BOOKS READ:
- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
BOOKS BOUGHT:
- Lore by Alexandra Bracken
- Faker by Sarah Smith
- Simmer Down by Sarah Smith
Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately #17
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Book Review: There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
Title: There’s Someone Inside Your House
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: September 26, 2017
Number of Pages: 287
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Genre: YA, Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Contemporary
Synopsis:
Love hurts…
Makani Young thought she’d left her dark past behind her in Hawaii, settling in with her grandmother in landlocked Nebraska. She’s found new friends and has even started to fall for mysterious outsider Ollie Larsson. But her past isn’t far behind.
Then, one by one, the students of Osborne Hugh begin to die in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasingly grotesque flair. As the terror grows closer and her feelings for Ollie intensify, Makani is forced to confront her own dark secrets.
Book Review: The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Title: The Girl With All the Gifts
Author: M.R. Carey
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publication Date: November 13, 2018
Number of Pages: 450
Publisher: Orbit
Genre: Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
Synopsis:
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her “our little genius.”
Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don’t like her. She jokes that she won’t bite, but they don’t laugh.
Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children’s cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she’ll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn’t know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.
Romance Book Recommendations
It’s a few days late, but Happy Valentine’s to all of you! I know, I’m always late when it comes to posting celebratory stuff. Forgive me, but I’ve been crazy busy the past week and this week. Right now, I’m just squeezing writing this post because I just took a photo of my favorite romance novels last weekend!
February has always been coined as the “love month” because of Valentine’s Day and I wouldn’t want this month to end without posting and hyping up my favorite romance novels! So without further ado, here they are: Continue reading
Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately #16
BOOKS READ:
- My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie Perkins
- The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
- A Promised Land by Barack Obama
- Heartstopper Vol. 1 by Alice Oseman
- Heartstopper Vol. 2 by Alice Oseman
BOOKS BOUGHT:
- Heartstopper Vol. 2 by Alice Oseman
- Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) by Tamsyn Muir
- The Stone Sky (Broken Earth, #3) by N.K. Jemisin
- The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer, #2) by Brent Weeks
- Frankly In Love by David Yoon
- The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre
- Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
Book Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Title: Becoming
Author: Michelle Obama
Format: Audiobook
Publication Date: November 13, 2018
Number of Pages: 426
Publisher: Books On Tape
Genre: Non-fiction, Memoir, Politics, Feminism
Synopsis:
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.
Book Review: Swimming Lessons by Lili Reinhart
Title: Swimming Lessons: Poems
Author: Lili Reinhart
Publication Date: May 5, 2020
Number of Pages: 240
Publisher: Martin’s Griffin
Genre: Poetry, Non-fiction, Contemporary, Romance
Synopsis:
The debut collection of poetry from Lili Reinhart, the actress and outspoken advocate for mental health awareness and body positivity.
Swimming Lessons explores the euphoric beginnings of young love, battling anxiety and depression in the face of fame, and the inevitable heartbreak that stems from passion. Relatable yet deeply intimate, provocative yet comforting, bite-sized yet profound, Lili’s poems reflect her trademark honesty and unique perspective. Accompanied by striking and evocative illustrations, Swimming Lessons reveals the depths of female experience, and is the work of a storyteller who is coming into her own.
Stuff I’ve Been Reading Lately #15
BOOKS READ:
- The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
- There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
BOOKS BOUGHT:
- Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
- Sadie by Courtney Summers
- Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
BOOKS RECEIVED:
- Chain of Gold (The Last Hours, #1) by Cassandra Clare
- Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker
- All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth
- All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
2020 Reads & Stats
Hi, everyone! How are you today? I hope you found some ways to enjoy the holidays this year even when it’s a bit different from the previous years! 2020 has been a very stressful year for us and to cope with all the anxiety this year has brought me, I have turned and relied on my books more than ever. Books have been one of the reasons that I stayed sane through all that has happened. With that being said, 2020 have been a great reading year for me as I managed to do a lot of reading. So today I will be talking about the books I’ve read in 2020 (+ stats):
- Why I’m Sending This To You by Iain S. Thomas – ⭐⭐⭐
- One You Can’t Forget by Lexy Timms – ⭐⭐⭐
- Timeline by Michael Crichton – DNF
- The Da Vinci Code _Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- One-Punch Man, Vol. 3 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- One-Punch Man, Vol. 4 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Cardcaptor Sakura, Vol. 4 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Cardcaptor Sakura, Vol. 5 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler – ⭐⭐⭐
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- One-Punch Man, Vol. 5 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- This Is How Your Lose Her by Juot Diaz – ⭐⭐⭐
- One-Punch Man, Vol. 6 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War, Vol. 1 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 2 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Beauty and the Beast by Jessica Gunderson – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- My Riot by Rick Spears – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Dekada ’70 by Lualhati Bautista – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- One-Punch Man, Vol. 7 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Ever After by Olivia Vieweg – ⭐⭐
- Please Pick Me by Reina Regina – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Magyk (Septimus Heap, #1) by Angie Sage – ⭐⭐⭐
- Flyte (Septimus Heap, #2) by Angie Sage – ⭐⭐⭐
- The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles, #1) by Rick Riordan – ⭐⭐⭐
- City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) by Cassandra Clare – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- You by Caroline Kepnes – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Wilder Girls by Rory Power – ⭐⭐⭐
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 3 – ⭐⭐⭐
- The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins – ⭐⭐⭐
- Swimming Lessons: Poems by Lili Reinhart – ⭐⭐⭐
- Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- One-Punch Man, Vol. 8 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Becoming by Michelle Obama – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey – ⭐⭐⭐
- The Poppy War (Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Slasher Girls & Monster Boys – ⭐⭐⭐
- There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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2020 Favorite Reads
We only have a few days left before the year ends and I don’t think I’ll be able to finish another book by then because I’m going to be helping my mom prepare food for Noche Buena and Media Noche! We’ll be making my favorite macaroni salad and mashed potatoes which I am really looking forward to. Haha
I’ll still be doing a lot of reading, of course! I just don’t want to pressure myself with finishing another book before the year ends. Besides, I’ve already read 13 books past my Goodreads challenge! Anyway, so before we welcome another year, I’d like to share with you my 2020 favorites reads:
- The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas
- The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
- Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
- The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
Lenn of Spades ♠ 