Author: Simone

  • Time Travel Books You Should Most Definitely Invest in

    As an avid fan of Doctor Who, time travel is one of my favorite science fiction themes. Sadly, it’s got a bad rep as a cop out for many famous movies and TV shows, but if done right, it can really make the story experience worth while. And you can nag all you want about…

  • The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz // Book Review

    I went into this one with high hopes. Time travel where women go into the past and make changes that benefit all women of the future, men who can’t stand that their privileges of owning and manipulating women want to go back and “set things straight” plus tons of representation that feels natural and not…

  • Five Vampire Books That Made Me Love Vampires

    Back when I was a kid, I was obsessed with vampires. I mean, OBSESSED. It all started with an anime I picked up randomly at Blockbuster (yes, you can date me from this reference) called Vampire Princess Miyu. It was the story of a young vampire who hunts souls who have escaped from Hell and…

  • The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh // Book Review

    I’m a sucker for vampires. LOL, get my joke? No, but seriously. If it’s got vampires in it, I’ll probably read it, watch it, consume it. Vampires are literally my favorite mythical beings in literature. And there’s been this sad void of vampires for a few years now. There was that period of time when…

  • What I’ve Been Reading Lately: September 2019

    I can’t believe that it’s already the middle of September! And luckily the books I’ve been picking up have been good. Don’t you love when you’re on a reading streak and every book you pick up is amazing? I wonder how long this will last because I know I’ll come across a dud soon enough.…

  • Get Ready to Fall For Fantasy

    Happy Friday, readers! The weather is finally changing from summer to autumn, so you know what that means. It’s time to read fantasy books! I don’t know why, but I correlate autumn with fantasy. I think it’s because all the Harry Potter books came out in autumn or they just invoke those feelings of autumn…

  • Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane // Book Review

    I can’t think of this book’s title without thinking about the song written by Simple Minds. However, the song and the book have nothing in common aside from its title. I picked up this book from Netgalley a few months back when I still had a Netgalley account and requesting books like a fiend. But…

  • Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff // Book Review

    Jay Kristoff is one of those authors I’d been curious about for a long time. My tsundoku ways collected all the books in his repertoire, but afforded me none of the time to read it. So I read Nevernight and Godsgrave a few weeks back to prepare for Darkdawn. I decided to buddy read the…

  • August 2019 Bookish Wrap-Up

    I felt like I spent the last few days of August trying to fit in as many books as I can. It didn’t work, of course, because whenever I force reading I get burnt out faster. But August was good to me and I read a lot this month. I end August with a total…

  • Worth the Hype: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

    I didn’t think I would be reviewing this book, but here I am. After finishing The Night Circus last night, I had so many thoughts and questions that I just needed to put them down on paper. I think I’ll feel much better after I finish writing this. Let’s start from the beginning. The Night…