Monday, March 26, 2018

Sky Song

Sky Song
Abi Elphinstone

Can we just take a moment to bask in how gorgeous this book is? And it's even prettier in person with stained edges and everything. 

Alright, but seriously, I picked this book up because of how lovely it was. I had no idea what it was about and I didn't really care. I think it was also discounted by one get one half off so I picked up another beautiful middle grade at the same time. Regardless, this was a spur of the moment purchasing decision and I don't regret it in the least.

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Top Ten Books On My Spring TBR


It's been a while since I partook in this meme (in fact, the last time I posted was April 2016) but now that I have my feet under me again I'm ready to participate. I know I won't be posting every week but I think it's safe to say this will become a regular part of Tsundoku again.

Top Ten Tuesday is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Every week a new prompt is posted and you can participate by visiting her blog and linking up.

In no particular order here are the top ten books I am excited to dive into this season:

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Poison's Cage

Poison's Cage
Breeana Shields

I received an eGalley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!

I really enjoyed book one in this series so I had high hopes going into this one. It wasn't a bad read at all, and it was just as quick and easy to get through as book one. However, while it did all the proper things a sequel should do, and even wrapped the series up nice and neatly, it also fell through for me a bit. Not to say this is a bad book because it's not, but it didn't make me fall in love the way book one did.

Friday, March 2, 2018

January & February Wrap Up + Updates

It seems like it's been forever since I've posted one of these, but really, the last one was in December so it hasn't been that long. Last time I posted I promised some giveaways to celebrate my three year anniversary blogging, and rest assured I still want to do something, even as it gets later and later. There will be three giveaways, but please don't expect to see anymore information posted for a while yet. As you may have noticed I've been pretty silent on the blog until recently and that's the way things have to be right now.

It hasn't been stress, exactly, that I've let keep me from reading and blogging, it's that I've been away from home. I'm currently living in London and studying here and my time has been taken up by exploring, meeting people, and taking classes. February was a good month for reading, though, because for the first time I feel as if I've mastered the balance of school and pleasure and things have been going really well on that front. I've also put almost no pressure on myself to blog. For the time being I'm tackling blogging the way I used to: after I read a book, if I have things to say about it, I write the review and post it then and there. I don't let it sit until the time is right to publish the post. I don't worry about scheduling. I don't worry about being professional. I worry about having fun and enjoying this hobby. And things are looking up because of all of this.

Thursday, March 1, 2018

The Hazel Wood

The Hazel Wood
Melissa Albert

I received a copy of this from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!

Earlier this year I gave Good Omens five stars, but going into that one I had a pretty good feeling about it, since it was by my two favorite authors, and even though I loved it to death it didn't inspire anything in me beyond what a normal book does. It was just, simply, a really REALLY good read. But this book... Oh man, The Hazel Wood is my first true, five-star, one hundred percent in love with it, book of the year.