2017 reading (post 3 of X)

Now we're reduced to just listing books because I can't think of clever coherent themes. (88-102)

 

Dark Companion by Marta Acosta - did not live up to the cover blurb of Jane Eyre meets Twilight.

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood - I still love the writer, but this didn't especially move me.

13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad - veered wildly between relatable and awful.

Borderline and Phantom Pains by Mishell Baker - holy shit you guys go read these.  Elves and BPD and weird musings about creativity.

A School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin - seems like the sort of thing I should be a sucker for and I wasn't (but I'll still read the next one)

Chime  by Franny Billingsley - nope. I wanted to slap the protagonist like six pages in.

Doll Bones by Holly Black - creepy, more middle school than YA

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake - I saw the twist pretty quickly (go me!) but I adore the author and this is an interesting world she's building.  

The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky - greek gods living in modern times for Reasons. I wanted to love this so badly and did not.  Boo on the stilted romance to boot.

Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson - This was listed in one of the QUILTBAG lists, but it's a alt-history gold rush wagon caravan with a girl who dresses as a boy for safety.

Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman - another one that should have been a hit with me, magical libraries usually are and I loved the conceit of precise language as magic. I wasn't snagged though, it started with an interesting scene and just kept getting less interesting.

Pointe by Brandy Colbert - ballet, eating disorder, child abduction.  

Little Beach Street Bakery by Jennifer Colgan - Romance novel with a bakery involved. And a beekeeper.

End of a Sentence by Maria Dahvana Headley -  I knew it was horrory, but I somehow thought it was about grammar and not prison. Intriguing take on accidentally inheriting a ghost.