84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hannf First line: Gentlemen: Your ad in the Saturday Review of Literature says that you specialize in out-of-print books. Last line: Nevertheless, we will try to write when we can if you would like this, and look forward to hearing from you. Yours truly, Shelia Keywords: letters, used English bookstore, writer in New… Continue reading June mini-reviews
The other day I came up with a pretty nerdy idea to try and help me read more good books and less bad ones. It might look a bit confusing if I just throw it all at you at once, so I'm going to throw it at you in smaller amounts. Building up to it also… Continue reading Introducing my bookish experiment
If you've read my past mini-reviews on all the good books I read each month, these books will look suspiciously familiar. That's because I copied and pasted the best of the best from those posts, dumped them in here, and released this into the world. Well, there was also a little editing involved because even… Continue reading Good books I read in 2017
Thank you, Noriko, for so kindly inviting me to do the End of the Year Book Tag and also reminding me that I will need to start writing 2018 on my papers very soon. 1. Are there any books you started this year that you need to finish? I think that the only people who… Continue reading A bookish reminder that next year is twelve days away
About the following mini-reviews: If you're like me and only need a (very, very, very) general idea of a book and a positive recommendation to be convinced into reading it, the keywords will be the star of the show. If you're not like me and need a broader summary and an actual review, I do that… Continue reading November mini-reviews
These following five books are my TBR (translation: to be read) for now until Christmas break. Five seems like a small number until each number represents (give or take) two hundred fifty pages and then you magically have a stack of books right in front of your eyes. Five books is a lot. I don't know exactly… Continue reading First lines
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab Keywords: four different Londons (AKA worlds), adventuring, Lila: an aspiring pirate who is stubborn, brave, and bold, Kell: a magician who is kind and loyal and owns an awesome coat Last sentence: That one’ll do. Thoughts: As you probably have too, I’ve heard so many good… Continue reading October mini-reviews
