The Book Nerd

I read 7 books this month, but I’m withholding one review because Harper Collins sucks and refuses to negotiate with their Union. All summaries from goodreads. The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novak :star: :star: :star: :star: .75 Summary from Goodreads of A Deadly Education A Deadly Education is se...

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall 3.75 stars Summary from Goodreads Aboard the pirate ship Dove, Flora the girl takes on the identity of Florian the man to earn the respect and protection of the crew. For Flora, former starving urchin, the brutal ...

Hello once again, to part 2 of my favorite books of 2022! Happy New Year and let's get into my top favorite 8 (or 11) books I read last year! As always, the summaries are from goodreads. Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord Paama's husband is a fool and a glutton. Bad enough that he...

So, this year was really good, I read 76 books, 20 of which were solid 5 star reads! I actually had to trim it down, instead of years past when I was scrounging my four star reads for my favorite books. I’m so happy to say that these are all books I ionately enjoyed, and would highly recommend! ...

It’s everyone’s favorite time of year, the end of year wrap up posts! Here’s one of my favorites to make. It's cathartic to talk about all the books I hated, loathed, or was disappointed by. This was actually quite a good reading year for me, so I have way more books on my favorites than this one. T...

Time is a prison, here are all the books I read in September. Time is A Mother by Ocean Vuong     Hmmm. I was disappointed by this, but I’m not sure how much of it was me reading it over a long period of time online. I think reading poetry books online is just such a different experie...

This was a nice reading month for me! Overall, I enjoyed the books that I read, and was able to get through several audiobooks while cleaning and organizing. The Scum Villain's Self Saving System by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:     So, I believe you should read this after reading/ watc...

Sometimes, its cloudy outside you have to wear a dark academia outfit, and go to your local coffeeshop, order plain black coffee (or hot chocolate) and a chocolate croissant and look as pretentious as physically possible. What better way to do that than reading some poetry? Poetry is usually pretty ...

This was a great reading month for me, I read seven books, and more pages than last month. I think this is me sort of recovering from my 2020-2021 reading slump and struggles, and I’m excited about it. One of the fun things this month was that I read several books that could be considered horror, an...

I’ve made one post on general underrated books, one on underrated queer speculative fiction, and I am back with another post on underrated books! These are books I really enjoyed, but haven’t heard a lot of people talk about them before. All summaries are from goodreads. The Beadworkers by Beth ...

Hope you enjoy this, I had so much fun answering these questions! I found the tag at https://alittlebutalot.com/2020/09/24/thurstag-the-quarantine-book-tag/ #spiritwars2022 #flytraps Must Have Book For Quarantine: And I Crawl Through It by A.S. King     Look, I just love this book so ...