HAVE I TALKED ABOUT REBECCA ENOUGH ?????? My gosh, yes, I am obsessed with this book. I can’t quite explain it, except that it was so insightful and relatable and had this ominous tone that I couldn’t put my finger on. I had already watched the movie when it released on Netflix, not knowing itContinue reading “REBECCA // codependency, relatableness, moody mansion, and a rich husband”
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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING // moody marshes, grits, & zoology
I do not like doing popular things until they are UNPOPULAR. So, when I saw that Where the Crawdads Sing was being read by everyone and their grandmother, I immediately said “Ew no.” However I have fallen I am sorry to disappoint Here’s what happened: I literally saw a billboard for the movie based onContinue reading “WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING // moody marshes, grits, & zoology”
THE CARTOGRAPHERS // maps, mysteries, & multiple povs
Me at the beginning of 2022: i shall read one book every week of 2022 Me at the beginning of 2022: *gets a FREAKING PUBLISHING DEAL* Me: whoopsie The events relayed to you above are 100% true, 0% fictional. I had a great plan to read 52 books but . . . I had toContinue reading “THE CARTOGRAPHERS // maps, mysteries, & multiple povs”
their loyalty
How cold the wind blew. It had never been his friend. Sheathed in armor of the thickest fur around, Kjetil soared across the white Alaskan carpet aided by his friends: a fearless gang of Huskies. Kjetil knew no human so loyal, so patient, so fearless as these dogs. Every time he had grown close toContinue reading “their loyalty”
THE BLOOD RACE // brooding and dimensions and anomalies
AN ENTERTAINING ONE SENTENCE SUMMARY Two teens with amazing superpowers hop through dimensions: one is brooding and seemingly impassive while the other is super powerful but can’t control it and literally does EVERYTHING HE’S NOT SUPPOSED TO DO and wow he doesn’t even do it on purpose really kinda sounds like me I’M SORRY BOBContinue reading “THE BLOOD RACE // brooding and dimensions and anomalies”
Everything, Everything: Oceans, Solar Systems, Deep Thoughts about Life
Madeline has never been outside. Never felt the salty, invigorating coolness of the ocean. Never tasted the crispness of the oncoming fall. Never been to a high school. Never fallen in love. Never had her heart broken. But then a boy moves next door. And her life changes forever. My Rating Three and a half stars. *throwsContinue reading “Everything, Everything: Oceans, Solar Systems, Deep Thoughts about Life”
The Girl From Everywhere: Sassy Thieves & Time Traveling Pirates YASSSSS
Nix’s father is a Navigator. That means that he, using real maps (the ones actually hand-drawn by cartographers) can TRAVEL THROUGH TIME. He can even travel to fantasy lands, if he so desires. But he doesn’t. The only thing he really wants is to go back to 1868 and find Nix’s mother. Even if goingContinue reading “The Girl From Everywhere: Sassy Thieves & Time Traveling Pirates YASSSSS”
ISLAND
I’m on an ISLAND All by myself. I call out to people I see Floating by me In boats of all different shapes and sizes. But they can’t– WON’T– Hear me. They’d rather live in their Foolish opulence; Drown in their Pompous ideas. I watch them, One by one, Jumping overboard. I yell out toContinue reading “ISLAND”
Lies Young Women Believe: GET THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW
Have you ever believed a lie? You’re thinking to yourself OF COURSE NOT I’m the epitome of sense and sensibility. Okay then. When you were little, did you really believe that Santa Claus existed? *glares at chimney* Were you convinced Pluto was a planet? Did you agree that the tooth fairy really existed? I don’tContinue reading “Lies Young Women Believe: GET THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW”
Amanda Michelle Brown 