I wanted to read Ink and Bone last year, but then I got a bit turned off the whole "books-about-books" genre after a few less than stellar reads that I couldn't even get all the way through. On a whim I decided to check out the preview for this title on my Kobo and immediately... Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed the first book in this series and I have wanted to read the rest of it for a while. I bought the whole series through Kobo just to ensure that I'll eventually get around to reading them some day. Synopsis: Predator's Gold picks up two years after the end of Mortal Engines, with Hester and... Continue Reading →
Who doesn't love a good circus story? Especially one set in a post-apocalyptic water world? As per usual, I was originally drawn to the cover, but once I read the description I knew I was going to have to read this book. Synopsis: The Gracekeepers is about North and Callanish who are two unique young women trying to live... Continue Reading →
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir has a great cover, and the premise is very different from anything I have seen in YA fiction lately, but I have some serious reservations about this book that ensure I will be selling it with a disclaimer attached. Synopsis: Laia's family is gone, and her brother has been... Continue Reading →
I'll start this post by saying that I don't like zombie stories. That may make some people decide to unfollow me, but I'm putting it out there. I don't have an issue with the science behind the concept... I just don't like the idea of dead people trying to feast on the living. It grosses... Continue Reading →
I'm still actively avoiding reading all the adult books that I have been assigned by my book club. I have been slowly trying to get through each of them, but it feels like an exercise in futility when I know that only two of them are going to be picked for our final round. I... Continue Reading →
This week I had one of those moments where you look at all the books you plan to read and suddenly realize that you just don't want to read anything that is there. Nothing appeals, even when you read a few pages of each book, just hoping that something will stick. So I decided to turn... Continue Reading →
The Literary Counsellor 