What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (5/5)

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Raymond Carver

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is a collection of short stories about love and what happens when love breaks down. The stories range from a young couple dancing in a yard sale to a woman kicking her husband out of the house.

This book shows little snapshots of life, without a lot of detail about the characters past, which allows the reader to draw their own conclusions of what happened; putting you into the story. The tone of these books is so different and cool, I can only describe it as the feeling you get when you walk into an antique store. I'm so glad my professor assigned us this book, because I'm absolutely in love with it. I would recommend it to absolutely anyone. Seriously.

Thanks for reading another one of my reviews, I'll see you guys with a new one soon. Have a great day :)

Frankenstein 3/5

Frankenstein
Mary Shelley

The age old story of Frankenstein tells of Dr. Victor Frankenstein, the scientist who wanted to be god and create life. He succeeds, but with dire consequences.

There isn't much to say on this book without spoiling it, but it is so much more than a horror story. There are underlying themes of where the line between science and ethics should be, the necessary of obsession, and an underlying feminist argument. The book however, is very slow and I found the character of Victor Frankenstein to be completely unlikeable. Hence my final rating of 3 out of 5 stars.

Thanks for reading another one of my reviews, I'll be back tomorrow with a review of Raymond Carver's "What we talk about when we talk about love."

September 2016 Releases you should be excited about.

Hey internet! It's a new month which means new books to get excited about! So grab your favorite snacks and a cozy spot, because here are the top five releases this month that you should be excited about.

Empire of Storms
Sarah J. Maas
September 6th, 2016

This series has blown up since the release of the first book, Throne of Glass, and the fifth one is definitely something to be excited about if you are a fan of the series. The series follows what it would be like if Cinderella was an assassin, so if that interests you, you should add the series to your TBR.

Crooked Kingdom
Leigh Bardugo
September 27th, 2016

Crooked Kingdom is the sequel to Six of Crows, where a criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker is offered a chance at a deadly heist and forms a team to pull it off.

Stealing Snow
Danielle Page
September 20th, 2016

Stealing Snow, from the author of the Dorothy Must Die series, follows a girl who breaks out of a mental hospital she's spent most of her life in, to find the outside world holds more surprises than she could handle.

Tales of the Peculiar
Ransom Riggs
September 3rd, 2016

For fans of Miss. Peregrine's Peculiar Children, this book goes into the history of the Peculiars, and tells of what happened before they came under the care of Miss. Peregrine.

Short Stories from Hogwarts
J.K Rowling
September 6th, 2016

I had to give a mention to another edition to the HP universe. These three little e-books are another glimpse into the universe I wish I could be a member of.

I hope you enjoyed these recommendations. Also, this is my 50th post on this blog! Thank you all who have been reading since I started, and if you're new here, welcome! I'm glad you showed up to my little blog. Thanks again for reading, and I'll see you soon with another review.

August Wrap UP! (2016)

Hey there internet! I haven't read that many books this month due to the fact that I started college, but  here's a wrap up on the ones i did read:

The Merciless II
Danielle Vega
(3/5)
This book was good, but not as amazing as the first one. It did really make me want to go to church though.

Laboratory Life
Bruno Latour and Steve Woolier
(2/5)

This book was a summer assignment for college, and it took me about two months to read. It's very technical and would probably interest science people, but this book was a no-go for me.

Where are you going, Where have you been?
Joyce Carol Oates
(4/5)

I read this again for college, and I really enjoyed it. This short story is really creepy, but I like that. It leaves a lot to the reader, which makes it really interesting for class discussions.

The Alchemy of Air
Thomas Hager
(4/5)

Again, I read this for college (that's going to become a theme around here) and I actually really enjoyed this book. It wasn't too science-y, so it still interested me.


I'm not going to write a TBR for this month; I haven't really got into a routine where I can read books for my own enjoyment. Most of my time is spent doing homework or clubs and stuff and this point. I promise I'll eventually fall into a routine though. Or maybe not; who knows?

Thanks for reading another post, and I'll see ya'll tomorrow with September releases you should be pumped for!