Welcome to my stop on the celebration of Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday! You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who hasn’t had some interaction with one of Dahl’s books. Today I am going to share my thoughts on my favorite – The Witches. Don’t forget to check out the other stops on the tour […]
Publisher: Penguin
Average Rating: 4
A Torch Against The Night By Sabaa Tahir
When a book like An Ember in the Ashes comes out, there is always so much pressure on the second book to be just as good. I have to say that A Torch Against the Night did not disappoint! It pretty much picks up right where book one stopped and you are right back in […]
A World Without You By Beth Revis
A World Without You was a departure for Beth Revis, who is known for her excellent sci-fi stories. The story opens as Bo is facing the suicide of his girlfriend, who suffered from depression and was a fellow student at a school/treatment facility. There is no big reveal about Bo, you know he is mentally […]
Ex Libris Audio: The Glittering Court
The story is a fantasy historical, in that it takes place in a fantasy version of England, eventually moving to a fantasy version of the US, all set in a fantasy 19th century, The problem is that I just didn’t really buy Adelaide’s desperation. At great risk to pretty much everyone around her, she pretends […]
Ex Libris Audio: Salt To The Sea
I can relate pretty much everything I interact with to a Hamilton lyric, and when I was listening to Salt to the Sea, I kept thinking of this line: you have no control – who lives, who dies, who tells your story. Ruta Sepetys has established herself as a teller of hidden stories, writing about […]
Rebel Of The Sands By Alwyn Hamilton
It may sound strange to combine Wild West with Middle Eastern influence but, somehow, it worked really well. The main character, Amani, is desperate to escape. Her life is boxed in by the dusty, rundown town where she lives and her remaining family doesn’t try to make things better. When a forced marriage looms in […]
The Dark Days Club By Alison Goodman
The moment I heard Regency Era, you know this book had me, and The Dark Days Club did not disappoint! Lady Helen has always felt a little different but has worked so hard to compress herself into the small and stifling box that society, and her overhearing uncle, want her in, no […]
The Love That Split The World By Emily Henry
In many ways, Natalie is your average recent high school grad; she is looking forward to college, making real plans for her future, and having mixed feelings about leaving her small home town. You quickly realize, though, that Natalie is also seeing and experiencing things that can’t really be explained. More and more, those things […]
Ex Libris Audio: Frozen Tides
I want to avoid spoilers, of course, so forgive my vague review. Frozen Tides is the aftermath of the chos that had been building in the first three books. Lucia knows the truth about who she is and has had her world shattered by betrayal and death, so her answer is to plow through each […]
Waiting On Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday is a feature hosted by Breaking The Spine where I talk about books that I am eagerly anticipating! This week, my WoW pick is….. Many have been comparing this to Code Name Verity (!!!), but even without that, anything Ruta writes is going to be amazing. She has a […]