First Lines Friday #6

First Lines Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the…

Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Genre: Historical Fiction, LGBTQ Publisher: Atria Books Date published: June 13th 2017 Format: Hardcover Page Count: 391 Rating: 5/5 Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses…

Review: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Title: Daisy Jones and the Six Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Books Date published: March 5th 2019 Format: Hardcover Page Count: 355 Rating: 4/5 Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six: The band's album Aurora came to define the rock 'n' roll era of the late seventies, and an entire generation of girls wanted…

Review: The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne

Title: The Stars We Steal Author: Alexa Donne Genre: Young Adult, Retelling Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Date published: February 4th 2020 Format: Hard Cover Page Count: 400 Rating: 3.5/5 Engagement season is in the air. Eighteen-year-old Princess Leonie “Leo” Kolburg, heir to a faded European spaceship, only has one thing on her mind: which lucky bachelor…

Review: Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink

Title: Welcome to Night Vale Author: Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor Genre: Science-fiction, Humor Publisher: Harper Perennial Date published: October 20th, 2015 Format: Hard Cover Page Count: 401 Time: 12 hours Rating: 4/5   Night Vale citizens are proud of how unusual they are. Whether it’s the secret police that listen and note down the citizens' every word action, or…

Frist Lines Friday #5

First Lines Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the…

Frist Lines Friday #4

First Lines Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the…

Frist Lines Friday #3

First Lines Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the…

Review: Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis

Title: Fifteen Dogs Author: André Alexis Genre: Fiction, Animals Publisher: Coach House Books Date published: April 14th 2015 Format: Paperback Page Count: 171 Rating: 3/5 " I wonder", said Hermes, "what it would be like if animals had human intelligence." " I'll wager a year's servitude, answered Apollo, that animals – any animal you like – would…

Review: The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O’Neill

Title: The Tea Dragon Festival Author: Katie O'Neill Genre: Graphic Novel, Fantasy Publisher: Oni Press Date published: September 17, 2019 Format: Paperback Page Count: 347 Rating: 4/5 Rinn has grown up with the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real dragon turns out to be a different matter entirely! Aedhan is a young…