Today I get to talk about a few of the best books I've read so far this year. I've read so many good books that this was actually a bit of a challenge to narrow them down.
July 4, 2018
Top 5 Wednesday: Best Books You've Read So Far in 2018
Top 5 Wednesday (T5W) is a weekly meme created by Lainey (gingerreadslainey) and hosted by Sam (ThoughtsOnTomes). Learn more by checking out the Goodreads group here.
Today I get to talk about a few of the best books I've read so far this year. I've read so many good books that this was actually a bit of a challenge to narrow them down.
Today I get to talk about a few of the best books I've read so far this year. I've read so many good books that this was actually a bit of a challenge to narrow them down.
July 1, 2018
June Wrap Up
June was an incredibly busy month for me. I'm still prepping for a move and all the craziness that comes with that. I also participated in the cramathon and Book Riot's #riotgram challenge. I read a total of 14 books, published 8 blog posts, and started working on a secret something that you may be seeing soon.
BOOKS WRAP UP:
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklos Nyiszli
My Rating: ★★★★★
This is an account of Nyiszli's experience working under Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. Because of Nyiszli's position at this camp, there isn't much information given about what life was like in the camp for the average prisoner, but this is the only book I've read on the Holocaust that gives a clear description of how the exterminations took place. I think this is a must-read piece of Holocaust literature if you're looking to learn more about how Auschwitz-Birkenau operated and the attitudes of the camp's leaders towards prisoners.
BOOKS WRAP UP:
My Rating: ★★★★★
This is an account of Nyiszli's experience working under Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. Because of Nyiszli's position at this camp, there isn't much information given about what life was like in the camp for the average prisoner, but this is the only book I've read on the Holocaust that gives a clear description of how the exterminations took place. I think this is a must-read piece of Holocaust literature if you're looking to learn more about how Auschwitz-Birkenau operated and the attitudes of the camp's leaders towards prisoners.
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
My Rating: ★★★★★
Full review for this coming soon. To make a very long story short, I absolutely loved this. I already know this will be one of my top 5 favorite reads from this year and if you've been thinking about reading it, I highly recommend you do so.
Full review for this coming soon. To make a very long story short, I absolutely loved this. I already know this will be one of my top 5 favorite reads from this year and if you've been thinking about reading it, I highly recommend you do so.
June 27, 2018
Top 5 Wednesday: Books You Want to Read Before the End of the Year
Top 5 Wednesday (T5W) is a weekly meme created by Lainey (gingerreadslainey) and hosted by Sam (ThoughtsOnTomes). Learn more by checking out the Goodreads group here.
Today's topic is all about books you want to get to this year. I have so many books I want to finally read, most of which are books I already own, so this was hard for me to narrow down to just five, but I managed it.
BOOKS:
Today's topic is all about books you want to get to this year. I have so many books I want to finally read, most of which are books I already own, so this was hard for me to narrow down to just five, but I managed it.
BOOKS:
1984 by George Orwell
This is incredibly well-known and something I probably should have read by now. I have been slowly working my way through my physical TBR, but focusing on my classics. I've had this for a few years now, and really just want to finally read it.
June 24, 2018
Series I've Started
I was completely inspired to do this by a video by Book Roast (linked here). These are all of the series I've started. I will be letting you know where I'm at with each series, whether or not I'm continuing with it, and why or why not. These are just book series I've started, this doesn't include comic or graphic novel series.
DNF - I did not/ will not continue this series.
Ongoing - I plan to continue with this series.
BOOKS:
DNF - I did not/ will not continue this series.
Ongoing - I plan to continue with this series.
BOOKS:
House of Night Series by P.C Cast (DNF)
I struggled to read through Marked, book 1 of this series. It was so incredibly cheesy and reeked of the authors' I'm-trying-to-appeal-to-the-youths dialogue. I have a bindup of the first two novels in the series, and immediately after finishing this, decided I would not be reading the second book. Not only will I not be continuing with this series, but this has left me wary of the author as well.
Legends of the Goldens Series by S.B.K Burns (DNF)
This was a very strange book. The protagonist is a psychic vampire who got knocked up by a human but has a thing for an android. This novella is only around 100 pages, but it was all over the place and left me very confused by the end of it. There isn't enough introduction to the world in the beginning of the book, so things you feel you should already have known, you don't end up finding out about until it's too late to make sense of the information. I gave this two stars and have DNF'd the series.
Ghostgirl Series by Tonya Hurley (DNF)
I read this when I was about 14 and although I enjoyed it at the time, I never continued with the books. If I wanted to read the other books, I'm sure I would have done it by now, so I'm considering this series DNF'd.
June 20, 2018
Top 5 Wednesday: Favorite LGBTQ+ Books (Non-Cis M/M)
Top 5 Wednesday (T5W) is a weekly meme created by Lainey (gingerreadslainey) and hosted by Sam (ThoughtsOnTomes). Learn more by checking out the Goodreads group here.
The topic for today is one I'm actually super excited about, and it is "Favorite LGBTQ+ Books that do not feature cis M/M relationships". I have a particular beef with the fact that whenever LGBTQ+ books are mentioned, it is almost always books with a cis M/M relationship. Now don't get me wrong, I love that are so many books featuring gay relationships and, of course, I would like to continue seeing more published. I just feel that we should also be promoting and publishing works that focus on other spectrums of the LGBTQ+ community, specifically more books with F/F relationships (Natasha from Cats and Paperbacks has a great post examining F/F relationships in YA. I'll link that here in case you're interested.) However, for this topic, I've tried to find books that represent different aspects of the spectrum. So, below are my Top 5 Favorites fitting this topic.
BOOKS:
George by Alex Gino
This is a really cute MG novel about a young boy who is trying to understand why he doesn't feel comfortable in his body and likes certain things he's told he's not supposed to. I'm using he/him/boy terms because I'm not sure if George is clearly identifying himself as a girl by the end of the book, I think it just indicates that the story is leaning in that direction (correct me in the comments if I'm wrong!). I loved this book and think it's a great way to start a conversation with children about gender identity.
The topic for today is one I'm actually super excited about, and it is "Favorite LGBTQ+ Books that do not feature cis M/M relationships". I have a particular beef with the fact that whenever LGBTQ+ books are mentioned, it is almost always books with a cis M/M relationship. Now don't get me wrong, I love that are so many books featuring gay relationships and, of course, I would like to continue seeing more published. I just feel that we should also be promoting and publishing works that focus on other spectrums of the LGBTQ+ community, specifically more books with F/F relationships (Natasha from Cats and Paperbacks has a great post examining F/F relationships in YA. I'll link that here in case you're interested.) However, for this topic, I've tried to find books that represent different aspects of the spectrum. So, below are my Top 5 Favorites fitting this topic.
BOOKS:
This is a really cute MG novel about a young boy who is trying to understand why he doesn't feel comfortable in his body and likes certain things he's told he's not supposed to. I'm using he/him/boy terms because I'm not sure if George is clearly identifying himself as a girl by the end of the book, I think it just indicates that the story is leaning in that direction (correct me in the comments if I'm wrong!). I loved this book and think it's a great way to start a conversation with children about gender identity.
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