Month: October 2024

BOOKENDS: What I Read in March 2024

- Meg

Considering my March page count, I read a lot of shorter, easier to fly through books this month. The Scourge Between Stars is one of my favorite reads of 2024 because it’s such a spooky science fiction read that I wish had more, and a reread of Anne of Green Gables is always welcome (and much needed as a comfort reread). The rest were okay! The Cat Who Saved Books was adorable and heartwarming, the historical romance was fine (not out of the ordinary/genre defying, but good, well-paced, and entertaining). I’ve read two of Hazelwood’s books so far and they are basically the same thing, just in different fonts. The Batman manga was interesting! I loved the art style most of all, and I like seeing familiar characters in different lights.

WHAT I READ

💖 purchased/owned | 🌠 library/borrowed | 🔮 review copy | 💞 reread | 👻 dnf

🌠 The Cat Who Saved Books, Sosuke Natsukawa
💖 One Scandalous Kiss, by Christy Carlyle
🌠 The Scourge Between Stars, by Ness Brown
💖💞 Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery
🌠 Love on the Brain, by Ali Hazelwood
💖 Batman: Justice Buster, vol 1, by Eiichi Shimizu, illus. Tomohiro Shimoguchi

BOOKENDS: What I Read in February 2024

- Meg

February started off strong with the continuation of the Throne of Glass series reread, but the heaviness of Davis’s and Kozol’s works tied in with a lackluster-to-me series ender with Jordan’s The Duke Effect put me in a reading slump (along with word and taking two courses at the time, it was all too much).

WHAT I READ

💖 purchased/owned | 🌠 library/borrowed | 🔮 review copy | 💞 reread | 👻 dnf

💖💞 Crown of Midnight, by Sarah J. Maas
💖 The Duke Effect, by Sophie Jordan
💖💞 Heir of Fire, by Sarah J. Maas
🌠 The Shrinking of Treehorn, by Florence Parry Heide
💖 Women, Race & Class, by Angela Y. Davis
🌠 Savage Inequalities, by Jonathan Kozol

BOOKENDS: What I Read in January 2024

- Meg

I’m still here!!! 🙃 If my lack of updating my blog is any indication, 2024 has not been so great of a reading year for me. I’ve read some great books, but eesh. I’ve had some transitional changes at work that have kept me busy and exhausted, and between that and my second job, I haven’t had much time or energy to read the way I usually do! Because I am a perfection with chronological recording, even if … nine months late, I’m going to be posting my monthly wrap ups twice a week on Sundays and Thursdays until I’m caught up and then on Sundays after the month ends.

January did start off strong though, because I really enjoyed Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, and Kindred. All three touch on three of my favorite kinds of books, the historical/epistolary fantasy, the historical horror, and time traveling/historical speculative fiction. Emily Wilde is a series I still can’t wait to continue, and I hope there are several more books that explore all aspects of the faerie world Fawcett has created. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth is a fabulously terrifying young adult horror that I’ve been recommending consistently, and I need to read White’s other two books as soon as possible. Kindred was one of those “why haven’t I read this yet” books, and it’s an important read in general. I’m looking forward to reading more by her! The two historical romances were fine, and I was trying to finish up reading some series that I started because I enjoyed the beginnings of those series! The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine is essential reading to help understand what is still happening regarding Gaza. I am making it a priority to continue learning about Palestine and its history.

Overall, it was a decent reading month, but I wish I had read more! (This is going to be a theme for the entire year, lol)

WHAT I READ

💖 purchased/owned | 🌠 library/borrowed | 🔮 review copy | 💞 reread | 👻 dnf

💖 The Duke’s Rules of Engagement, by Jennifer Haymore
💖 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, by Andrew Joseph White
💖 The Virgin and the Rogue, by Sophie Jordan
💖 Kindred, by Octavia E. Butler
🌠 Hugo and the Maiden, by S.M. LaViolette (Kindle Unlimited)
💖 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, by Rashid Khalidi