Review: Graphic Novels Part One

Hey everyone! It's been awhile since I've posted anything but...university finals are no joke. However, now that I am OFFICIALLY on my winter break, I'm hoping to read a lot, post a lot, and not buy a lot of books, but we all know how that goes, especially since I work in a bookstore, being surrounded by books is not very helpful for a book buying ban.
To start coming back into blogging, I've decided to write a few mini reviews on some graphic novel series that I've read while I was trudging through finals. Without further ado, here we go!

PART ONE

The Wicked + The Divine Vol 1-5 by Kieron Gillen

       This series is currently still being written, but I have read the first 5 novels. This is a series about gods that have been reincarnated as teenagers, and they live for 2 years before they die and then are dormant for 90 years, where they then come back to life.
The premise for this series was very interesting, so I jumped right into it without knowing anything other than that little bit. I'd seen it all over the place, and with the first 5 books out, I figured, why not?
Overall, the books were weird, in good and bad ways. At some points the story line is very hard to follow, and at other times, the story line was super easy to follow. The problem with this is that I was reading some parts knowing exactly what was happening, before I got to the next part and I was completely lost. This made reading it hard, because I had to constantly keep reading and re-reading everything in order to remember what was happening.
The art style for this was also very weird. Each novel was broken into separate sections, with each section focusing on one of the gods or goddess. The problem with this is that each section was drawn by a different artist. This means that there were some slight variations between some sections, and such drastic ones between others that I had NO idea who the characters were, which is strange, especially when this was occurring in the 5th novel. The series started well, hit a far low at novel 3, and is starting to pick itself up again with the art, as well as with the story line itself.
Overall - 1 - 4 ★

Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley

       This one is a standalone graphic novel, but I loved it so I figured I would include it here!
Seconds is about a woman who owns a restaurant, but has made some decisions regarding it and her personal life that she regrets. Then a strange woman arrives in her home, and she gives our main character the opportunity to change one thing about her life, anything that she wants.
From here, the main character finds a way of being able to repeat this a multiple amount of times, and she begins to do things in her life that she would never do, only to undo them the next morning. This creates a lot of problems for her, and her life is drastically changed.
I loved this graphic novel, the ideas behind it were some things that I've always considered in my life; what if I could change something? What would I change? How would that affect the person I've become, the person I am now? I think this novel was a real eye opener, showing how that we take so many small things for granted, and that any tiny decision we make and every little thing we do can have a drastic affect on who we are as people, as well as our lives and the people around us.
I really liked the art work for this novel, the drawing was consistent throughout the entire novel, and it is a big one too! All the characters were drawn carefully, they all had good expressions, and they all seemed like they belonged in the story line and were carefully thought of.
Overall - ★★★★☆
     
Alex and Ada Vol 1-3 by Johnathan Luna

       This was a series that I picked up on a whim. It follows our main character Alex, who is gifted Ada, who is an android, from his grandmother. This story takes place in a futuristic world where everyone has an android, as either someone who does everyday tasks like cooking or cleaning, or as a lover or friend.
I liked the concept behind this story, as I personally am a HUGEEE fan of science fiction. Robots? Count me in.
With this series thus far, I've really enjoyed the story line. There is more text in this graphic novel series than any that I have read thus far. Having the larger amount of text was really nice, because it made the novel seem more like a book than a novel. The story line was easy to follow and interesting, the characters were realistic without seeming overdone, and the artwork was beautiful.
This is a series that I didn't have any massive problems with. The story was an interesting idea that I haven't seen before in graphic novels, and the artwork was nice to look at, as well as being a style that I also hadn't seen before.
Overall - ★★★★☆

Here is the link for part two!

Review: Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

Title: Meddling Kids

Author: Edgar Cantero

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Pages: 366 (Hardcover)

Publisher: Doubleday Books
Publication date: July 11th, 2017

Synopsis from Meddling Kids' Goodreads page

For fans of John Dies at the End and Welcome to Night Vale comes a tour de force of horror, humor, and H.P. Lovecraft. The surviving members of a forgotten teenage detective club (and their dog) must reunite as broken adults to finally solve the terrifying case that ruined them all and sent the wrong man to prison. Scooby Doo and the gang never had to do this!

