Simone and Her Books
books, reviews, and recommendations
Category: Book Reviews
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A Song Below Water is the Fantasy Book Club February pick. It’s an urban fantasy about two young Black sisters who have big secrets they have to hide in a world that’s unforgiving to folks who aren’t “normal.” It was an interesting take and I can’t wait to talk all about it. Here’s More About…
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I had a lot of high hopes for this one because I love Seanan McGuire’s writing and work. Sadly, that wasn’t the case. And although there were bits and pieces I really enjoyed, there were parts of the experience that left me confused and wanting. Here’s More About Across the Green Grass Fields “Welcome to…
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When Instagram raves about a book, it’s hard not to give into the hype. Influence is strong over there and when people are telling you to read a specific book because it was incredible, it’s hard to ignore. This goes double when friends who don’t have a bookstagram account are telling you to read the…
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I wanted to read something different than I normally read, so I picked up The Project by Courtney Summers. I had read Sadie from Courtney Summers a few years ago and remember really liking it, so I wanted to see if this one would be just as good. While it didn’t read like a thriller,…
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I thought this book was such a dreamy story. It made me feel like all my magical dreams were coming true. Star people who live up in the heavens and a young girl who finds out she’s got a destiny much bigger than her dreams of college and dating. Also, it’s own voices with some…
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Finally! I finished a book! It was the fourth book of the year and probably the last book I’ll read in January, but I’m just happy to finally have enough mind space to finish a book. I think it helped that the book was super light-hearted with a tiny bit of drama. For some reason,…
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It feels like ages since I’ve written book reviews for the blog, but this year I decided to make my blog a place where I can store all of them. I’m still using Goodreads, but I much prefer having my own system of collecting my book reviews digitally and I want that to live on…
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“The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again.” From Eye of the World by Robert Jordan I don’t know about you, but when I read these words (which btw,…
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This book was so many things to me. It was poetic, beautiful, dark, edgy, funny, and most definitely brilliant. I’ve read many books by VE Schwab and all of them were great, but this book really takes the cake. I’m just so speechless. I don’t think I can write a decent review for this. Here’s…
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The third book in the Ember in the Ashes series! With every book I read, I approach the ending of this series and I don’t know if I’m ready to let this one go. It’s been a long time since I’ve been enamored with an entire series (the last one being Throne of Glass, which…
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