Tag: Adult

Mini Audio Reviews: Salt to the Sea, So Good at Smiling, Anxious People

Mini Audio Reviews: Salt to the Sea, So Good at Smiling, Anxious People
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 31, 2023 | 0 Comments

This is not typically something I would actively choose to pick up, as I am not a big fan of Historical Fiction; but the reviews are so good and everyone raves about it, so I thought I’d give it a try. I wanted so badly to love this one like everyone else did. However, despite the heartbreaking content of this book, the emotion was just not there for me. And it absolutely should have been. I found the writing and characters […]

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Audiobook Review: The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

Audiobook Review: The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 6, 2023 | 0 Comments

This one took me by surprise! It’s enchanting, similar to the uncanny way of The Ten Thousand Doors of January and Strange the Dreamer (although I didn’t love it quite as much as those two). I think the vibe of this book was my favorite part! It’s very mysterious, and magical in that strange way that magical realism has, but without being nonsensical like most magical realism. It’s hard to talk about this without giving anything away – I went […]

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ARC Review: A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

ARC Review: A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 27, 2023 | 0 Comments

I *almost* downloaded this book on Netgalley, but I’ve been trying really hard to not download anything else until I catch up on my backlist reviews. I ended up not needing to, because my bookstabestie Christy sent it to me (thanks Christy!!), which was a good thing because….this has been my least favorite Kingfisher novel thus far. Which makes me SO sad. The other two horror books I’ve read of hers (Hollow Places & Twisted Ones) were EPIC, so my […]

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Audiobook Review: Black Tide by K.C. Jones

Audiobook Review: Black Tide by K.C. Jones
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 20, 2023 | 0 Comments

This book was awesome! It had a very Bird Box meets Some Quiet Place feel to it, but was wholly unique and stands out on its own. I’m honestly shocked that the ratings for this book are so low. For once I was the black sheep in a good way! My main complaint is that I didn’t connect to the characters like I’d hoped to. The only one I really cared about was the dog, Jake. And it’s not that […]

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Mini Reviews: Blood Trials, Gallant, Forest of 1000 Lanterns

Mini Reviews: Blood Trials, Gallant, Forest of 1000 Lanterns
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 17, 2023 | 0 Comments

I had pretty mixed feelings about this book. Overall, I really enjoyed it. It had very strong Red Rising vibes, but was still totally unique in its own way. Fair warning: this book is heavy. It’s full of racism and misogyny and is quite brutal. I went back and forth between “yeah, this is awesome!!” to “ehh maybe it’s a little over the top” with both the brutality of the book and Kenna’s personality. I like dark and brutal, but there […]

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Audiobook Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Audiobook Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 13, 2023 | 0 Comments

I absolutely did not expect to love this book as much as I did!! The hype for it is so well deserved! I went in with little to no expectations – I hadn’t heard much about this one, I just knew that it had quite high ratings and a “curmudgeonly professor.” I enjoyed Even the Darkest Stars, and liked the narrator based on the Audible sample, so I used a credit to get the audiobook. And I’m so glad I […]

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