1990. The teen detectives once known as the Blyton Summer Detective Club (of Blyton Hills, a small mining town in the Zoinx River Valley in Oregon) are all grown up and haven't seen each other since their fateful, final case in 1977. Andy, the tomboy, is twenty-five and on the run, wanted in at least two states. Kerri, one-time kid genius and budding biologist, is bartending in New York, working on a serious drinking problem. At least she's got Tim, an excitable Weimaraner descended from the original canine member of the team. Nate, the horror nerd, has spent the last thirteen years in and out of mental health institutions, and currently resides in an asylum in Arhkam, Massachusetts. The only friend he still sees is Peter, the handsome jock turned movie star. The problem is, Peter's been dead for years.

The time has come to uncover the source of their nightmares and return to where it all began in 1977. This time, it better not be a man in a mask. The real monsters are waiting.

With raucous humor and brilliantly orchestrated mayhem, Edgar Cantero's Meddling Kids taps into our shared nostalgia for the books and cartoons we grew up with, and delivers an exuberant, eclectic, and highly entertaining celebration of horror, life, friendship, and many-tentacled, interdimensional demon spawn.

THOUGHTS

I picked up Meddling Kids on a whim. I saw the cover and absolutely loved the colour scheme and it so vividly reminded me of Scooby-Doo and watching those cartoons when I was a kid. Needless to say, for a random book I found on the shelf, I had pretty high expectations for it.
The beginning was strange, but in a good way. It was a bit confusing and mysterious, and that's how a good mystery should start.
Meddling Kids centers around a group of adults that, when they were kids, solved mysteries just like the Scooby-Doo gang. However, in this book, the kids are all grown up and they have to confront their past and one of the mysteries that they believed they had solved, but really hadn't.
This book was dark. It had monsters and death and gore and blood. But it was also good in that it involved growing up, and what that entailed. It showed that kids and adults alike can have issues, but those issues don't define who they are, or who they become.
Parts of this book were very good, and other parts were okay. I found some parts to lag, and other parts to be too short for what was happening, and I wish there had been more. The writing style was also a little different, as it would tell like a story, and then suddenly parts would turn into almost a play script.
The characters were something that I absolutely loved about this book. The characters were all likeable, even the bad guys, and they all had a human element (except for, well, the nonhuman creatures). They all had their own faults, issues, and difficulties, but I enjoy reading about characters that have a difficult time with some things, because it makes them easier to connect to and with. These characters definitely had no light and easy issues, but they were all wonderful in their own ways and were great to read about.
Overall - ★★★☆☆.5

Review: Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab

Title: Our Dark Duet
Series: Monsters of Verity #2

Author: Victoria Schwab

Genre: Urban fantasy

Age group: Young adult

Pages: 510 (Hardcover)

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Publication date: June 13, 2017

**The below synopsis will contain spoilers if you have not yet read This Savage Song. The below review is spoiler free.**

Synopsis from Our Dark Duet's Goodreads page

THE WORLD IS BREAKING. AND SO ARE THEY.

KATE HARKER isn't afraid of monsters. She hunts them. And she's good at it.

AUGUST FLYNN once yearned to be human. He has a part to play. And he will play it, no matter the cost.

THE WAR HAS BEGUN.

THE MONSTERS ARE WINNING.

Kate will have to return to Verity. August will have to let her back in. And a new monster is waiting—one that feeds on chaos and brings out its victims' inner demons.

Which will be harder to conquer: the monsters they face, or the monsters within?

THOUGHTS

I have, at this point in my reading career, read three other Victoria Schwab books. None of them have disappointed me, and none of them have had less than a 4/5 star rating, and this book is no exception.

Every single one of the worlds that she creates are so different, so unique, and are so wonderfully crafted and created, that you can almost believe that you can just step into the book and become a part of the world you're reading about.

This book is the second, and conclusion, of the Monsters of Verity duology. The first book, This Savage Song, I read last summer and wrote a full review of, which can be found here.

