Book Review: [ARC] Ever After by Olivia Vieweg

Posted on 09/03/2020 by Lenn

Title: Ever After

Author: Olivia Vieweg

Publication Date: September 1, 2020

Number of Pages: 288

Publisher: Graphic Universe

Genre: Horror, Dystopia

Synopsis:

Vivi and Eva are two travelers in a countryside filled with the undead. After a train breaks down, stranding them between safe zones, the young women partner up to stay alive. Vivi is struggling with grief–and guilt–over the loss of her sister. Eva is hiding the start of a horrifying transformation. Together they’ll face heat, zombie hordes, and their own inner demons, searching for signs of life in a land of the dead.

This graphic novel addition to an enduring genre is thoughtful and emotion-driven, but also full of zombie scares and action.

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately #11

Posted on 09/01/2020 by Lenn

BOOKS READ:

Flyte (Septimus Heap, #2) by Angie Sage
Dekada ’70 by Lualhati Bautista
Ever After by Olivia Vieweg
One-Punch Man Vol. 7 by ONE
One-Punch Man Vol. 8 by ONE
Cardcaptor Sakura Vol. 6 by CLAMP
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Vol. 3 by Aka Akasaka

BOOKS BOUGHT:

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) by Kendare Blake
Girl of Nightmares (Anna, #2) by Kendare Blake
Demon Slayer Vol. 1 by Koyoharu Gotouge
Your Lie in April Vol. 1 by Naoshi Arakawa
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
The Shadow of What Was Lost (The Licanius Trilogy, #1) by James Islington
An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2) by James Islington
The Modern Faerie Tales Trilogy (Omnibus Edition) by Holly Black

BOOKS RECEIVED:

Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
Storms by Chris Vick
The Museum of Heartbreaks by Meg Leder
Geekerella by Ashley Poston

ARCs:

Ever After by Olivia Vieweg
One of Those Days by Adres G. Leiva

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Favorite Debut Books

Posted on 08/17/2020 by Lenn

Hey, guys! Today I’m going to talk about my all-time favorite debuts! I’ve been wanting to write posts of my favorite so and so and I have already started in February and sort of stopped because I ran out of ideas of books to list. Recently, I came up with a lot of ideas for my blog content and have been scheduling posts since last week. With that, I also came up with new topics for my book lists!

If you do not know, a debut book means it is an author’s first novel that has been published. I honestly love reading debut novels and discovering amazing authors, I mean, if the first novel they ever wrote is amazing, what more the next books that they will write, right?

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The Tome Project

Posted on 08/14/2020 by Lenn

Tome, /tōm/ n.
A book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one.

I started reading more since the quarantine started in March and managed to put a quarter of a dent on my physical TBR. Some time around the middle of this chaos, when it was announced that couriers are back in operations and that deliveries can pass through from wherever city to another, I started buying books again. I started hauling books that have been on my Goodreads TBR for years! So the quarter of a dent that I made on my physical TBR isn’t quite considered a dent anymore since I’ve added quite a number of books on it. Haha

As you know, I’ve announced in a previous post that I am participating in Sam’s (of thoughtsontomes) Tome Topple readathon and it quite gave me an idea to launch this little project. With that being said, I came up with a plan to read at least one tome (or a 500+ page book) from my physical TBR per month.

I have a lot of books that are over 500 pages and I think I’ve added some more during the quarantine, and most of these books are part of a series so I hope that this personal project will help me read most of the books that I have hauled over the years (and recently) and finally finish all of them.

For August, I included Flyte (Septimus Heap, #2) by Angie Sage which has a total of 531 pages and Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl which has a total of 563 pages. This is a good start for me because the Caster Chronicles series has been on my Goodreads TBR for a very long time and it has been suggested and recommended to me by a lot of people and I bought the whole series three years ago, so I really really need to get to it.

Reading update:

I have managed to finish reading Flyte (Septimus Heap, #2) by Angie Sage on Saturday and I gave it a 3.75 rating. It was absolutely an awesome journey with Septimus and Jenna. so I am looking forward to continuing the series next month. After reading Flyte, I started reading Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl yesterday and I’m just a couple of pages in so I can’t really say anything about it yet.

