I
got the most boring, surface level "introspection" you can think of. Every time it
felt like the author was trying too hard to be profound and deep, but it all just
fell flat. The main character is extremely uninteresting, and the climax of the book
puts a side character more in the spotlight than the actual MC. The climax also felt
like it was just making stuff up as it went, creating conflict out of nowhere, just
for the sake of having something to resolve and give an "ending".
I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy
★★★★★
I don't know where to begin with this book. It hit me hard at a critical moment in
my life. Not only did I find the story of McCurdy's life extremely relatable, but
it's told in an incredible way that really makes you understand exactly how she felt
when she went through everything. To this day I've not seen somebody describe as
well as she has what it's like to be stuck in a cycle of your eating disorder.
Despite the heavy subject matter, it's broken up by tasteful humour so that it
doesn't all feel so heavy and hard to read through.
This book made me feel incredibly seen, and empowered me to finally seek help for my
own eating disorder. I can't sing its praises enough, I constantly recommend this
book to everyone I possibly can all the time.
Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree
★★★★☆
Good old cliche romance. I adored this book, I read it when recovering from top
surgery, and it was exactly the kickstart that I needed to get back into reading
properly. It's cozy, it's cute, it's fun. The entire premise is just fun, opening a
coffee shop in a fantasy world where nobody even knows what coffee is, is one of
those things I like to read fanfiction about, and I mean that in the best way.
Currently Reading
Pageboy
Elliot Page
Published: June 6, 2023
271 pages
Tags: #Nonfiction #Memoir #LGBT
Summary (Goodreads):
"With Juno's massive success, Elliot became one of the world's most beloved actors.
His dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated him. He was
forced to play the part of the glossy young starlet, a role that made his skin
crawl, on and off set. The career that had been an escape out of his reality and
into a world of imagination was suddenly a nightmare. As he navigated criticism and
abuse from some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a past that snapped at his
heels and a society dead set on forcing him into a binary, Elliot often stayed
silent, unsure of what to do. Until enough was enough."