January and February: Best, Worst, and Most Mediocre

Hi everyone! Since I never seem to write normal chronological monthly wrap-ups in a timely fashion, I thought this time I would just split up what I've read so far into a few fun categories, and tell you what I think of those book as they pertain to that category.

This time, our categories are:

1. I Read it For the Discourse (or: worst reads)
2. Mid, but I Liked it For That (not to be confused with Mid, And That's an Unforgivable Crime)
3. Good Reads
   
4. I am So So Normal (or: best reads)
   

Let's begin with the worst.

April 2024 Wrap-Up

(Time is fake and there are no rules to review blogs, so here is my April review, which was written late and is now being post even later)

I've decided to do two separate wrap-ups for March and April, even though I'm working on them simultaneously due to how severely I've been neglecting this blog. It's fine! This way will be better for future organization...probably? 

April and March were both slow reading months for me. April is a very busy month for me at work, and I just haven't been making time for reading lately. It is what it is.

March 2024 Wrap-Up

 Pretend I posted this on time (and not 8 months late). Don't ask when the rest of my monthly wrap-ups for this year are happening, because I don't know. I may just do some kind of big combined wrap up, IF I feel like it.

Without further ado, the 3 books I read in March.

February 2024 Wrap-Up

I got a Kindle in February, and I feel like that's a very important piece of context for this month's wrap-up. For one thing, my Kindle came with two months of Kindle Unlimited, and KU immediately started recommending me crazy YA dystopians that I had either never heard of or had completely forgotten about. For another, it inspired me to actually get through a couple of the e-ARCs I've had downloaded for absolutely ever. I don't think I read a single physical book this February besides The Unmaking of June Farrow. 

Let's get started!

January 2024 Wrap-Up (yes, it's very late, but oh well)

It's mid February, so naturally it's finally time to post my January wrap-up.

This is the slowest January I've had since January of 2021, when I read exactly one book. But that's okay! It's not always about the quantity of books that you read, but the quality of the mediocre YA dystopians you reread. Or maybe the quality of the EXTREMELY GOOD, MUST-READ FANTASY TRILOGIES that you are still trying to get your traitor friends to read, so that you can TALK ABOUT THEM with people.

In other news, my new book club did not choose to read Fireborne as one of our next picks. But don't worry. I'm not discouraged. I'm ENcouraged! I'm energized! I'm actually going to redouble my efforts to get friends outside the book club to read the Aurelian Cycle! I'm not afraid to break into their houses and leave copies of Fireborne under their pillows...they can read it by osmosis, dammit!

If you know me in real life, please leave your windows unlocked at night <3 I have a book for you to read <3

2023 Wrap Up (or: the 3 books I read in November and December)

Holiday seasons are always really busy for me, so I guess it's not that surprising that I entirely neglected this blog, but...um...sorry for completely neglecting this blog! Here's what I read in November and December.

October 2023 Wrap-Up: In Which I Am Even More Behind on Reviews

I went on vacation this month, and for some reason that meant I did almost no writing. Reviews included. I still want to catch up on reviewing at least some of the books I read last month as well as what I read this month, but admittedly, easing back into creative writing is higher priority. I don't know when those reviews will happen. 

In the meantime, have a monthly wrap-up! And a picture of my little pink cat plush.

 

 I really like this picture.