On the side of Beautiful Creatures, I am also reading Dekada ’70 by Lualhati Baustista on the side so that I could also make progress with my Wikathon TBR. So far, I am enjoying the book. For me, it is really educational given the current state of our country recently.

#TomeTopple TBR

Posted on 08/07/2020 by Lenn

Hey, everyone! Today I’ll be sharing with you guys my Tome Topple TBR which I am really excited about because I’ll be starting a new book series that has been on my shelf for three years now. I’ve seen and watched a lot of participants’ videos and Instagram posts in the previous rounds. Seeing and watching them read their tomes made me feel giddy and challenged to read the tomes from my shelf too. It’s Tome Topple Readathon’s 12th round already and I think Sam’s planning on hosting another one around November, so if this works, I’ll probably participate again then.

For those who do not know yet, the Tome Topple Readathon is a readathon where the main goal is to read as much books over 500 pages in two weeks! This readathon will run from August 8th to 21st (in your timezone). This readathon is founded by Sam from @thoughtsontomes and co-hosted by other bookish people in the book community. Continue reading →

Book Review: [ARC] My Riot by Rick Spears

Posted on 08/03/2020 by Lenn

Title: My Riot

Author: Rick Spears

Publication Date: October 20, 2020

Number of Pages: 188

Publisher: Oni Press

Genre: Young Adult

Synopsis:

Set in the early ’90s, My Riot is about a trio of teen girls team up to form a rock band and shake off society’s expectations of what it means to be a young woman coming of age in the modern world.

1991—Val, a teenager from a conservative family, has grown up dreaming of becoming a ballerina, but recently something has changed. She’s begun feeling pressure to conform to a specific idea of beauty, body type, and a personality that just doesn’t fit.

Val meets Kat, a smart, witty girl that doesn’t take any crap off anyone. Kat introduces Val to punk rock. Along with Rudie, another new friend, the three form an all-girl punk band they ironically name The Proper Ladies.

Soon Val and her friends find themselves caught up in a movement with other girls also starting bands—also finding their voice. Collectively, these “riot grrrls” discover that their songs ring out loud and powerful, and for Val, there’s no going back.
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Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately #10

Posted on 08/01/2020 by Lenn

BOOKS READ:

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
My Riot by Rick Spears
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Vol. 2 by Aka Akasaka
Beauty and the Beast: The Graphic Novel by Jessica Gunderson

BOOKS BOUGHT:

- Paper Towns by John Green
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
- The Last Star by Rick Yancey
- Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 5 by Sui Ishida
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
- Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
- The Inheritance Trilogy (Omnibus Edition) by N.K. Jemisin
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

BOOKS RECEIVED:

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Queens of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices, #3) by Cassandra Clare
The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil
A Short History of the Girl Next Door by Jared Reck

ARCs:

My Riot by Rick Spears
Beauty and the Beast: The Graphic Novel by Jessica Gunderson
The Innocent Girls by B.R. Spangler

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Tier-Ranking All the Contemporary Books I’ve Ever Read

Posted on 07/24/2020 by Lenn

Hi, everyone! I’m back with another book list (sort of). Since I’ve been seeing a lot of people in the book community tier-ranking the books that they’ve read, I decided to do one for all the contemporary book that I have ever read. Continue reading →

Book Review: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Posted on 07/22/2020 by Lenn

Title: Sharp Objects

Author: Gillian Flynn

Date Published: September 26, 2006

Number of Pages: 396

Publisher: Crown Publishing Book

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis:

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family’s Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming. Continue reading →

Book Mail: My First Ever Fullybooked Online Purchase

Posted on 07/16/2020 by Lenn

Hi, everyone! I’m back with another book mail. These arrived along with the other books that I posted before but decided to post them separately because I bought them separately, too. Haha! It just so happened that I had them shipped to my boyfriend’s place and he had it delivered to me all at the same time.

To be honest, I think I’ve bought so many books this year than I ever did in my whole life. The quarantine keeps me feeling anxious and overthinking most of the time and my only escape is online shopping and looking forward to my parcels arriving. Most of my purchases are books (some skincare, of course, but only if I run out of stocks); books keep me so preoccupied which help me avoid overthinking. So without further adieu, here are the titles for this haul:
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