Heartbeat Monthly (32): January 2023

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 29, 2023 | 0 Comments

January haul Bought The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, Fairyloot edition (eBay) To the Bitter End Illumicrate box (eBay), sans sword replica Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff (sprayed edges) EotV enamel pin Manon & Abraxos pouch Wild & improbable shoe charms These Violent Delights pin Always Victorious magnets Gifted I got an awesome care package from Christy (@cbookaddiction), THANK YOU CHRISTY! You’re the best!! Warriors 1-3 boxed set A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher, ARC […]

Mini Audio Reviews: Bird & Sword, Prison Healer, Legendborn

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 27, 2023 | 0 Comments

I’m so sad that I didn’t love this one. The hype for this book is UNREAL! Everyone talks about how beautiful the writing is, but it didn’t wow me. In fact, I found this story to be somewhat dull. I loved the idea of the magic system, but the middle got pretty boring when Lark was in the castle. I didn’t care at all for the romance, either. There was zero chemistry between Lark and Tiras, and it borderlined controlling […]

Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-me Authors from 2022

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 24, 2023 | 0 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl New authors I read T. Kingfisher She is my #1 because I read 3 of her books in 2022! The Hollow Places was one of my fave books of the year and is now in my top 5 standalones. She has a very distinct writing style with extremely unique worlds! Xiran Jay Zhao Iron Widow was my favorite book of the whole year! Awesome writing, awesome world building, awesome characters. […]

Audiobook Review: Kingdom of the Cursed (WORST sequel EVER)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 23, 2023 | 0 Comments

Before we get into this shit show: THIS IS NOT YA. There is lots of sexual content in this book. If you want an angsty smutty romance with zero plot, LOOK NO FURTHER. WORST case of Second Book Syndrome I’ve read in as long as I can remember. This year must be all about sequels that disappointed me! This one is the worst yet, though. I think this is the single most disappointing sequel I’ve ever read. I loved the […]

Books I Didn’t Finish: 2022 Roundup

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 21, 2023 | 0 Comments

Typically I would include all the book info in these posts, but there were too many last year! The Paths Between Stars DNF @ 43% I just can’t do it anymore. I didn’t like the main character, I found her to be pretentious and exhausting. Didn’t care at ALL about the story or the side characters. The lengthy passages at the beginning of each chapter (flipping between bible verses and science textbook, ugh) were pointless and I skimmed over […]

Audiobook Review: The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 20, 2023 | 1 Comment

WHY did I wait so long to read this?! This book was awesome! It’s been on my TBR for years, and it even popped up in my 5 star predictions one year. And I just…never read it. I suck, clearly. Because WOW this book took me by surprise! The concept is so awesome and entirely unique. Every twelve years this mysterious “Forgetting” comes around and takes away everyone’s memories? So. Cool. And they carry around books with their memories to […]