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The Bone Season (The Bone Season #1) by Samantha Shannon – thrilling, imaginative dystopian fantasy
The Bone Season is a thrilling, imaginative, and mind-blowing series starter. It combines dystopian politics, intricate worldbuilding, fascinating magic, compelling characters, and high-stakes tension into a story that constantly keeps you wanting more.
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Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay – heartwarming contemporary romance
Summer Reading was a delightful, emotional, and deeply heartwarming contemporary romance with excellent dyslexia representation.
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The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori – mafia romance with forbidden trope
The Sweetest Oblivion, a mafia romance with forbidden trope is filled with attraction and possessiveness... and it did not work for me.
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A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman – warm and heartbreaking fiction
A Man Called Ove is warm and heartbreaking fiction, a simple story about ordinary people living ordinary lives.
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Why Good Wives Didn’t Hit the Same as Little Women – Classic Book Review
This Good Wives review is less about disliking the book and more about Why Good Wives Didn’t Hit the Same as Little Women
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April 2026 Wrap Up – Uneventful but also productive
April 2026 was apparently the month of me accidentally picking up only 4-star reads and honestly I’m not complaining as this reading month had range.
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White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky – beautiful short classic
White Nights is 80 page short beautiful heartbreak about unrequited love that makes you ache for a character.
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Love and Other Brain Experiments by Hannah Brohm
Love and Other Brain Experiments is a nonpareil, nifty, and nerdy STEM romance with characters whose emotional and intellectual chemistry makes you root for them from beginning to end.
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë – beautifully written and emotionally draining classic
Wuthering Heights is intense, frustrating, layered, beautifully written, and emotionally draining all at once and at the same time unforgettable.