Hello readers!
How are you guys doing this week? I finally got to see To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, and it was SO CUTE, I smiled throughout the whole movie! Omg, I loved Lara Jean.
This week I got no books! YAY! Progress. Also, Noriko posted our discussion on Six Four, a Japanese crime thriller, on her blog! Here’s the link if you guys wanna read our spoilery talk on the book: Booktalk: Discussion on Six Four
Interesting Reads Around the Web
Kristin Kraves Books – Vox by Christina Dalcher
Busy Bee Reads – The pressures of blogging
Melanie Loves Fiction – 2 Sapphic Book Reviews: Fingersmith + The Meaning of Birds
Never Not Reading – Sorting Hat Sunday: Pride and Prejudice
Diary of a Bookfiend – Booktalk: Discussion on Six Four
Bookish Videos
My Readings This Week
I finished The Poppy War! It’s an awesome book, so very dark, and I really enjoyed the story. It’s so complex and gruesome, and do take care if you decide to read it, there’s lots of violence, drug abuse etc. 5 stars to this dark tale.
I advanced a bit on The Changeling and I’m almost halfway through now! I’m not entirely sure yet if I like this book or not. It doesn’t grip my attention a lot, and I’m not sure in which direction the book is going, but I’m interested in the mystery and wonder if it’ll be a dark magical realism in the end! Hopefully I’ll finish it this week.
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows was such a surprise! I had heard great things about this book, but I had no actual idea what to expect. This was a wonderful contemporary read, so unique, fresh and well-rounded! Also I love the cover, I think I’ll buy a physical copy. 5 stars! Do you guys want a review? I feel like this book isn’t talked about enough!
I also read Vox, which is like a 2018 version of The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s awesome to see this book, an even more realistic take in my opinion. This book is haunting and will make your blood boil – so, of course, I loved it. 4 stars!
Books I DNF-ed:
Ugh I wanted to love Dread Nation so much! I listened to it for about an hour and nothing happened at all, except for lots of descriptions of people and some girl hate. I wasn’t too excited about it… where are the zombies?? I’m thinking I’ll pick this up as a physical book or ebook, since I might like to read it more than to listen to it. What do you guys think?
Thank you so much for sharing my review!! I am so close to being done The Poppy Wars and I am absolutely loving it!
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Thanks for the shout out!!!
I am TOTALLY with you on Dread Nation. I NEED MORE ZOMBIES! It ended up being one big cat-fight. No thanks. And I ADORED To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before too. So adorable!
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Ughhhh yes!! Without the cat fight I could’ve continued the book, but it was so irritating. AAAAHH TATBILB is so cuteee
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Yay so glad you loved the Poppy War!!!! I’ve heard so many good things about it and can’t wait to read it!
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Yayy I hope you love it too!!
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Would love to see a review of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows!
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Your command is my desire 😁 will do!
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I also DNFed Dread Nation…now I’m wondering if it simply did not stand up to the pre-release hype it had?
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I guess so… and I’d read quite a few reviews that spoke so highly of this book! A pity. A POC zombie hunter book sounded just so awesome!
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