Emotional Detox for Anxiety: 7 Steps to Release Anxiety and Energize Joy by Sherianna Boyle My rating: 2 of 5 stars I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I received a digital copy of this book back in September of 2019, when the world was very different from what we are experiencing right now, April 2020. While I was reading I kept asking myself how much of the information contained in this book and how much of the techniques that describe coping and healing methods to tackle anxiety that was part of the “old world problems”, so to speak, will…
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Fight Club
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk My rating: 2 of 5 stars As I am sitting here with my little laptop balanced on my legs, an episode of Murder, She Wrote playing in the background, chewing on my finger nails and still slightly woozy from the food poisoning I had on the weekend, I find myself at an emotional impasse. How do I rate and review this book? I could just leave it at the good old statement “the movie was better than the book, for once” and move on with my life, but something feels wrong. Let me backtrack a bit and explain why I chose to read this book…
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The Lost City
The Lost City by Amanda Hocking My rating: 3 of 5 stars I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I have a confession to make. I haven’t had the opportunity or time to check out Hocking’s Trylle Trilogy or Kanin Chronicles and I think that led to some confusion when I read this book, The Lost City. I felt very out of place and could tell that I was missing the bigger picture of this story. Nonetheless, I will give my honest review of Hocking’s newest book. Let’s start with the characters. They were all very well developed and had…
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The Body at the Tower
The Body at the Tower by Y.S. Lee My rating: 2 of 5 stars It has been a while since I read A Spy in the House, but I remember enjoying the premise and thought it would be fun to continue with this series. It took me a bit to get back into the story and remember the main character and her background, but once I did, I was excited to really sink my teeth into this story. I felt a little let down by the way the story unfolded. I had hoped for a little more intrigue, mystery and (maybe) ghostly elements. I mean the beginning talks a bit…
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Der Kolumbusfalter und andere Abenteuer
Der Kolumbusfalter und andere Abenteuer by Walt Disney Company My rating: 1 of 5 stars As with most people during these very uncertain and even scary times, I’m stuck at home and trying desperately to find ways to fight off boredom. I was lucky when I found a digital version of the first 20 editions of Lustiges Taschenbuch. The publisher began publishing them way before I was born and when I was introduced to them (at an early age), there were about 30 years worth of editions I had missed. So, here I was, sitting comfortably on my couch, ready to embark on this historic journey.And…I don’t think I will…
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The Wendy
The Wendy by Erin Michelle Sky My rating: 2 of 5 stars I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I was really excited about this story and I thought it had a good beginning, but somewhere along the way it lost its path and me along with it. without further ado I will get to the main part of my review before I forget what I was going to say. The characters were interesting, to say the least, not interesting in a way that would hold the reader’s attention, but interesting as to their motivations for acting the way they…
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The Queen’s Assassin
The Queen’s Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz My rating: 3 of 5 stars I really don’t know what to think of this book. I finished it almost a week ago and I can’t make up my mind how to rate and review it. I mean, I liked it well enough to finish it and it didn’t feel like a chore and punishment to do so. You know how you sometimes force yourself to read through a book just for the sake of finishing it? That was definitely not the case with this book. But something felt missing. I’ll discuss the little things that have been nagging me as much…
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The Stars We Steal
The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne My rating: 5 of 5 stars So, I read this book in two days. I was obsessed with it. I wanted to know what would happen, even though I was fully aware that this was a retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Anyone, who has been following my reviews for the last year knows by now that I did my graduate thesis on Austen’s six major novels, which included Persuasion. It was never my favourite of the six, but I still loved it, nonetheless. So, to come across a retelling of Persuasion set in space had me intrigued from the start, because I do…
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Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen My rating: 5 of 5 stars I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I love Jane Austen. I love her work. I am a self-proclaimed Janeite. I wrote my graduate thesis on Austen’s six major novels and a term paper on NorthangerAbbey. I have to admit, Northanger Abbey is my absolute favourite. The satire, the gothic, Austen’s humour and her ability to create a naïve character without making her annoying is quite the accomplishment. I adore Catherine’s evolution from a sheltered country girl to being thrown into the fashionable society of Bath. The characters in…
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Hell School, Tome 1: Rituels
Hell school, Tome 1 : Rituels by Dugomier My rating: 5 of 5 stars I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I really liked this comic. The artwork reminded me a bit of the style used in The Adventures of Tintin. I saw it listed on NetGalley and I just had to read it. At first, I thought this was a story involving perhaps zombies or some sort of monster, but I liked the direction it ultimately took. The story just hit the spot perfectly: we got some creepy school with a whole bunch of weird traditions located on an…
