4.5 out of 5 stars My entire imagination could fit on one page of a Leigh Bardugo book. Goodreads.com: Seige and Storm, by Leigh Bardugo (The Grishaverse #2) This is a 5-star book if you haven't read the Six of Crows duology. Set in the same world, the Grishaverse trilogy is the timeless, sweeping legend behind … Continue reading Review: Seige and Storm
2.5 out of 5 stars Oh my GOD, stop getting away just to get caught again!! Goodreads.com: The Death Cure, by James Dashner (The Maze Runner #3) The end of The Scorch Trials is so whaaaaaaa? that I was actually quite intrigued to start The Death Cure. The second book is nothing like the movie … Continue reading Two-fer Review: The Death Cure book and movie
2.5 out of 5 stars As entertaining as, but more derivative than, the original, The Scorch Trials is a decent second installment. Goodreads.com: The Scorch Trials, by James Dashner (The Maze Runner #2) After escaping The Maze, Thomas and co. find themselves in a new world - make that two new worlds, as The Scorch Trials book … Continue reading Two-fer Review: The Scorch Trials book and movie
3 out of 5 stars My first reading challenge of 2018: two weeks to read all three Maze Runner books, and watch the first two movies, so I can go to an early screening of The Death Cure at work on January 14. No problem. Goodreads.com: The Maze Runner, by James Dashner (The Maze Runner … Continue reading Two-fer Review: The Maze Runner book & movie
4.25 out of 5 stars Some writers pull a full-formed, wildly imaginative world out of thin air. In the case of Strange the Dreamer, that's where it stays - and where it belongs. Goodreads.com: Strange the Dreamer, by Laini Taylor (Strange the Dreamer #1) Lazlo is a nobody from nowhere - and so begins every … Continue reading Review: Strange the Dreamer
4 out of 5 stars Spare and brutal, yet unquestionably beautiful, this is the most realistic post-apocalyptic book I've ever read. Goodreads.com: Not a Drop to Drink, by Mindy McGinnis (Not a Drop to Drink #1) (It reminded me a lot of The 100, my current, brilliant TV obsession. Good on this person for thinking … Continue reading Review: Not a Drop to Drink
3 out of 5 stars “Star-crossed time travelers solving art clues to pursue an artifact of great power around the globe and across history” sounds far more gripping than Passenger turned out to be. Goodreads.com: Passenger, by Alexandra Bracken (Passenger #1) This is partially my fault. Instead of powering through to keep myself in the … Continue reading Review: Passenger
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