Book Reviews for @readwithkj
"It's not fair.""No. It's not. Life rarely is. But we deal with it the best we can. And we allow ourselves to hope for the best. Because a life without hope isn't a life lived at all." I adored this book! I was absorbed from the first few pages and absolutely loved every element of... Continue Reading →
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare might be classified as a children's novel, but my final impression when I finished the book was that a lot of adults could benefit from reading it today. In the late-17th century a young Kit Tyler travels from Barbados to Connecticut to live with the only family... Continue Reading →
I don't know how long Six Months Later has been in my bookcase. I couldn't even tell you when or where I got it. But I finally read it! And I really enjoyed it and I wish I read it earlier. It's definitely a YA novel and even though I really like the YA genre... Continue Reading →
This isn't a novel and far from anything I've read before aside from maybe a textbook. And there's actually a little story behind why it ended up on my TBR list. While working in my favorite job at an outdoor store in Grand Lake, the west entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park, I found a... Continue Reading →
One of Us Is Lying was a recommendation from a friend who described it as similar (but better) than Pretty Little Liars. It didn't take me long to add it to my To Be Read list and shortly after I borrowed it from the library to read. And I wasn't disappointed. The book follows five... Continue Reading →
Back when I saw the movie Beastly with Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgins I didn't realize it was a book. Of course, when I found out it was a book and part of a series, I wanted to read it. I have to admit I've had Beastly by Alex Flinn on my bookcase for several... Continue Reading →
If you didn't read the Twilight Saga move on from this post. It won't make sense to you anyway. If you are a fan of Twilight and haven't read Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer you should. I'll preface this review by saying that even though I enjoyed reading this flipped perspective novel, I probably wouldn't... Continue Reading →
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng was a book I was eager to read because I wanted to watch the TV miniseries from Hulu. I have this self-proclaimed rule that if a book is made into a movie or show and it looks like something I'd really like to read, I'll read it before I... Continue Reading →
Hey, it's been a while fellow book-loving followers! I know I promised to write quite a few book reviews back in August and I'd like to say I have a good excuse, but I don't so I'm just going to get on with it. I had wanted to read The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story... Continue Reading →
Book nineteen of my 2019 Reading Challenge. Terrance Hayes's American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin To give you a bit of background for this collection of sonnets, Hayes wrote them during the first 200 days of Donald Trump's presidency. Each poem is titled 'American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin' hence the... Continue Reading →
Book eighteen of my 2019 Reading Challenge. Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark's Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered If you are a fellow murderino and haven't read this book yet, you need to go out right now, buy the book and dive into it. Right now. This is not a drill. If you have no... Continue Reading →
Book seventeen of my 2019 Reading Challenge. Nikita Gill's Fierce Fairytales: Poems & Stories to Stir Your Soul Keeping with the poetry theme, I decided to put a couple of books of poetry on hold at the library and of course all three came at once and I'm loving reading them all. This particular book... Continue Reading →
Kelsey (KJ) Fagan 