Rantings, ravings and ramblings

Reviews by a thirtysomething booklover

  • This Is How You Lose the Time War – Max Gladstone, Amal El-MohtarThis was quite something different than what I’d been reading previously. Seeing as it’s also written by two authors, where each writes from one of the two perspectives, it was more different experience still. I think it’s been at least more than five years… Read more

  • The Storm Keeper’s Island (The Storm Keeper’s Island #1) – Catherine DoyleWhat a fun read and what a great magical system. This was a refreshing middle grade book. I loved it as a palette cleanser, because man am I just starting and not finishing books recently or what? This just really got me into a good… Read more

  • The Undomestic Goddess – Sophie KinsellaThis was quite a light read, but with a nice twist of finding out what you want for yourself, not what you should be wanting. I also really enjoyed the (small) twist. The only thing that was missing for me was an epilogue that jumped a little further ahead in… Read more

  • Reading in January (2026)

    After That Night – Karin SlaughterThis was the next installment in the Will Trent-series for me. I really enjoy the writing and I just blew right through. I love how this tied into the other books, but you can still read it as a standalone as well. This is Why We Lied – Karin SlaughterCurrently… Read more

  • The Dream Thieves – Maggie StiefvaterWhile on a high from the previous book I dove straight into this one. It was good, but either less good, or the tiling was off. I don’t know, it took me quite a while to finish reading this second installment in the series. But I’m still hooked on the… Read more

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