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!

The Alchemy of Air (4/5)

The Alchemy of air
Thomas Hager

The world is full of people. Around 7.4 Billion. We feed all these people by using fixed nitrates as a fertilizer. Without them, we could only sustain about 4 billion people. We have two german scientists to thank for this, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch. The Alchemy of Air goes into how they developed the process that feeds our planet, and how they used it to develop weapons for Germany in world war 1 and 2.

I read this book for a college class, and I really enjoyed it. It has a literary aspect to it, which makes the book read like a story instead of just history. I also really enjoyed how the author went into Haber and Bosch's personal lives, and what motivated them to do what they did. When you humanize them like this, you really have to wonder wether they were good or bad. Overall I really enjoyed this book, but it did get technical and science-y at times, which doesn't interest me as much. So the book gets a 4 out of 5 stars. I really encourage you to read this book if you are interested science or in WWI and WWII.

Thanks for reading another one of my reviews, hopefully I can write more soon, college has been very busy.

July 2016 Wrap UP

Hey Internet! July was a tough month for me, and I except August to be even worse. I'm starting college and I expect to be busy taking care of everything. However, I still managed to read four books this month.

• School's Out-Forever by James Patterson
• This book was good, but I don't really remember it, so there's that. Also I gave it three stars, so it can't have been the best.
• Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
• This book, (for me at least) was the final book in the fugitives part of the maximum ride series. I have decided not to continue the series because I really don't like it that much, but I liked this book individually, so I gave it 4 stars.
• I Hate Myselfie by Shane Dawson
• I loved this book. It was so funny and full of good messages. Shane is a great author and I can't wait to read his second book. I don't think it will go down as a favorite, but it's still a great one; so it gets 4 stars from me. 
• Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
• I liked the beginning and the end; but the middle wasn't that great. Also the main character was really whiny and pessimistic, but I loved the ending so much I gave it four stars.

Here are the books I'm trying to read this month:

• The Merciless 2 by Danielle Vega
• Laboratory Life by Bruno Latour (this is a book for school so I probably won't do a review on it)
• Miss Mabel's school for girls (books 1& 2) by Katie Cross

Thanks for reading, and I'll see you soon with another review. Let me know what you guys read this month! I'd love to talk about book you did and didn't like!

Dumplin' (4 stars)

Dumplin'
Julie Murphy

In a small southern town in Texas, the only distraction people have from their sleepy lives are football and the Clover City Miss. Teen Blue Bonnet Pageant. Willowdean Dickinson, self proclaimed fat girl, has always thought of the pageant as just something her mother runs. Until she looses her best friend, and feels inadequete  after Bo Larson takes interest in her. Will decides to enter the pageant, but she doesn't realize how much work it will actually be.

I think the only reason I liked this book was because of my obsession with beauty pageants. I am the girliest of the girliest; and pageants and pretty dresses and Dolly Parton totally sucked me in. However, the main character is really whiny and i kind of hated her until the very end of the book. She pushes everyone away, and then whines about how no one is there for her. And really, no one but a bully or two has a problem with her being thicker; she seems to be her biggest opposer. Also, the book is kind of fat shamey. So Overall, this book gets 4 stars from me.

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