Lost in My Library

So far, 2018's been off to a pretty good start reading-wise. I read a new favorite (DEAR MARTIN by Nic Stone - nearly read it in one sitting, and it was absolutely incredible!), got through quite a few books I'd been meaning to read for a while, and read almost entirely 4 and 5-star books! That doesn't mean I didn't have any disappointments, but they were far outweighed by the good books. I've decided to only do mini reviews for months where I've read fewer books, because months like this can lead to really long wrap-up posts really quickly. That said, here's a quick summary of my reading month: READING CHALLENGE PROGRESS Beat the Backlist Challenge: 15/70 (all except THE UPSIDE OF FALLING DOWN) Nonfiction Reading Challenge: 1/20 (QUEER, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE) Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge: 1/10 (THE UPSIDE OF FALLING DOWN) Finishing the Series Challenge: 1/1-4 series (Scarlet Witch series) 2018 Debut Author ...

The last two ARCs I read were remarkably similar. They were both contemporaries, they both involved planes, they were both about kids separated from their parents somehow because of a plane, and they were both giant disappointments. THE UPSIDE OF FALLING DOWN by Rebekah Crane Standalone 247 pages Published by Skyscape, January 30th, 2018 Diversity: minor gay Jewish character, minor bisexual (probably? no label used) character Rating: ★ ★ I really wanted to like this one. There were so many things in it that I really should have loved, but it was rare that I found myself feeling anything other than indifference. I also had a few problems with the book that made it go from "maybe I'm just reading this at the wrong time" to "this is definitely not for me." Firstly, let's examine our main character, Clementine. There's a difference between having a character who's unlikable but complex and interesting and having actual motivations behin...

It's not really New Year's time anymore. Kind of close, but we're almost two whole weeks into 2018 by now, and most resolutions have either been set in stone or broken by now. (Don't ask me for data to back up that assertion, I don't have it.) But now is when I'm going to do New Year's stuff on this blog, because my laptop literally broke on New Year's Day and I haven't gotten a new one yet. It's on its way, but it's gonna take a little while longer, which means I can't just be working on my blog all day every day.  So, without further ado, here's my version of the New Year's resolutions tag, which I found here , a bit late but with all the best intentions.   1. An author you'd like to read that you've never read before I really want to read something by Roshani Chokshi! THE STAR-TOUCHED QUEEN has been on my TBR for ages , and ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME is coming out this year! I'll be pretty disappointe...