After the Dam is a novel by Amy Hassinger about a woman named Rachel, who—shortly after having her first child—leaves abruptly to visit her ailing grandmother in her childhood home. There, she finds her grandmother in a diminishing mental state, and finds that she can’t bring herself to trust her caretaker, Diane, a longtime friend …
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Book Review | The Lightning Thief
If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know I’ve been a fan of Rick Riordan for over a decade, and still follow his mythology-themed books. However, it’s been years since I read some of them, so I thought I’d revisit them now, starting with Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The first book in this series, …
Book Review | The Martian
I read this a while back, but wanted to revisit it and finally write a review for it! Some vaguely alien-looking rocks to go with the book The Martian by Andy Weir is one of the most impressive debut novels out there. It’s also one of the best modern sci-fi books I’ve read. Mark Watney, …
Book Review | Vengeful
I’ve rarely been so grateful I didn’t have to wait for a sequel. The last time concerned A Conjuring of Light, also by V. E. Schwab. I guess it’s lucky I joined her fanbase recently. Too bad I’m catching up now… *tears hair out* So Vengeful begins five years after Vicious (therefore beware: minor spoilers …
Book Review | The Prince and the Dressmaker
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang tells the story of Sebastian, prince of Belgium, who travels to Paris for a summer with his parents. There, he hears of a rather scandalous but fabulous dress a lady wore to a dance, and he decides to seek out the person who made it—because Sebastian secretly …
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