June-July recap

It's been a few weeks since I posted anything, I've been working 12 hour days and weekends for the past month and the last thing I wanted to do was sit in front of my computer for even longer to write a blog post! Things have calmed down now, so I'm going to do a…

Review: Lock Every Door

Title: Lock Every Door Author: Riley Sager Rating: 4/5 stars Summary: No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen's new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most…

The Jasmine Throne as She-Ra Characters (spoiler-free!)

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri is one of my favorite books of the year, and it's brutal, dark, and complex ... kind of the opposite vibe as an animated TV show. Still, I couldn't help but notice some similarities between the complicated yet lovable characters in The Jasmine Throne and the She-Ra reboot :)…

Book Discussion: Piranesi (spoilers!)

Piranesi by Susanna Clark Piranesi is one of those books that is really short but really dense and has a lot to ponder. Despite the confusion of the first few chapters, everything came together incredibly well by the end. This is the kind of book that begs to be discussed, so I'm going to share…

ARC Review: The Jasmine Throne

Title: The Jasmine Throne Author: Tasha Suri Rating: 5/5 stars Summary: Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become…

ARC Review: The Beautiful Ones

Title: The Beautiful Ones Author: Silvia Moreno Garcia Rating: 4/5 stars Summary: They are the Beautiful Ones, Loisail’s most notable socialites, and this spring is Nina’s chance to join their ranks, courtesy of her well-connected cousin and his calculating wife. But the Grand Season has just begun, and already Nina’s debut has gone disastrously awry.…

Review: The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

Title: The Unbroken Author: C.L. Clark Rating: 4/5 stars Summary: Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty is to her fellow conscripts. But now, her company has been sent back to her homeland to stop a rebellion, and the ties of blood…

On the Violence against Asians

My heart has been heavy this week, but really over the past few months as the number of news stories about violence against Asians kept on piling up with higher and higher frequency. I'm deeply saddened by the violence being enacted against the Asian American community, especially in California where I grew up. At the…

Mini Reviews: General Fiction edition

I can't believe it's March, where did the time go?? I haven't posted anything on the blog in a few weeks, life has been extra busy. I've also been reading a lot more books than I have time to write reviews for, so I'm going to try out this mini review format. This time, I'm…

ARC Review: The Echo Wife

Title: The Echo Wife Author: Sarah Gailey Rating: 5/5 stars Summary: Martine is a genetically cloned replica made from Evelyn Caldwell’s award-winning research. She’s patient and gentle and obedient. She’s everything Evelyn swore she’d never be. And she’s having an affair with Evelyn’s husband. Now, the cheating bastard is dead, and the Caldwell wives have…