"I write this because, as of now, I am not sure if I am privy to a terrible secret or if I myself am insane." - chapter 1 opening
Review: “The Patient” by Jasper DeWitt
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ARC Review: “Babel” by R.F. Kuang
"By the time Professor Richard Lovell found his way through Canton's narrow alleys to the faded address in his diary, the boy was the only one in the house left alive." -ch1 opening
Review: “Reckless Girls” by Rachel Hawkins
"Salt water and blood taste the same." - prologue opening
May 2022 Wrap-up 💐
Hi, friends! Another month has flown by and we're on our way to summer! Overall May was a very successful reading month for me! I'm very excited to share my stats and top reads with you. Keep reading to get the run down 🙂
Review: “Sourdough” by Robin Sloan + Magical Realism vs Urban Fantasy🥖
"It would have been nutritive gel for dinner, same as always, if I had not discovered stuck to my apartment’s front door a paper menu advertising the newly expanded delivery service of a neighborhood restaurant." - Ch1 opening
Renee’s Recent Reads 6/2/22 😎
Photo by S O C I A L . C U T on Unsplash Hi, friends! Hope you had a wonderful long weekend if you're in the United States and celebrated Memorial Day this past Monday. Recently I've been reading Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson, which is book three of the Skyward series. At this point … Continue reading Renee’s Recent Reads 6/2/22 😎
Review: “Under the Whispering Door” by T.J. Klune
"Patricia was crying" -ch1 opening
Renee’s Recent Reads 5/18/22 ☠
Hi, friends! A very quick check in this Wednesday to let you know what I've been up to. Because the weather has still been pretty terrible for May there hasn't been much going on aside from work, reading, and typical day-to-day activities. Recently I finished Ben Galley's epic fantasy story The Forever King. Check out … Continue reading Renee’s Recent Reads 5/18/22 ☠
Review: “The Forever King (The Scalussen Chronicles #1)” by Ben Galley
"A whimper. A garbled moan of a half-prayer to an absent god. That was the sum total of the last words the woman was allowed before the noose slid tight against her pallid neck. A whimper. A garbled moan of a half-prayer to an absent god. That was the sum total of the last words the woman was allowed before the noose slid tight against her pallid neck." -ch1 opening
April 2022 Wrap-up ☔
We're ONE-THIRD through 2022, everyone. Did that jar you? It stunned me! Four months down, eight remaining of 2022. But on the bright side I'd argue the months we've got left are the better group - more sun, longer days for summer, then leading in to cool, brisk fall nights and holidays. I won't miss … Continue reading April 2022 Wrap-up ☔
ARC Review: “The Plot” by Jean Hanff Korelitz
"Jacob Finch Bonner, the once promising author of the "New and Noteworthy" (The New York Times Book Review) novel The Invention of Wonder, let himself into the office he'd been assigned on the second floor of Richard Peng Hall, set his beat-up leather sachel on the barren desk, and looked around in something akin to despair." -Ch1 opening
Review: “Dark Matter” by Blake Crouch
"I love Thursday nights." -ch1 opening
March 2022 Wrap-up 🍀
Happy April, everyone! I'm a little bit behind on wrap ups but finally got around to making the March one. Below are my stats and top reads for last month. Enjoy!!! 🍀 Moods In total through March I read 8 books and 3,075 pages, putting me at a current 2022 year's total of 23 books … Continue reading March 2022 Wrap-up 🍀
Review: “The Good Nurse” by Charles Graeber
"Charlie considered himself lucky." -ch1 opening
ARC Review: “Memories of Blood and Shadow” by Aaron S. Jones
"Darkness cloaked the land of Alfara as a chill wind swept through the fields of wheat. Tavar felt an energy shimmer in the air. The threat of change. Of violence." - ch1
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