A Book & A Blog

The blogging of a passionate book addict

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・・・   K A Z  B R E K K E R

      ↳  for @arthurpendragan

“ You’ll get what’s coming to you some day, Brekker . ”

  ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍        “ I will, ” said Kaz, “ if there’s any  j u s t i c e  in   ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍     ‍   the world. And we all know how likely that is . ”

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I recently discovered “The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” and absolutely fell in love with it! It’s such a fantastic and intense story!! I highly recommend it if you enjoy murder mysteries or thrillers!

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no one:

me: here’s a flow chart of 41 lgbtq+ book recommendations, have fun!

disclaimer: this is a very non-comprehensive list since I’m only including books that I’ve read

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2019 Reads

The Tiger’s Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

The Way You Make Be Feel by Maruene Goo

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Queen’s Shadow by E.K. Johnston

My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows & Brodi Ashton

Homes: A Reguee Story by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

The Waiting Hours by Shandi Mitchell

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| 2018 reads | #17 | Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

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| 2018 reads | #15 & 16 | Raven Boys & The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

(I totally forgot to take a picture of Dream Thieves before I took it back so I am just including them both here)

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SO MANY fantastic YA books are hitting the shelves next year! Here’s my top twenty YA releases of the first half of 2018:

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson ✤ The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis ✤ Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli ✤ White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig ✤ The Radical Element ✤ Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe ✤ Unearthed by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner ✤ Dread Nation by Justina Ireland ✤ From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon ✤ Honor Among Thieves by Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre ✤ Fresh Ink ✤ A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena ✤ Endless Water, Starless Sky by Rosamund Hodge ✤ Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi ✤ Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie ✤ Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston ✤ Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff ✤ Ship It by Britta Lundin ✤ Meet Cute ✤ Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

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| 2018 reads | #14 | Heartstone by Elle Katharine White

A really enjoyable book. I loved the elements of the classic story mixed together with the fantasy world of this book. I also feel like the world building was really interesting and would eagerly read more of it.

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Children of Blood and Bone By Tomi Adeyemi

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| 2018 reads | #13 | Full Disclosure by Beverly McLachlin

  I did enjoy this book and felt the pacing was good and engaging. I did find that I guessed most of the "big" twists before they were revealed but despite that I still enjoyed the story. I like that ending was left open in a way that we could explore more in this main characters world, I did enjoy the main character and would love to read more adventures/cases with her.

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| 2018 reads | #12 | Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

A straight up addictive fun novel that is basically what I imagine is the book equivalent of watching one of those reality tv shows about rich dramatic people. I enjoyed this book I thought the characters were both fun and infuriating but I enjoy reading books where I don't love or even like all the characters. I wish the ending had a bit more closure as it was left kind of open but I assume that was to make way for the other books in the series, which I will for sure be checking out. At the end of the day this was just a really fun story to read and I enjoyed the wild, outrageous world it takes place in.

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| 2018 reads | #11 | Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes 

Not much to say on this series that I can really talk about seeing as it’s the last book in a series. I’m gonna miss it. It’s such a fun, fast based series that’s truly enjoyable to read.

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| 2018 reads | #10 | Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab

3.5 stars. I did enjoy this book but also I felt I enjoyed the first more and maybe I should re read it before starting this because o didn’t have the same attachment to the characters. My biggest issues was only that the ending felt so rush compared to long drawn out beginning. I still felt this was a great little read and he plot never felt boring or too fast paced it was just right I only wish it had of been a little longer at the end instead of so many things happening at once and the the book being over! Also I should say I love the world building in this book and would totally read more in this world even if the story is over for the two main characters of this one

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 | 2018 reads | #9 | The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

This was a fast and easy read with a good amount of action. I found the romance aspect of it a little hallmark cheesy but still overall enjoyable. I much more enjoyed the survival plot line and the witty banter in parts between the two mains was entertaining. In conclusion it’s like a less cheesy hallmark romance with a fight for survival mixed in.

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 | 2018 reads | #8 | The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

This book as gorgeously written the imagery was so beautiful. I deeply enjoyed this book. It was so heartbreaking and hard to read at times but so wonderful.

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