Review: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Title: Slaughterhouse-Five Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Dial Press Publication Date: January 12th 1999 Page Count: 275 Rating: 4/5 This is my first time reading Kurt Vonnegut, and well, it was definitely one hell of a ride. The story follows Billy Pilgrim a war veteran who has "come unstuck in time". The…

Classics Challenge 2020

Hey guys! So one of the goals that I've had since middle grade was to read more classics, and I've never been able to actually achieve it. So hopefully, 2020 will be a change for me. I decided to list out a few novels that I might be interested in reading. I'm hoping to read…

2020 Reading Challenges Sign Up

OMG New Decade! I really enjoyed doing the reading challenges for 2019, so I thought I'd sign up for a few for 2020 as well! Here are the challenges I'm hoping to partake in: Goodreads Challenge Goal: 24 The 20 for 2020 Challenge Goal: 20 Beat the Backlist 2020 Goal: 20 Classics Challenge (Personal) Goal:…

2019 Reading Challenges Sign Up

Hey guys, I know this is a tad bit late. But I can't help but try to join reading challenges. I already know through experience that I cannot commit to readathons because of the time constraint and the fact that I am a shameless mood reader, but I think reading challenges give me enough freedom…

Senioritis Readathon TBR List

Hey Guys, I was rummaging through my draft posts (I think this is part of my spring cleaning phase), and I came across this gem that I wrote back last year when I was musing about the what I'll do during senior year of high school. Hope you enjoy the excerpt from the junior me.…

Review: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Title: Flowers for Algernon Author: Daniel Keyes Type: Fiction Genre: Science Fiction Date published: March 1966 Format: Paperback Page Count: 216 Rating: 5/5 The story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental…

Review: Pride and Prejudice by Stacy King

Title: Pride and Prejudice Author: Stacy King, Po Tse, Jane Austen Type: Graphic Novel Genre: Classics Publisher: Udon Entertainment Date published: August 19, 2014 Format: Digital Page Count: 377 Source: ARC via Netgalley Rating: 4/5 First, I'd like to say that Pride and Prejudice is one of my (probably my only) favourite classics. So when I saw this manga, I didn't hesitate to pick…

Review: Emma by Stacy King

Title: Emma Author: Stacy King, Po Tse, Jane Austen Type: Graphic Novel Genre: Classics Publisher: Udon Entertainment Date published:  May 12, 2015 Format: Digital Page Count: 308 Source: ARC via Netgalley Rating: 4/5 Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more…

Review: Jane Eyre by Stacy King

Title: Jane Eyre Author: Stacy King, SunNeko Lee, Crystal Chan Type: Graphic Novel Genre: Classics Publisher: Udon Entertainment Date published: November 15, 2016 Format: Paperback Page Count: 319 Source: ARC via Netgalley Rating: 3.5/5 As an orphaned child, Jane Eyre is first cruelly abused by her aunt, then cast out and sent to a charity school. Though she…