Originally I had planned to post a different book review today but I finished The Bone Season this afternoon and am brimming with thoughts. Even though I enjoyed most of my time reading the book, I walked away with conflicting feelings. The more I think about the things that bothered me, the more I feel like I need to get them off my chest. While I can’t say I hated the book, there are parts that made me uncomfortable and I wish I had known about these things before buying the The Bone Season. As it is, I already bought the next two sequels before starting the series (I should’ve learnt my lesson by now), and I do plan to read The Mime Order next.
Hot off the Press – April 17, 2017
One thing I’m glad publishers do is to re-release books a year or two after they first hit the shelves. Yes, I also wish that paperbacks would come out at the same time as hardcovers, so that’s kind of at odds. Neither do I collect multiple editions. The reason I’m glad is that they put backlist titles on my radar again; titles that I meant to read in the past but for some reason didn’t get to yet. I hope that by including them week in, week out, some of you have found books too that previously fell through the cracks.
March 2017 Overview
March was an even worse reading month over January compared to February. There are several reasons for this. For one, I’ve been decluttering my things since January. I was determined to finish as much as possible by the end of March. That meant I had much less time left for reading. I’m also back to training three times a week for the upcoming season and other competitions. This will only increase in the coming months as I look to put in extra hours by myself as well. At least I can listen to audiobooks while running.
Hot off the Press – April 10, 2017
Of this week’s releases, Alex and Eliza and The Upside of Unrequited have been on many people’s radar. There also are considerably more historical fiction books out. Among these, the sequel of Blackhearts, Blacksouls is also hot off the press.
THE STATE OF GRACE by Rachael Lucas
I liked reading The State of Grace. Usually I find books under 300 pages sacrifice depth of characters. For this book, the lower page count wasn’t an issue at all. Rachael Lucas knew exactly what her story was and knew exactly where she was going with it. I found The State of Grace to be focussed and intentional in telling Grace’s story. It’s a book that embraces neurodiversity — something that I’ve not come across all that much in YA fiction.
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