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February Wrap-up

February 28, 2019 by Mackenzie 1 Comment

Shockingly we have come to the end of another month, and so it’s once again time for Shari and I to share our wrap-up for the month! I know February is only 3 days shorter than January but it still feels like February went by 10x as fast as January did. I’m an astrophysicist so theoretically I should know how time works but lemme tell you, I can’t explain this haha.


Mackenzie’s reads:

I didn’t read as much as in January, but I still managed to read 6 books! I also started reading a few bigger novels, so though I didn’t finish those I’ve been slowly working my way through them.

Finished reads:

  • Lab Girl by Hope Jahren || 4/5 ⭐️ || Review
  • For the Killing of Kings by Howard Andrew Jones || 4/5 ⭐️ || Review
  • Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab || 5/5 ⭐️ || Review
  • Isola, Vol. 1 by Brenden Fletcher || 4/5 ⭐️ || Review
  • Dark Run by Mike Brooks || 4/5 ⭐️ || Review
  • Circe by Madeline Miller || 4/5 ⭐️ || Review

As you can see I had a pretty good month! All 4 star ratings with the exception of one 5 star read. No surprise that it was a Schwab book that was my 5 star read – I love her!! I had a decent spread of genres – non-fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and graphic novel. I also read both YA and adult novels. I like changing it up and reading across different genres and age ranges.

Current reads:

  • The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

I’ve been meaning to read LOTR for….well years really but it was one of my 2018 goals that I didn’t end up getting to. So I made it one of my 2019 goals! I’ve been making a great start so far, and hopefully I can finish Fellowship soon as my friend really wants to read The Two Towers together very soon (hi u know who u are – I’m working on it ok).

Both LOTR and Pride and Prejudice are books with movie adaptations where I’ve actually seen the movie before reading the books – shocking I know. So I’m finally reading Pride and Prejudice as well! I’ve been listening to the audiobook, and it’s working out pretty well. I think it actually helps that I saw the movie first, because I can picture the different scenes in my mind when listening to the book.

Wuthering Heights was supposed to be a buddy read with my friend Cat and my mom, but they finished it and I’m way behind oops. So far I don’t like any of the characters haha but somehow, I’m still enjoying reading it. It’s also my friend’s favorite book, so I had to read it at some point (hi u).

All three are going a bit slower for me than normal, since the latter two are much older classics and I’m not used that writing style (I barely ever read classics, though I’m trying to read a bit more). Tolkien’s writing is also quite different than my usual fast paced SFF reads. He has a lot more detail, and the story is more drawn out. Overall though, I’m enjoying all three a lot!


Shari’s reads:

February has been one heck of a month for me so it comes to no surprise that I didn’t read as much as I usually do. I read some fantastic books though, which is the most important thing!

  • The Test by Sylvain Neuvel 5/5 ⭐️ | Review
  • Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee 3/5 ⭐️ | Review
  • My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 4.5/5 ⭐️ | Review
  • On the Come Up by Angie Thomas 5/5 ⭐️ | RTC
  • Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman 3.5/5 ⭐️ | Review

With 3 favourite books in February, I’d say it’s been a very good reading month. I absolutely loved The Test, My Sister, and On the Come Up and I highly recommend them to everyone! These books were so good! I still haven’t written a review for OTCU because I do this thing where the more I love a book, the less I’m able to say about it. Helpful, right? 😂 I’m still planning to review it though (I wrote notes!) so look out for that in the coming weeks.


Let’s chat!

  • Have you read any of the books we read this month? If not, do you think you’ll read any of them?
  • How did February go for you? Did you discover any favourite reads?
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Top Ten Tuesday: Places Mentioned in Books that I’d Like to Visit

February 26, 2019 by Mackenzie 22 Comments

Since most of what I read is fantasy and science fiction, there are tons of incredible places that authors create that I wish were real!! Most of them seem pretty grim to be honest haha so I wouldn’t want to live there but this prompt is amazing because I definitely want visit so many for just little while! I also tried to find fan art from each book or series, or artwork that looks how I imagined, just to give you a sense of the places!

Again, thank you to Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl for hosting/organizing Top Ten Tuesday!


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Monday Minis – February 25th

February 25, 2019 by Mackenzie No Comments

It’s been a few weeks since our last minis post, since we have both been pretty busy with life and etc! But now we’re back! Hope you enjoy these minis 🙂

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Loved with <5000 Ratings on Goodreads

February 19, 2019 by Mackenzie 17 Comments

Thank you to That Artsy Reader Girl for running Top Ten Tuesday! So the official topic for this week is “Books I Loved with <2000 Ratings on Goodreads” but uhhh I guess I read popular books haha. I couldn’t find 10 with less than 2000 ratings, so I upped the limit to 5000. Which in my book is still underrated.

I’m going to start with books with the lowest number of ratings and go up! So here’s my ten for the week.

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A Bookish Valentine’s Day for both the Romantic and Non-Romantic

February 14, 2019 by Mackenzie 6 Comments

I’m gonna be real here for a second: I HATE Valentine’s Day. I think it’s a stupid capitalist holiday created to make people spend money. I hate seeing all the red and pink everywhere. And I know that makes me a bit of a grinch but hey, I’m not against romance! I just think you should be telling the person/people you love that you love them every day, not just on this one day.

So I didn’t want to write an entire post on love and relationships in books. Don’t get me wrong, as much as I am a grinch I do like a good romance when it’s done well. But there are amazing books out there without romance! And sometimes I just don’t want to read about romance, I just want some good action and fighting and politics and friendships, y’know?

I wanted to share both sides: some of my favorite books without any romance (for those of us feeling non-romantic) and some books with my favorites couples (for those us feeling like reading about some romance).

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