BOOKSPOILS

Review: Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

I don’t even know where to begin! It’s been so long since I’ve felt this excited about a book.

Sorrow and Bliss compelled me to understand why I stopped reviewing books — I rarely feel the same old thrill for the words I read. And it made me remember why I also started reviewing books: When I physically can’t stop writing about my reading experience because the words create such a satisfactory…

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Favorite Books of 2021

This year was the year of realization. My favorite books this year are books that made me understand and narrow down what I seek. I love introspective works of art that pay attention to forgotten details in our lives and highlight them. They made me feel seen and heard. They were comforting in creating this safe space with like-minded (fictional) people. Even the one movie I loved this year…

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Review: Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

“I’m a dream,” Jordan said. “I’m not your dream.”

It’s no secret by now that I’m a huge fan of Maggie Stiefvater’s writing. (See: my raving reviews for The Raven Cycle + Call Down The Hawk.) So much happened between the wait for this second book that it’s hard to wrap my mind around it. I moved countries, cities, universities… I’ve lost and gained so much in these two years, and holding Mister…

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Review: Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

I didn’t know how to talk about my life with someone who understood.

What a beauty of a book! After We Are Okay captured my heart, I was fully invested in what was next in store for the author. Oh, how worthy the wait was for this.

My long-awaited move back abroad finally happened, and as I wrote the last time I moved, I can make out the promise a new city holds by the books in the library. And…

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Favorite Books of 2020

Whew, we’re back! Last year was a bit of a whirlwind. As I set reading aside a bit, I finally took the plunge to dedicate myself to my uni studies and travel around a bit (who remembers when that was still possible?). For once, I got to feel like the main character in my own life… After years of living vicariously through books, being able to get a taste of adventure was fulfilling.

But these…

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Psychology Student Reviews The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

As a Psychology student, it was compelling to dive into this prequel already knowing who Snow will become. This was a chance to use a retrospective look to see what happened in someone’s past that led them to become the person they are today. Oh, Dr. Gaul.
I’ll dive right in with a number of things that planted red flags along the way:
How Snow views Lucy Gray as his creation, his…

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Mr Darcy, the moment he finds out he might actually have a chance with Elizabeth:

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