October 2020 Books Vs Moods

My post for the last month was : September 2020 Books Vs Moods. I started to get back some of the momentum and hopefully I will end the year the way I began it and ignore the rest of it! Restless Energy (Ominous atmosphere/thrilling) Rainy day read(cosy/comfortable/Tearful/Joyful/Fun) Reading group analysis( Profound/cerebral/debatable) Inquisitive mood (In the mood…

The Ship of Shadows by Maria Kuzniar

This is an adventure book from start to finish. There are fast-paced scenes, life-threatening situations and a whole lot of friendship between a group of women/girls.Our lead protagonist has no friends because she is too different, she has taught herself languages by reading books( something I think would be a monumental task with just the…

The Grémillet Sisters : Sarah’s Dream by Giovanni Di Gregorio

Alessandro Barbucci (Illustrator), L. Benson (Translator) I have not read as many graphic novels this year as I usually do, but this was tempting. This is a story of three sisters whose mother goes missing one day.As they hunt for their mother, the secrets behind the eldest's dream, each shows their own unique characteristics. It is a simple…

Crushing It by Lorelei Parker

The biggest draw of this storyline for me has to be the fact that I am almost close to the age bracket being discussed here. Our lead protagonist is Sierra Ried, who has graduated from an undergraduate degree a decade ago and is about to plunge right back into the past. I also graduated ten…

Full Bloom by Judith Arnold

A high-stress environment, as well as a warring family, should not have had me chuckling to myself in between. But chuckling I was. This is a very believable story of a wealthy and hardworking Jewish family. They have three generations working together (which under any circumstances would be a tough thing to carry out smoothly).…

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

I have seen this book featured on many, many blogs in the past year or so and never actually did anything about it. I have always been a fan of retold fairytales. I remember writing a few myself in a short-lived creative writing class, I took one summer in high school. I did not realise…

A History of Cadbury by Diane Wordsworth

This is my continuing effort to deal with the oldest book on my NetGalley queue. I downloaded this in April 2019! Once I got into the groove of reading this book, it took me a surprisingly short time to finish it. It was surprising because I had started it over a year ago and had…

The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams

This book is still available to request on NetGalley as of the writing of this post I requested this book because I thought the idea of playing on words sounded intriguing. Once I started it, I realised I did not have the patience to note the subtle undertones of the words being discussed, both the…