This Savage Song created the world, introduced the characters, and created the conflict all wonderfully, but I found it was missing...something. Our Dark Duet, however, was everything that I wanted, everything that I hoped for, and everything I didn't even know I wanted all wrapped up in one.

Our Dark Duet picks up a few months after This Savage Song ends, and although a fair amount of the conflict from the first book was wrapped up at the end of This Savage Song, SO much more conflict was created within the first few chapters of this book.

The conflict was utterly unbelievable (in a GREAT way), the characters were so wonderfully dark and twisted while also being loving and sweet, that it makes you want nothing more than to have friends like August and Kate.

Every time I read one of Victoria Schwab's books, I am struck by how powerful of a writer she is, in more ways than one. She can create so many different worlds, so many complex characters, and just when I think I finally understand her writing style, she starts writing poetry in Our Dark Duet. And her poetry? DID NOT DISAPPOINT. It was dark and twisted and creepy, everything it was meant to be and more.

I absolutely flew through this book. I read it in two sittings, starting late at night until the early morning, and then as soon as I woke up the next day, I finished it. It was a quick read, even though it is 500+ pages.

The ending of this book utterly destroyed me. It was painful and my heart still aches even though I finished it 12+ hours ago. I know that Kate and August's story is complete, and it feels like it. Everything that needed to be wrapped up was wrapped up perfectly, and although the ending destroyed me, I couldn't imagine it ending any other way.

Thank you, for writing such an amazing book that touched me so strongly. I know I will never forget it.

Overall - ★★★★★

2 Year Review

Hi everyone!
So today officially marks two years on this blog for me. I started it with no idea what I was doing or where I was planning on going with it, and some days it still feels like I have no idea what I'm doing. However, even though I've had a hard time getting this all going, it's definitely been rewarding, and I just want to take a second to thank everyone who has supported me these past two years! Hopefully I'll be able to keep this going for years to come!

THE GOOD

Since I've started this blog, I've met so many wonderful people here and on my Instagram, mickeyreads247. I've met authors and booktubers, book bloggers and bookstagrammers alike. Every single person I have met on here has been absolutely wonderful and so kind, and I honestly couldn't have done it without every single one of you!
Mickey Reads has definitely opened me up to many more genres and many different books than I would normally read, and it has also showed me so many books that I never would have found, or even heard of, let alone read, if I hadn't started it up. I have no idea where I would be without it!
Starting Mickey Reads also showed me how much I was reading each month, and it made me really think about what I was going to, and what I wanted to, read each time I started a new book. I had to think "Is this something that I want to spend my time on, to write a review on, and to talk about with my readers?" It made me pick different books than I would have had I not started my blog, and I'm happy that it made me more careful and really think about what I was going to read.
Mickey Reads also made me become more organized, in a way. I had to keep track of everything I buy every month, and what I read and what I thought about each and every book I read. I had to stay organized so nothing got misplaced, and I had to write organized notes about every single thing I read, so that I could write a detailed review later on after I had read the book, which also helped my memory to remember what I had read.

THE BAD

After I first started my Instagram and my book blog up, I found that that was all I could focus on, and I was having so much fun with it and having such a great time taking pictures of my books, reading and writing about them. After awhile, it became about likes and followers, and about page views. It became all about the numbers, and I really hated that that was all I could see. So, I took an unexplained absence for a few months, and I tried to come back...to no avail. At that point, I found that Mickey Reads was all about the numbers, and I hated that because I started Mickey Reads to share my love of books with the world. Now, after taking some time off, I've realized that the numbers don't matter, and that I need to read, review, and take pictures of things that I like, and that I WANT to read, not to do things to please other people or for the likes. I'm hoping I can keep this mentality, and that my time off has allowed me to become more creative and to enjoy doing this more.
I also found that after awhile, I began to write reviews about books that I really didn't have much to say about. It became about the number of posts I could write each month, not about what I liked and wanted to read, and instead about following trends and writing things I wasn't overly proud of. Since then, I've written reviews and other things that I am extremely proud of, and I'm hoping that I can reach a wider audience because I'm writing for me, and I'm being 100% myself in everything I write and everything I put forwards on here and my Instagram. Saying that, however, means that there will be less content released going forwards, but it will be better content and content that I am 100% proud of to have my name on. In my opinion, quality over quantity!

