December 2019 Wrap Up

I don't know if this is going to continue to be the case with every Dickens novel I pick up but I just love his ideas and his descriptions of things the way he wrote about hunger and the cold in this book I don't think I'll ever forget it but I hate the way he advances a story I find it always to be such a slog and it's so frustrating because I thought the story of this book was absolutely fascinating and I loved the themes that he brings up

affinity is still my favorite Sarah waters book but this one is a very close second

although I wish really and truly wish that this book had a different title because I am beyond over the girls in the title trend I thought this book was sexy and fabulous

I saved this one for last because I am Not sure I've heard a single negative thing about this book it seems like everyone loves this one and after having read it I can see why it knocks everyone's socks off I thought it was fantastic affinity is still my favorite Sarah waters book but this one is a very close second

I won't lie to you and tell you that this is easy reading because it's not it is devastating but it is so powerful I think it is absolutely essential to read this whoever you are but especially if you're an American it is critical that we know what's going on within our own country

first there was spinning silver which let me down in an enormous way after I just loved uprooted

I know one of the criticisms of the Night Circus is that it is style over substance that there is not a whole lot of plot I don't entirely disagree with that I love it despite its problems but I also think that it has nuf plot to keep things moving and that all the imagery within it really does build up the atmosphere of the circus it's one of the things I love most about it

I thought both of these were fine I thought they presented some interesting data but neither one of them was all that memorable it's kind of one of those scenarios where three stars is the saddest rating because I don't feel strongly about these books one way or another to really go on about them

I cannot even tell you what this book is about the plot is that scattered I have had five years of book summarization experience here on this channel it is my art by this point and I wouldn't even know where to start

I thought both books were a ton of fun I just loved ginger Kelley I think she is sharp and sassy and fiercely passionate and L on the other hand is a little bit muted especially in comparison ginger Kelley's sections take over the majority of the second book she even took over the title I thought the first book was more balanced in that regard I think the sections were more equally divided between the two characters and overall I thought it was just better

I thought the first book was more balanced in that regard I think the sections were more equally divided between the two characters and overall I thought it was just better but by the time I picked up the second book I had already fallen in love with these characters so I honestly didn't really mind it was fun to just spend some more time with them

here's the thing about this book I don't think it was awful but I don't think it was particularly good either I think she got close to doing enough with Pushkin's character but she never took it far enough and then natalya it wasn't just that she was historically inaccurate because she was historically inaccurate but also she wasn't engaging to read about at all

but this one was really good first of all it didn't annoy me and secondly it was extremely well done I got to wrap myself up in all of the Russian history that I know and love like a big old blanket and it was a wonderful experience I highly recommend this if you were interested in reading some actually good Russian historical fiction

I am sure that really grates over time but considering that I am a romance neophytes I'm not that experienced with reading romance I thought this was just delightful

I thought both of these were fine I thought they presented some interesting data but neither one of them was all that memorable it's kind of one of those scenarios where three stars is the saddest rating because I don't feel strongly about these books one way or another to really go on about them