The Wednesday Blog for Books

Quick View Review Overall Rating: **** (4/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.7/5) One Sentence Review: Probably the most adorable book on the entire planet, this book totally stole my heart despite minor flaws in the character and plot department (only in the first half though!) Full Review: Signed, sealed, delivered... While spacing out in Chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on t

Quick View Review Overall Rating: **** (4.6/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.4/5) One Sentence Review: If you enjoy classical novels with plenty of drama (and beautiful love confessions), then give Wuthering Heights a try. Full Review Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years be

Quick View Review Overall Rating: ***** (WAYYYY MORE/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.6/6) One Sentence Review: A stunning story of overcoming loss and finding a family, this novel will without a doubt make you fall in love with every single character and will have you extremely emotionally invested in everything about the plot. Full Review “And they called themselves the Kids of Appetite. And they lived and they laughed and they saw that it was good.” Victor Benucci and Madeline Fa

Quick View Review Overall Rating: **** (4.2/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4/5) One Sentence Review: If you enjoy suspenseful mystery novels with dark, flawed characters and a beautiful plot twist, then read this book! (also if you plan to see the movie, read it first!) Full Review EVERY DAY THE SAME Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows he

Quick View Review General Rating: **** (4/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.6/5) One Sentence Review: I don’t have any words to describe the complete greatness of Empire of Storms… Although I had a bit of trouble because I didn’t remember much from the first 4 books and haven’t read The Assassin’s Blade, the plot, writing, and character development totally blew me away. Full Review The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and b

WARNING: I CAN’T PROMISE THEY’RE AREN’T ANY SIX OF CROWS SPOILERS AHEAD, SO READ AT YOUR OWN RISK (HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO SPOILERS FOR CROOKED KINGDOM, SO IF YOU’VE READ THE FIRST BOOK, YOU’RE SET) Quick View Review: Overall Review: **** (4/5) Amazon Review: **** (4.8/5) One Sentence Review: A sequel that totally blew my mind and took my breath away so many times I lost count, this book just completely made my heart its slave, constantly mounting the stakes, the action, the st

Quick View Review Overall Rating: **** (4.3/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.3/5) One Sentence Review: If you are okay with reading in detail about some adult topics, and are intrigued by this disturbingly unique classic, definitely read it. Full Review Awe and exhilaration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in Lolita, Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymph

Quick View Review Overall Review: ** (2.8/5) Amazon Rating: *** (3.8/5) One Sentence Review: A plot that took a turn that shocked me to the core, this novel is one that I found ok, but I think the author should have delved deeper into the emotional topics that were briefly touched upon; I thought it continued to appear relatively surface-level even as the plot became darker. Full Review Everyone wants to be someone. Layla Harrison wants to be a reporter. Aster Amirpour wants

Quick View Review Overall Rating: ** (2.5/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.4/5) One Sentence Review: Read this book if you have nothing to read and just want a quick, awkward, coming-of-age, sort of depressing story of a dorky guy who hates the outside world; otherwise, read Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (so much better). Full Review Sixteen-year-old Solomon is agoraphobic. He hasn’t left the house in three years, which is fine by him. Ambitious Lisa desperately wants to get int

Quick View Review: Overall Rating: ** (2/5) Amazon Rating: *** (3.7/5) One Sentence Review: A confusing tale I never quite understood, I thought that although Tucholke’s writing was truly admirable, the twists present in the plot were relatively predictable and I only really liked a few of the characters. Pairing: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Full Review (Summary from Amazon) Every story needs a hero. Every story needs a villain. Every story needs a secret. Wink is the odd, m