Bibliomanic Bookworm

Goodreads link for Ender's Game                                                           Goodreads link for Illuminae IF YOU LIKE Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card THEN READ Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff I enjoy reading sci-fi books and both of these made me just absolutely fall in love with the genre. Enders game is a great story about a little boys adventure in space to win a war. Illuminae is another great story about a ships war for survival. Now would be a great time to read Illuminae because the third and final book in the series is coming out in March 😉.  Illuminae also has a great layout, with files and email correspondence. Each page is a new unique way to telling the story. I had to read Enders Game for school one time and I HATE required reading because it is ...

Goodreads Summary Since the release of this book I have seen it all over bookstagram. That is part of the reason I picked it up, but also because I kept getting “One of Us is Lying” vibes. And I wanted to give this thriller/YA genre another try, because I was really expecting to love One of Us is Lying and really kind of didn’t (my book review here). So, I enjoyed this book immensely, I loved the social media conversations and insights to the main characters agoraphobia, but it was lacking in some areas. Like every relationship in the book other than Eric and Tessa’s. My main problem was with the mom, she was very impatient with Tessa when her anxiety got in the way. I just don’t see how a mother could act like it is her child’s fault, and not recognize that she is the victim. Another thing this book didn’t get thriller-y until the very end, it wasn’t very well dispersed throughout the book except for her hinting that something happened in New Orleans. With that said, I l...

Goodreads Summary This book fell flat for me. The cover and synopsis interested me but when I actually got into it I was disappointed. I didn’t really have high expectations for this book, but I wanted to enjoy it, I really did. I tried too but I have some problems with the story. The first problem I had was the world building. I liked the idea of it, but it could have been written better. There are magical and non-magical beings that live in the same city, but the regular humans don’t know about the existence of magic. To me it seemed like these were two separate worlds because sometimes the characters wouldn’t even hide or hush their conversations about magic. It seemed like it didn’t connect right, and I felt like the story didn’t flow good. Sometimes it was hard to read and I had to stop and question it for a minute. My second problem with this book is that this is supposed to be a story about love, with the main character being a matchmaker and all, but I felt like...

Goodreads Summary I was so glad to get back into the grishaverse without really being immersed back into it. This book is a book of grishaverse tales, from Ravka to Kerch. They were each so, so good! I loved all of them and couldn’t help but imagine myself as a Fjerdan or Zemeni child growing up on these tales. The best part is that each of them is a fairy tale retelling but with the grisha world influence. You all know how much I love a retelling! And I got six of them in this book! Each of them had a unique spin with a life lesson to go along with it. I know it sounds weird, but these are supposed to be moral tales from the grishaverse and I loved seeing how they all played out. Not to mention this book is ILLUSTRATED!! I mean who doesn’t want beautiful pictures to go along with the story? I especially loved how on each page the art started small and then spread all around the edges with each flip. I looked forward to turning the page to see what was added to the illustra...

Goodreads Summary *NO SPOILERS* I asked for this book for christmas because I remember reading the synopsis and being interested. That was a long time ago so when I actually started reading it I was a little confused. At the beginning there is a feel of magic and fantasy but I kept reading and found out that it is actually a mental health book. I usually go into books blind and knowing as little about them as possible, which is probably why I was confused. So if you are interested in learning about mental health and kind of how they can interrupt someone’s life, then this is a good place to start. I am a firm believer that everyone should be aware of mental illnesses and be somewhat educated about mental illnesses. I hate to say it but mental illness is ever growing in our society and more people should be aware so they can better understand someone’s situation should they run into someone with a mental illness. Anyway, back to the book, I don’t necessarily like the...

Goodreads Summary *NO SPOILERS* So, there are a few things you need to know about this book: 1)       Badass female characters 2)       Serious plot twists 3)       Murder 4)       Mystery 5)       LIES. LIES. LIES. EVERYONE LIES! Oh, and did I mention? 6)       Badass women I slowly fell in love with this book not only because of the way the characters were written but because I got to put my detective skills to use. Each page introduced a new mystery and it was really fun to see if I could come up with what would happen. My brain didn’t stop working while reading this book! It is safe to say that this book surprised me in more ways than I would like to admit (I do pride myself on being able to predict endings). This book was very unpredictable and extremely original. I also like the subtle bi...