Initial Thoughts: Okay. SO. This was not quite as enjoyable as Scythe for the main reason that it got frustrating to read halfway through. But by a certain point I was certainly invested in the characters so that so-called ending shot my ANXIETY LEVEL SKY-HIGH AND I CANNOT DEAL. NOTE: This book is the second [...]
Initial Thoughts: If I was ordained a scythe I'd be H.S. Hypatia. Just saying. Not that I'd want to be a scythe in Citra and Rowan's day and age. The entire order is NUTS. My brain is still trying to process what just happened in the end. Orrrrr maybe I just need to read the [...]
You couldn't get any two books more different, but for some reason I read these two around the same time, so who knows how my mindset was. Fish in a Tree was a book recommended by one of my fifth grade voldies, and I'd read it within the weekend. She'd been surprised, considering I've told [...]
Initial Thoughts: This seems to be leading up to an overall big picture story, which means sequels. Yay. (Make note I also groaned.) It was a simple, middle grade read about a dystopia pulling from Biblical and Bradburyan (that's totally a word now...) inspiration, and I did love the concept of a wordsmith collecting and [...]
I am going to preface this review by saying that I am unabashedly barbaric, and most of my enjoyment of this book is because, like the crowds of Ancient Rome, I HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINED. Yes, Maximus. I am. I so am. I am, however, getting ahead of myself, and there is a lot more to this [...]
