This was emotional and heavy and so, so good. IN SEARCH OF US follows Marilyn and Angie, mother and daughter, at seventeen years of age. And let me just say,[…]
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Author: Nina-Tala @JustAddaWord
Hi guys! I’m Nina: an architect, painter, and a book-devourer from Houston, Texas. I like to think I’m a good piano-player. I adore anything and everything high fantasy. I want to be a cross between Lila Bard and Kestrel Trajan when I grow up. Kaz Brekker and Kell Maresh are my everything. And yes, I do have a face.
This Heart of Mine by CC Hunter : transplants and mysteries in Houston
The first thing you should know is that this book is perfect. Yes, I’m totally serious. What I absolutely loved about THIS HEART OF MINE is[…]
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Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough (Blog Tour!)
This is beautiful and powerful and absolutely necessary. It’s historical fiction novel written in alternating verse and prose, exploring the life of seventeenth century painter Artemisia[…]
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Active Memory by Dan Wells (Blog Tour + GIVEAWAY!) : sci-fi and action
This is thrilling, and this is just plain fun. As a third installment in the series, and as the third Dan Wells book I’ve read, I think[…]
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I Stop Somewhere by TE Carter (Blog Tour+GIVEAWAY!) : ghosts in ghostly towns
This is heartrending and haunting. There’s just no other way to describe it. No, it wasn’t a fun or enjoyable book to read, by any means,[…]
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Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody : magic and street gangs and red lipstick appreciation #bless
This was absolutely marvelous. Look, any book out there promising a quirky city that is twisted and disturbing and magical is sure to catch my attention. I just really[…]
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The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton : flowers and desserts and court intrigue #yaasqueen
I’ve got to hand it to THE BELLES: there is nothing I like more than pretty pink flowery books with darkness and stabbing and political intrigue going on inside, amid[…]
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Interesting But Forgettable (interestingly forgettable?) Books
I think many of us would agree that our TBRs are taller than all of us combined, and then some. Look, this is a fact that comes with the[…]
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A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard : awkardness and adorableness and anxiety
This book is an even mixture of the adorable and the serious, which is an oddly satisfying quality to see. And, more than anything else, Sara Barnard’s ability to[…]
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Reign the Earth by AC Gaughen : magic and deserts and political intrigue
This was nothing like I first made it out to be. Starting with the subject material. See that cover? How bright and cheerfully illustrated? I actually thought[…]
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A Taxonomy of Love by Rachael Allen : romance and friendship and a bucketload of disappointment
Nothing is wrong with this one, exactly. More of a matter of personal taste. And misplaced expectations. Something just isn’t clicking here. This was a solid case of ‘it’s[…]
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Ten 2017 Books That Shall be Conquered in 2018 (or, at least, I’ll try)
Could we please get just one year of a break on new books? Or at least, like, a month. If only new, shiny, evilly attractive books could stop flowing[…]
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