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Started reading Mistborn and immediatly fell in love with this mass murder.
~July's Books Reviewed~
*everyone please just ignore the fact that June was skipped... shhhhhhh! 🙈*
A slow month for reading again (but better than the previous 😬) however all three were thoroughly enjoyed. That's it for this months intro, not going to lie to you, I have nothing else to say 😅
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
(304 pages)
I read this book in a single day right at the start of the month when I still had good intentions of reading more... while my intentions led to little, it is a testament to the book that it was finished so quick. There is something comforting about an Agatha Christie novel, especially a Poirot one, and I really enjoyed reading the very first Poirot one for the first time and seeing just where the character started. As always, the pacing was good, the characters were intriguing, and the mystery was, well, mysterious! I especially loved that in this edition of the book they had printed both the official ending, as well as the original ending Agatha Christie wrote before she changed her mind. I thought it was a really interesting insight into her as an editor as well as a writer. I will say that I definitely preferred the official ending so was glad to see that was the one chosen by the printers! Overall, an engaging and fun read, a classic whodunit and should rightfully be included on any mystery lovers tbr list.
I gave this book 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beyond the Story: 10 Year Record of BTS by BTS & Myeongseok Kang
(496 pages)
Am I biased? Probably. Do I care? No. This is for my personal record of the books I've loved this year and I loved every single second of this. I cried, laughed, reminisced, missed all of them more than is healthy probably, and felt indescribably proud of them and myself. I don't tend to read biographies, or nonfiction at all, but I have been listening to BTS since the end of 2015 and they have taught me so many important lessons, as well as offered me comfort and joy in ways that they probably can't even imagine. Reading this book felt not only like a window into a section of their past that we hadn't been able to see before, but also like a portal right back to my own past. As ridiculous as it may sound, they are all so relatable and it makes me so happy to remember how far they've come, as well as filled with hope for my own future. I genuinely don't think it's an exaggeration to say that they reminded me how to just be happy. Yes they're not solely responsible for it, nor do they miraculously solve everything, but they definitely have improved my life with their music and unwavering (if remote and one sided!) presence. For that, I will never be able to thank them enough.
I gave this book 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
(643 pages)
I really really enjoyed this! To be completely honest, I was nervous going in that it wouldn't live up to my expectations for Sanderson, but I had no need to be concerned. Sanderson is a masterful world builder, has incredible characterisation, and enthralling plots. I am obsessed with the almost espionage elements of this book and am so happy to see that once again Sanderson has prioritised a beautiful found family at the centre of the relationships. It is truly a unique and fun story with so many twists and misdirects, and yet it is all written so cleverly that it isn't once blunt or off putting. I would highly recommend!
I gave this book 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
~ August's Books Reviewed ~
The month started out strong with me riding a Sanderson high, then I did a thing that I objectively hate and know will 9 times out of 10 have me reading less, which is started several books at once.... as of the end of August I was reading three books at once, yet none of them were finished so none of them get included in August's round up... look forward to that in September I guess!
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
(763 pages)
The stress I felt reading this was unreal... which is simply evidence of how good it is. It genuinely was pulling actual visceral reactions from me and I physically could not put it down at points. I know this is a shorter review than usual, but I can think of nothing else to say.
I gave this book 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
(748 pages)
An amazing conclusion to a really really good trilogy. The twists and turns of this were so well executed and completely shocking in exactly the right way. The ending in particular I never could have seen coming. If this were a spoiler review I'd be able to go on more, but for now, I leave with simply the promise that if you love fantasy novels, Sanderson novels, epic twists and/or social/religious/political commentary then you should definitely give this series a try!
I gave this book 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
(585 pages)
I was gifted this book and admit to being a little wary before committing to reading it, as a general rule books that blow up exclusively on social media tend to be a let down to me after the copious amounts of hype they've received. I'm pleased to say that was not the case with this book. If anything, I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it. It was extremely uniquely written; it was emotional, clever and beautiful. The characters were all so complex and felt genuinely so real. I would say that was the highlight of this book, the characterisation. Every character you could relate to a real person. You sympathised with their decisions, or at least understood them. Like real life, there was no villains and heroes. Bad people and good people and somewhere in the middle people, sure. But also like real life, the last group was the most prevalent, and the first two groups different to each individual's opinions. I would actually really recommend this book to almost everyone I know who reads, I'm pretty sure everyone could find something in it that keeps their focus, be it the mystery, the love story, the characters....
