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Book Review: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Genres: Fantasy, Mythology, Fiction, Pages: 408 Format: Ebook Rating: Goodreads summary: Achilles, “the best of all the Greeks,” son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods’ wrath. They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in…
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Book Review: Final Girls by Riley Sager
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Adult, Horror Pages: 352 Format: Ebook Rating: Goodreads summary: Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls. Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout’s knife; Sam, who went up against the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now Quincy, who ran bleeding through the woods to escape Pine Cottage and the man she refers…
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Book Review: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Genres: Mystery, Crime, Fiction, Adult, Humor Pages: 371 Format: Ebook Rating: .75 Goodreads summary: Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I’m not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate. I’m Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I’d killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it’s a little more complicated than that. Have I killed someone? Yes. I have. Who was it? Let’s get started. EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE My brother My stepsister…
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Book Review: The Island by Natasha Preston
Genres: YA, Mystery, Thriller, Fiction Pages: 303 Format: Ebook Rating: Goodreads summary: They said goodbye to their friends and family for the weekend. They weren’t counting on forever. Jagged Island: a private amusement park for the very rich—or the very influential. Liam, James, Will, Ava, Harper, and Paisley—social media influencers with millions of followers—have been invited for an exclusive weekend before the park opens. They’ll make posts and videos for their channels and report every second of their VIP treatment. When the teens arrive, they’re stunned: the resort is even better than they’d imagined. Their hotel rooms are unreal, the park’s themed rides are incredible, and the island is hauntingly…
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Book Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Dystopian Pages: 338 Format: Audiobook Rating: Goodreads summary: Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color. The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in…
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Book Review: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Adult, Fiction Pages: 432 Format: Ebook Rating: Goodreads summary: Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it’s now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They’ll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other’s out, and they’ll both go on to find the love of their lives. It’s a bonkers idea… and it just might work. Emma hadn’t planned that her next assignment as a traveling nurse would be in…
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2025 Physical TBR
The start of a new year means taking a hard look at my bookshelves and seeing how many books I’ve collected vs. reading. I feel like I didn’t do that bad, there are definitely more read books on my shelves than unread, but I would like to at least cut down my unread list in half. And my reward? Buying more books of course. One caveat is that this list includes all the unread books as of January 1, 2025, but since then, I have read two of the books. Check out my 2025 physical TBR below! 1. Fourth Wing & Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros If you read fantasy…
