Book Reviews

This book was a memoir written by Michael J. Fox, recounting his memories from filming season 3 of Family Ties and Back to the Future at the same time. I listened to the audio book version and it was really cool to listen to him speak so fondly on this time in his life. He was incredibly grateful for the long days, while they were grueling, he enjoyed his time on both sets. He told about the animosity on set originally since the former Marty McFly was canned, talked about his

You can see why Orwell is considered one of the greats. Despite being written almost eighty years ago, Orwell's message is applicable in today's climate which makes the story all the more chilling. 5/5 Stars

Gory, manipulative, and thrilling. Just the right amount of unreliable narration to make you squirm. I will be reading more of Kim's work in the future. 5/5 Stars

Quick read, but fun. Well-written with a bittersweet ending. Was a good palate cleanser with its themes of love, family bonds, and loss. 3.5/5 Stars

I chose to rate this as a trilogy because it was too much to rate individually. The original three novels in this universe are absolute juggernauts of young adult fiction/dystopian literature. I reread these books to prepare for Sunrise on the Reaping, but also to see how well they have held up over time. These books are still as emotionally raw and well-written as I remember. The only thing that brought this series from being a 5/5 to a 4.5/5 was that as Katniss progresses i

A never ending loop of "you accept the love you deserve." 3 stars

Where to start? This book is the first of the Bridgerton series and quite frankly, its wasn't as bad as I anticipated. I remembered not loving their love story in the tv series so it makes sense that I didn't prefer the book much. It was an incredibly slow book but I'm not gonna dog the book for that because courting was a very slow process in ye olden days so I get it. But also 3 chapters of them talking in a hallway alone without being caught is insane. Daphne was pretty bo

I almost forgot I read this book bc I needed to get it out of my head the moment I read it. This book is good. Let me get that part known. The story is written incredibly well, I am beyond shocked about how quickly I was able to read this book. This book is also nasty as fuck. This book is about consuming humans like cattle due to a disease that infected all animals. The main character runs a processing plant for "head" (Human meat). Throughout the book you are taken through

This book is a DNF. I was under the impression that this book would be a story about a monster made from the lung of a couple's dead son. I was under the impression that the monster would remain a monster. Not turn into a boy, filling the void of the once dead child. This story was told from 4 different perspectives and all of them that I got through were insanely boring. Also they all have kinky sex for no reason? Doesn't move the plot forward at all. Spoiler: the moment the

This was a difficult book to read, knowing about the Ruby Franke case. It was sobering and heartbreaking to see Shari fight so hard to free her younger siblings, struggle with her self-worth, and be abused by trusted adults inside and outside her family. But ultimately, this is a story of healing and forgiveness and resilience. Highly recommend! 5/5 Stars

Very good read, very engaging, and incredibly insightful into how socioeconomic relations with other countries are impacted during wartime. I recommend even if you aren't interested in politics! 5/5 Stars

Boo! Booo! If I could throw tomatoes at a book and crown it for worst of the year, it would be this book. Which is such a shame because the first half of this book is EXACTLY what I wanted and hoped for and more. Tension up to the first ghostly encounter was chilling and exciting, and then the book gets lost in its own attempt at being complex and unique, that instead of focusing on the amazing atmosphere, haunted house, and paranormal entity; it switches to a whole new story

Characters are one-dimensional and the plot twists are telegraphed from the first few chapters, but the story otherwise is incredibly fun to read. There's a lot of focus and metaphors on working through trauma, which leads to a cliché ending. And despite these many flaws and gripes about the book that I've seen so many reviews on, I still had so much fun reading this book. Mahoney knows how to hook you on a story even if you don't want to be, very enjoyable! 3.75 to 4/5 Stars

Unnerving and weird, but in a good way. While not completely historically accurate, the ending did chill me to the core. The writing was descriptive and made my skin crawl frequently. It made me hate Tarare for his vulgarity, while also humanizing this cannibalistic social outcast. 4/5 Stars

One of my favorite books of the year, with a rich historical setting and fleshed-out characters with believable flaws and well-written humanity. Each character possesses both good and bad qualities, and most of the book explores the dichotomy of good and evil. The book has a strong narrative with good storytelling, but the ending left me mildly dissatisfied, and it felt like it reduced a lot of amazing build-up and character development to singular traits, which threw out the

Jesse deserved it.

I'm so glad I listened to this instead of read it with my eyes because I would be so mad if I wasted actual important time of mine...

I just watched the movie this Sunday. The book and the movie have different endings! I won't tell you what happened in either ending but...

This book was just, wow. I cannot begin to describe how quickly I read this book. This story is about architectural plans of a house and...

1/5 stars ️ The book had so much potential. Unfortunately, the characters felt shallow and juvenile, despite their supposed ages and the...