I gave this book 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The twist of a knife by Anthony Horowitz
(373 pages)
I am like 90% sure that this was not the first book in a series, however it stood well as a stand alone book too! Like the other Horowitz book I read earlier this year, I found this novel a little slow to pick up at first, however I did get into it in the end. I found it clever and quirky and I loved the meta elements. Ultimately, it was exactly what it was advertised as - a light, humorous murder mystery - and actually, I'm not mad about taking a break for something silly every so often!
I gave this book 3 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️
If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
(422 pages)
After the success of The Seven Husbands, I felt brave enough to try another recent social media favourite book. I'd seen mixed reviews over this one, however my flatmate strongly recommended it and as usual, our tastes in books aligned and it was extremely good. Despite the predictability of the plot, I was fully engaged the entire way through which speaks to how well the characters were depicted that I was willing to look past the predictability of it all just to read more about the people. In fact, I would like to make this a formal call for more people to start writing fanfictions for this novel because I want to read even more about these characters and am being denied that currently based off the limited options on ao3 (if anyone has any good recommendations please let me know!) I think, if I had read this in another month it would have received five stars, however it was let down by the fact that it was read within the same weeks as Sanderson and The Seven Husbands which meant I could not in good conscience give it full marks when the plot was just a little too easy to see coming for me. Therefore....
I gave this book 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🧡 Spook - Survivor of the Flames 🔥
19/02/24
Steris is just so amazing and adorable. Every time there’s a chapter with her or her point of view I get so excited because she’s just- 😊
Every day is a new dawn, and a new opportunity to try and convince my dad to read Mistborn Era 2.
Rereading Mistborn Era 2 like it didn’t absolutely ruin me the last time I read it. I love it so much.
I love Wax and Wayne’s established friendship in era 2 of Mistborn. They have so much history and that’s part of what makes them so much fun to read!!!
My dad is rereading Wheel of Time for like the fifth time. Don’t get me wrong I love those books and reread them very regularly, but I just don’t get why he can reread that and not even try Mistborn era 2?! Like I’ve tried so hard to convince him, but he’s afraid it will end like era 1! I already told him it doesn’t! He just is stubborn!!
Breaking news!!! My dad is FINALLY reading Era 2 of Mistborn!!!! I’m so excited! He seems to really like it!
Update! He finished it in like a week and a half!
Breaking news!!! My dad is FINALLY reading Era 2 of Mistborn!!!! I’m so excited! He seems to really like it!
When I started reading Mistborn I thought for sure Vin was going to be my favorite character but then Kelsier walked in and I was like, yeah, maybe I was wrong, but the Sazed started being Sezed, you know. I would literally die for him.
(Also Breeze is like the funniest mutherfucker in the cosmere, nothing you can say will convince me otherwise)
People might hate me for this but the more I read the bands of mourning the more I get annoyed with Wax, dude won’t even try thinking about something but himself for 2 seconds. Marasi is a lot more interesting and they should let her do more than just talk statistics every time.
This post is going to be so fricking oddly specific. It's going to be combining 3 not that popular fandoms so be prepared for the most obscure niche post ever.
Tales from the stinky dragon enjoyers, I want you all to know that the mental image I have of Slique the Symphonius is Fricking Soren from Minecraft Story Mode. Every time I picture Slique in my head I picture the minecraft block character seen in the picture below. That's it thank you
Mistborn enjoyers, I want you all to know that the mental image I have of Breeze is Fricking Soren from Minecraft Story Mode. Every time I picture Breeze in my head I picture the minecraft block character seen in the picture below. That's it thank you
Minecraft Story Mode enjoyers, If you don't know either of the characters that I mentioned above just know that there are two characters that I always picture as Soren. Soren is on my mind even when I'm not actively consuming mcsm related media and I think that's something to celebrate.
Mistborn era 2 but instead of reddi constable general is Samuel Vimes
I would love to see him dealing with Waxillium ,,im the Law" Ladrian
he would hate him more than he hates William de Worde
When Scadrial eventually gets internet I hope Hoid is always somehow able to snatch the username/gamertag Kelsier the second a new social media or videogame comes out. People eventually realize that they all appear to belong to the same person and all sorts of wild theories start circulating. Could the Survivor somehow be... alive? Whenever Hoid is off-world, Marsh keeps the accounts active. Thaidakar fails to emotionally blackmail Harmony into revealing who is behind the accounts on a weekly basis.