Failure to Appear by Emily L. Quint Freeman
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  Yes
Format:  eBook
Reading Dates:  February 17 – March 1
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  LGBTQ+ history from a first-hand perspective
Least Favorite Thing:  Wish she would have acknowledged her privilege?

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Audiobook
Reading Dates:  March 1 – 2
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Tony is presh
Least Favorite Thing:  She’s so selfish!

I mean…. What do I even say? I preferred the movie… They softened Eilis, made her more sympathetic where the romance is concerned. When you watch the movie you understand how she might wind up torn between the two men and the two lives, but in the book she just seems so selfish and calculating…

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
(The Underland Chronicles, book 1)
Rating:  ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Audiobook
Reading Dates:  March 4 – 5
Read Count:  4
Favorite Thing:  Oh man there’s so many scenes I love how can I pick just one! Probably the root beer scene or the sandwich scene lol
Least Favorite Thing:  Fuck a least fave, I love this book.

I have been craving a reread of these books for a minute, and they are on the list of books I recommended to my boyfriend to try out, so I figured I might as well give it a listen as well.

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Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins
(The Underland Chronicles, book 2)
Rating:  ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Audiobook
Reading Dates:  March 5 – 8
Read Count:  4
Favorite Thing:  Twitchtip!
Least Favorite Thing:  I know what I should say, but it’s probably still just the fireflies… They are even more annoying in audiobook form lol

Everyone calling Photos Glo-Glo “Fo-Fo” cracked me up though.

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Princess Academy: Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale
(Princess Academy, book 2)
Rating:  N/A
Review:  DNF
Format:  Audiobook
Reading Dates:  February 26 – March 10
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Quarry-speaking in the palace.
Least Favorite Thing:  Alternately boring and stressful…

Like the little intrigue with the whole “will there be a revolution lets meet at my house to secretly discuss the king” thing was stressful and then the rest was boring so…

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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
Rating:  ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review:  Yes
Format:  eBook
Reading Dates:  March 5 – 23
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  The writing style
Least Favorite Thing:  Literally all the men?

I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley.

I am so glad I requested this book! It was so good! If you want my full thoughts, please read my review (link above), but the short version is:  Excellent look at the struggles of women both within South Korea and without. Definitely recommend to all women.

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A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
(A Song of Ice and Fire, book 3)
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Audiobook
Reading Dates:  March 9 – 25
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Are all the Starks just casually wargs then? (At least where their wolves are concerned?)
Least Favorite Thing:  Men are gross in this series.

Ugh can someone please just protect the Starks?? Is that too much to ask???

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Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer
(Twilight, book 1.75)
Rating:  ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review:  Yes
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  February 19 – March 31
Read Count:  2
Favorite Thing:  The ending was different?
Least Favorite Thing:  SO BORING

I’ve never been so bored in my life, fuck this book honestly. I hope I never get it into my head to reread Twilight again…

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Forgettable Books

Whether you loved or hated them at the time, these are books that you just don’t really remember…
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Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, book 1) by Melissa Marr

The only thing I remember from this book is the phrase:  “Don’t speak to invisible faeries.”

It was recommended in a tumblr post for books about fae, and when I looked it up I recognized just enough to know I had read it in high school, but nothing more, not even whether I liked it or not. So I got it from the library and I’m going to read it again. Wish me luck!

Palace of Stone (Princess Academy, book 2) by Shannon Hale

I’ve mentioned this before on both book blogs. I read Palace of Stone twice, once when it first came out and again when The Forgotten Sisters came out because I realized I couldn’t remember it. What makes it worse is I remember the first book perfectly and Shannon Hale is one of my favorite authors, but this particular book just will not stick in my brain!

The Shadow Children Series // Margaret Peterson-Haddix

I know for a fact that I read several of the books in this series, but the only thing I remember is that it’s illegal to have more than 2 children. I do remember liking this series, but I don’t remember what happened that I liked…

The Kiesha’ra Series // Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

I mean, first of all, I haven’t even managed to finish the series, but I’ve read the first 3 (possibly 4) books 2-3 times each and I still remember nothing, aside from the fact that there are snake and bird people and they have trouble getting along. That’s it. I don’t even know what to do about this series anymore…

Literally Any Deb Caletti Novel

The thing is, I know that when I’m in a mood for a romance-y novel I have enjoyed Caletti books, and yet, despite having read some of them multiple times, I remember nothing that happened in any of them!

Let me know some books that just didn’t stick with you and why.

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