After starting this blog in late 2019 I decided to try a personal reading challenge for the year 2020. I adapted a graphic from Penguin...

It took me almost until the end but I finally read a book published in 2020! The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes was an...

A book that takes place in a country other than The USA is Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. I kept saving this spot, trying to not just use a...

The Middle-Grade book I read was Deep Water by Watt Key. I actually read this as part of a project for an organization at my school. This...

Third Bingo in a row! The dystopian I read was Scythe by Neal Shusterman. Two confessions for this book - 1) Despite reading and loving...

My first graphic novel since W.I.T.C.H. was The Wicked + The Divine written by Kieron Gillen. Also completed my second Bingo :) I was...

At 722 pages, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, fits the category of "more than 400 pages". It also helped me reach my first...

The retelling I read was based on Beauty and the Beast - Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge. I thought it was an interesting take! I liked...

A book with non-human characters is A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. After years of seeing and hearing about the series, I...

Following the Mortal Instruments series, I decided to give Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare a try. It was another view into the...

I had to be intentional about choosing the book to fulfill "less than 200 pages". Most of the books on my TBR list are longer than that!...

A book with a sword on the cover (of both US editions) is City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare. After reading the first book for the...

What a whirlwind. The purple-covered book on my list is Finale by Stephanie Garber. The copy I own is the UK publication so there isn't...

I was hoping to save it for something really out there but as no other category fit, my "free space" goes to The Raven Boys by Maggie...

A book I own but have never read is City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare. I had read through books 1-4 several years ago (this one is...

The "has been made into a move" spot goes to Stardust, by Neil Gaiman. I have loved the movie for years, and only recently discovered by...

The second installment in the Caraval series by Stephanie Garber takes the coveted "fantasy" spot. Another beautiful, five-star story.

After several months of waiting and trying to restraint myself from just purchasing the book, I finally read Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House....

My "re-read" goes to Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight. I had previously this book over the past summer and it immediately became one of...

My "set in another world" spot was claimed by Caraval by Stephanie Garber. Well-deserved by how brilliant that world was. Absolutely...