I saw this tag on Modern Witch’s Bookshelf and just knew I had to do it. What a great excuse to take a bunch of Buzzfeed/ Epic Reads quizzes and who doesn’t love that?
Category: 2019 reviews
The Broken Earth trilogy review
[The first picture is of a paperback copy of The Fifth Season on a light wood background with a small grey rock slightly visible. The second picture is a paperback copy of The Obelisk Gate on a grey tile ground meant to look like wood. The last picture shows my hand holding up a paperback copy of The Stone Sky in front a tree with purple flowers.]
Titles: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky
Series: The Broken Earth Trilogy
Author: N.K. Jemisin
Rating: 5/5 ⭐
Genre: Epic Fantasy/ Dystopian
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#AsianLitgram Midyear Update
[Pictured is a stack of books on my blue porch railing with my neighborhood in the background. The books are those listed below except All You Can Ever Know and Miracle Creek are not pictured.]Read More »
Pachinko Review
[Pictured is a hardcover copy of Pachinko laying flat on the ground. It is mostly surrounded by green grasses and yellow flowers but some small stones are visible to the left.]
Title: Pachinko
Author: Min Jin Lee
Rating: 5/5 ⭐
Genre: Historical Fiction
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June 2019 Reading Wrap-up
[Pictured is a stack of books on a dark wood nightstand with fake pink flowers poking out the the right. The books are: Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel, Juliet Takes a Breath, Morning Star, A Long Way Down, The Unwinding of the Miracle, Tinderbox, and Pachinko.]Read More »
#AsianLitGram TBR
[Pictured is a stack of books in a grey armchair. The list of titles can be found below listed as book I own]
This year I have decided to join @books_andstories_ call to make sure that our reading diversity includes reading books written by Asian authors. To participate all you have to do is read Asian authors this year (a minimum of 12) and use the hashtag #asianlitgram on Instagram.Read More »
Review of Home Fire
[Pictured is a hardcover copy of Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie on a grey fabric ottoman with sunshine streaming onto it.]
Title: Home Fire
Author: Kamila Shamsie
Rating: 5/5 ⭐
Genre: Contemporary
Review of Scythe and Thunderhead
Title: Scythe
Title: Thunderhead
Author: Neal Shusterman
Rating: 4/5 ⭐ for Scythe and 5/5 ⭐ for Thunderhead
Genre: Science Fiction
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Review of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
Title: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Author: Michelle McNamara
Rating: 3/5 ⭐
Genre: Nonfiction/ True Crime
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