Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
This book was the best way I could think of to start my reading year. After going through a bit of a reading slump the last couple of months of 2022, I awoke on the first of January to the first of Brandon Sanderson’s secret projects in my inbox, and I was so excited to get to it, I was done with it by January 3rd. For those of you who don’t know, Brandi Sandi spent his lockdown year (the year I spent in despair […]
Sweetpea by C.J. Skuse
As a thriller, I guess this was fine. Rhiannon is a serial killer who deliberately puts herself in situations where she might get assaulted so she can use it as an excuse for murder. While the first couple of chapters were fast-paced and very thrilling, it just didn’t hold up throughout the book. I didn’t connect to any characters, so none of it felt like it mattered. A few of the things that happened such as her kidnapping of her school friend felt a little loose […]
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Big Four by Agatha Christie
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
Lord Edgeware Dies by Agatha Christie
Murder of the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
So a few years ago I got my hands of the complete works of Sherlock Holmes narrated by Stephen Fry and got really excited, because I’ve always enjoyed mysteries. It then took me about 3 years to wade my way through it after the first book because disappointingly enough, though not necessarily surprisingly, Arthur Conan Doyle is a bit racist, xenophobic, and maybe just a product of his time, but a tad misogynistic too. Every time he had more than a couple of pages he […]
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Look who has fallen behind in her reviews again. Big surprise, right? But I’ve been reading so much, and such great books that I can’t really complain. This was the last book I read in January, and it just brought sunshine into my life. I did not pick this book up on purpose. I’d seen it in Waterstones all throughout last year, and it never really caught my attention. But I was browsing my library for immediately available audiobooks, and I recognized that one and […]
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell
I just checked and it’s been 2 weeks since I finished this book – and I can already tell you I don’t remember a single thing about what I read. So while I remember enjoying it quite a bit as I listened to it, I think I might have to bring my rating down a bit for how unmemorable this was – especially compared to the few other non-fiction books I’ve read lately, which are still living in my head rent-free. Regardless, this is a […]
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
I had very conflicting expectations coming into this book. On the one hand, I enjoyed V.E. Schwab’s Shades of magic trilogy very much, so I know I tend to vibe with her writing quite well. On the other hand, most of the reviews I’d seen for it were that the book was fairly disappointing. So I didn’t know what to expect, and now that I have finished I can’t say I know exactly how to recommend this book either. While I can’t disagree with the […]
