Cozy Ink

This May, I had a bit of a reading slump. However, I still managed to read 10 books. Perhaps not so much of a slump after all. So, because I am absolutely terrible at writing introductions, here are quick reviews of all of the books I read last month.                                                                     1. Seconds, by Bryan Lee O'Malley This is different from the things I usually read, but I still quite enjoyed it. The premise is essentially that the main character, Katie, gets do-overs every day, but there's a scary caveat. I thought the art was cute, even if the story was a tiny bit lacking. To be honest, I'm probably a tiny bit too old to have read this, which explains why I found it predictable. Overall, this was a 3.5 out of 5 stars. 2. The opposite of always, by Justin A. Renyolds I real...

I don't know what it is about thrillers that gets me. Maybe it's the jacket design or the reviews that call it a page turner. (If it is, I'm unaware of it.) Maybe it's that I want to be surprised. No matter what it is that keeps me coming back to thrillers, one thing is constant. I'm always disappointed. Today, I'm going to talk about three thrillers that I've read and where I think that they went wrong. Every one will have spoilers, so readers be warned. So, first up. "In A Dark, Dark, Wood," by Ruth Ware  was extremely disappointing to me. I am probably a third of the age of the target audience, and yet I still found it to be extremely predictable and dull. The character motivations were childish, the setting was mildly interesting but proved boring, and the plot was hardly there. The main thing that annoyed me about this was that the murders in the story were committed over a romance that had happened when the characters were sixteen, ten ...

Okay, so originally this was going to be nine books for the nine colors of the original pride flag, but then I realized that I couldn't think of any red or yellow books. (Other than Love, Simon and I'm not going to put that for obvious reasons.) Besides, it's better to recommend books based on quality than spine color anyway. So, without further ado, nine books perfect for your June TBR. 1. We Set The Dark On Fire, by Tehlor Kay Mejia. I'm not sure how to describe this. Basically, there's sort of three cities. The first one is the capital city, and then there's the one where most people live. This gets less and less upper class the closer you get to beyond the border wall. Beyond the wall, people are considered savage & lesser by those who live on the other side of it. The main character, Dani, is from beyond the wall, but attends what is basically a finishing school. Every distinguished man takes two wives, each representing the sun and the moon. Dan...