My Current Literary Life

An update about my life since January... When I began this blog in October, it was with great hope and optimism. I desperately wanted somewhere to talk about books and to be a part of the book community. However, I was spending all my time focusing on this, as I didn't have work at that…

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Moxie

Moxie Author: Jennifer Mathieu Genre: Young Adult  |  Contemporary  | Feminism Amazon   |    Book Depository   |   Goodreads  2.5 out of 5 stars - Fundamentally, the message that Moxie preaches bothers me. Not because I dislike the basic ideas presented here, nor because I think that there is anything wrong with the small…

Critical Mass

Critical Mass  Author: Sara Paretsky Genre: Detective | Thriller | Crime Amazon   |    Book Depository    |   Goodreads 4 out of 5 stars - When choosing which Paretsky I would read for this list I selected Body Work and Critical Mass. Both sounded interesting and both had links to the innovative historical political fiction that…

There’s Someone Inside Your House

There's Someone Inside Your House Author: Stephanie Perkins Genre: Young Adult | Thriller | Romance Amazon   |   Book Depository   |   Goodreads  5 out of 5 stars -  This is a perfect slasher thriller, managing to fulfil every desire that I had when reading it. I managed to read this in basically one…

ReadathonbyZoe – Halloween Edition

Last month I stumbled across Readbyzoe on youtube and really enjoyed her readathon videos. In these videos Zoe vlogs her experience of a 24-hour readathon noting the book she has read and the coffee and snacks she managed to get through. The rules - read as much as you can in a 24 hour period…