Taking one of my list. I probably bought this book right after I finished Victoria’s other series, Shade of Magic. Which I read in 2018 so yeah I bought a while ago.
What I’m Reading Now: A Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
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What I’m Reading Now: One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus
I raced through the first book and I was super excited to find out the sequel came out last week! It was meant to be.
What I’m Listening to Now: There’s Something about Sweetie by Sandhya Menon
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What I’m Reading Now: One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
This was on sale so I thought I would give it a go.
Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2020
A new decade brings new books. From a YA fan the 2010’s left the dystopian sagas behind and really went in on Fantasy novels. There was so many great ones. So what does the next decade bring. Well, here are a few books I can’t wait to read in 2020.
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins – A return to Panem but this time for the 25th Hunger Games or the games that Mags won. How does her story fit in with Katniss’? and How much am I going to cry knowing how it all ends for our girl Mags?
- Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland – The sequel to the fantastic Dread Nation. How will Jane and Katherine navigate the west after how everything ended and there are still zombies.
- The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan – The final book in the Trials of Apollo and if the previous four to go by, it’s going to be an emotional roller coaster.
- The King of Crows by Libba Bray – Talk about a decade in the making, we finally get the last book the Diviner’s Series and I couldn’t be more excited.
- Untitled Book Four of The Bone Season Series by Samantha Shannon – It hasn’t been confirmed for 2020 but I’m putting it on the list and into the universe that it will come out.
What books are you waiting to read in 2020? Comment below with books we should check out next year.
What I’m Reading Now: Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
I don’t remember who on twitter recommended this book but it looked intriguing. So he we go.
What I’m Reading Now: The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg
Another book I got at NY Comic Con this year. I’ll admit I was intrigued by the cover.
What I’m Reading Now: The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis
This was one of the books I got from New York Comic Con back in November. I’m excited for this because I’m digging the old west vibe from the cover and summary. I’m all about that.
What I’m Reading Now: Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
Damn! Just look at the cover!!! I’m so excited to see what awaits Zelie and Amari.
Review: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
So, I finished reading this book in May. It’s the only book for Asian Lit Bingo that I finished in time to actually put on my bingo card. Then, I started writing this review at the end of June. I’m now finishing it. What the heck is wrong with me? (I mean, aside from the second half of the year being very busy.)
This is an amazing book. It’s a quiet book and a warm book and a heartbreaking book. It was really, really beautiful. The prose was really, really beautiful. It opens with narrator Mikage trying to figure out what to do next now that her Grandmother, who was the last of her family, has passed away. The utter sense of loss, both at the loss of her Grandmother and the loss of what one should be doing, felt so real. Mikage finds that she doesn’t want to leave the kitchen. She’s taken in by Yuichi, who knew and cared about her Grandmother, and Yuichi’s mother Eriko. As she gets her life back together, she spends a lot of time in that kitchen. She then quits school to work in a kitchen. There were so many kitchens in this book and they reminded me of many kitchens (like the one I was sitting in when I started this review and the one I’m sitting in now as I finish it).
Anyway, I loved this book, and I think if you like quiet books about life and love and loss, you’ll love this book, too.
