Books Via Ashley

In total, I finished four books in August, which I think is pretty good considering I was stressed out planning all the final details for my wedding and had tons of family in town! I'm looking forward to reading more in September and catching up on my goal to read 100 books by the end of the year. List of the books: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Holly Black (4 stars) The Jewel - Amy Ewing (3.5 stars) Attachments - Rainbow Rowell (4 stars) The Rosie Effect - Graeme Simsion (4 stars) Currently reading: A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas (LOVING it so far!)

The Glittering Court - Richelle Mead Review: This book was engaging and well-written, but the story was… unexpected? When you read “Glittering Court” and look at that cover and hear that it’s fantasy, you expect, well, something fantastic. Like Magic. The book gives off the idea or expectation of some magical glittering Fae court, but it is nothing like that. And after reading reviews of the book on Goodreads and Amazon, and I am definitely not the only one who felt misled. The book is set in a different world (hence why it can be called “fantasy”), but really it’s just our world with different names. While the world is vast and Mead does a good job of describing the towns and cities and cultures, I dislike it when authors take already existing cultures in our world and just rename them in theirs. It had me wondering if it was just an alternate history of our world? For instance, the Sirminicans were obviously Spanish/Italian, but with a terrible civil war that is just like S

The Lunar Chronicles - Marissa Meyer Time for Series Saturday ! This is one of the new features I'm going to start including on my blog, where I review a series as a whole, rather than just the individual books within it. The Lunar Chronicles is a series that I’ve been hearing about for years . I knew it was a retelling of various fairytales and for some reason, it just really didn’t catch my interest. However, the first book, " Cinder ", was on sale one day for Kindle and I bought it on the fly. It then sat in my "To Read" folder for over a year and a half. One day, I was in a book funk where none of the current books I had out from the library were really satisying the mood and feel I was angling for (I think avid book readers know what I’m talking about). As I scrolled through my "To Read" folder, I saw "Cinder" and thought, "Well, might as well see how this is." Instantly hooked. Set in a somewhat distant future

Hey everyone. I apologize for the long hiatus. Between wedding planning, traveling, and struggling with anxiety and depression, this blog was put on the shelf. But that hasn't stopped me from reading! I'm currently on Book 56 of the year, with 100 being my goal! I'm about 6 books behind schedule, but once the wedding is over I'll have even more free time to read. I've been reading some amazing books, and I'm eager to share my thoughts on them with you. I've also got a couple new features I'm going to start implementing. It'll be a little slow going at first as I get back into the swing of things, but I'm excited to get this blog back up and running. ~Ashley