FINAL THOUGHTS

The past two years have been amazing and I've loved every second of Mickey Reads and the amazing people and opportunities it has brought me. I wouldn't change a thing, and I'm happy to continue working on my little corner of the web and to make it something that I am extremely proud of! Here's to many more years of reading, and many more amazing books!

Review: Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

Title: Falling Kingdoms
Series: Falling Kingdoms #1

Author: Morgan Rhodes

Genre: Fantasy

Age group: Young adult

Pages: 412 (Hardcover)

Publisher: Razorbill

Publication date: December 11, 2012

Synopsis from Falling Kingdom's Goodreads page

In the three kingdoms of Mytica, magic has long been forgotten. And while hard-won peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest now simmers below the surface.

As the rulers of each kingdom grapple for power, the lives of their subjects are brutally transformed... and four key players, royals and rebels alike, find their fates forever intertwined. Cleo, Jonas, Lucia, and Magnus are caught in a dizzying world of treacherous betrayals, shocking murders, secret alliances, and even unforeseen love.

The only outcome that's certain is that kingdoms will fall. Who will emerge triumphant when all they know has collapsed?

It's the eve of war.... Choose your side.

Princess: Raised in pampered luxury, Cleo must now embark on a rough and treacherous journey into enemy territory in search of magic long thought extinct.

Rebel: Jonas, enraged at injustice, lashes out against the forces of oppression that have kept his country cruelly impoverished. To his shock, he finds himself the leader of a people's revolution centuries in the making.

Sorceress: Lucia, adopted at birth into the royal family, discovers the truth about her past—and the supernatural legacy she is destined to wield.

Heir: Bred for aggression and trained to conquer, firstborn son Magnus begins to realize that the heart can be more lethal than the sword.... 

THOUGHTS

Going into Falling Kingdoms, I had some SUPER high expectations. Everyone I know who has read them has absolutely loved the series so far, and all of the book bloggers and booktubers I follow and watch have also loved it.

I found the beginning of this book extremely hard to follow and to get into. Falling Kingdoms takes place in three different kingdoms on the same island, and is written from three different characters' perspectives from these three kingdoms. That alone was extremely hard to follow, because the author delves right into the book and you have to try and remember who is related to who, where they come from and how each character affects and is affected by each other character.

Once I began to follow the characters and I got well into the book, I found it a bit easier to enjoy the story, because I wasn't spending all my time trying to remember who was who and where they lived, which affected their entire lives. As this got easier and I actually started to read the book for the plot, I started to enjoy it. It took almost half the book for this to happen though, and although I want to say that this book was amazing and all the hype was correct...I found it a bit disappointing.

Falling Kingdoms wasn't as good as I had hoped it to be, yet I still gave it 4/5 stars, albeit a very hesitant 4/5 stars, because I know that this series will become much better. Falling Kingdoms was used entirely to set up the characters, to begin to create turmoil and problems in the characters' lives, and to create the world, history, and the politics of the kingdoms.

For what this book was used to do, and how it was used to set up four different characters lives in three different kingdoms, it was done extremely well. If the rest of the series is like the ending of Falling Kingdoms, I know that I will have nothing but good things to say about it and nothing but good reviews.

Rating - ★★★★☆ 

Top Ten Tuesday (9): Top Books I Want to Read: Summer 2017 Edition

Hello everyone!
I'm going to be honest here - this post was SUPPOSED to be a Top Ten Tuesday, but since I had a final exam today I totally forgot what day it is, so here's a Top Ten...Wednesday I guess?
This summer is going to be filled with reading for me, and since I have a very large stack of 10 very large books staring at my on my desk, I figured I might as well make a blog post out of it, because why not?

1. Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
2. A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
3. Red Rising by Pierce Brown

      4. The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

      5. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
      6. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

      7. Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
      8. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

      9. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
     10. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Review: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Title: Everything, Everything

Author: Nicola Yoon

Genre: Contemporary

Age group: Young adult

Pages: 310 (Paperback)

Publisher: Corgi Chrildrens

Publication date: September 3, 2015

Synopsis from Everything, Everything's Goodreads page

Madeline Whittier is allergic to the outside world. So allergic, in fact, that she has never left the house in all of her seventeen years. But when Olly moves in next door, and wants to talk to Maddie, tiny holes start to appear in the protective bubble her mother has built around her. Olly writes his IM address on a piece of paper, shows it at her window, and suddenly, a door opens. But does Maddie dare to step outside her comfort zone?

Everything, Everything is about the thrill and heartbreak that happens when we break out of our shell to do crazy, sometimes death-defying things for love.

THOUGHTS

I just want to start with this: I loved this book. It made me ugly cry, sad cry, and happy cry, and I never cry while I'm reading; the last time that happened was when I read The Fault in Our Stars.

When I first went into this book, I didn't have a lot of expectations. I knew there was insta-love, and I assumed the ending would be unrealistic. I definitely wasn't expecting what I found.

Everything, Everything is about a girl who is happy with where she is, but not with who she is. She wants to experience the world, and when a boy moves in next door, he gives her that opportunity, and she takes it and runs with it. It was a beautiful story that everyone who reads it will absolutely love.

Throughout the book, there are little drawings, pictures, and endless amounts of little snippets that let the reader see into Madeline's life. I've never been a huge fan of a lot of drawings, as I normally feel like they don't add anything to the story. However, with this book, the story couldn't have been told without them. They add so much to the story and to the characters, and they show parts of Madeline that you can't see in the story, and that she doesn't explain through words.

The plot is extremely well thought out, and even though I was worried it wouldn't be, it was VERY realistic. The doctors, the medical charts; the author doesn't try to hide the parts of the illness, she puts it out there and makes the reader feel for Madeline. Madeline also has accepted her illness at the beginning of this book, and she initially doesn't try to fight it or go against it, which is a refreshing thing in young adult books.

I don't want to say too much about the ending, but I'm ecstatic with it. It's painful to read at times, happy and pleasant to read at others, and real. I've never been happier with the ending to a contemporary novel before, and I couldn't see it ending any other way. It was unexpected, but I'm glad it ended the way it did. If you want more information than that, you'll have to read the book! I definitely recommend it!

Rating - ★★★★★

Review: You Are Here by Jennifer E. Smith

Title: You Are Here

Author: Jennifer E. Smith

Genre: Contemporary

Age group: Young adult

Pages: 256 (Paperback)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication date: April 24, 2012

Synopsis from You Are Here's Goodreads page

Emma and her neighbor Peter are both lonely in a way that only bothers them on occasion. They both come from families they don’t quite understand. They both feel like something big is missing from their lives—and they’re both about to search for answers. When Emma makes a discovery that shakes the foundations of her identity, she convinces Peter to join her for a road trip. Each of them has something to find: For Emma, it is a grave—a grave that may be her only connection to her family. Peter is seeking something harder to define, but perhaps easier to navigate—a freedom, a sense of something more than what he has. Together, they take to the open road, engaging in a universal quest to make sense of who they are and where they come from…and learning a thing or two about love along the way.

THOUGHTS

Firstly, I want to talk about the cover. I'm honestly not a massive fan of it, because of how much I completely love Jennifer's "theme" of covers. Even though I bought this book not knowing that it came in other editions, it was a good price and the yellow spine is pretty cute.

This was the first book that I've read in months, the first book of Jennifer's that I've read in awhile, and the book I was hoping would get me out of my reading slump. Needless to say, I had some pretty high expectations for this one.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. Both of the main characters were cute and quirky, and I saw a lot of myself in them. The main female character's family is obsessed with school and knowledge, and she doesn't understand anything and can't figure out why she feels so alone and isolated. Her next door neighbour, the main male character, is the perfect son for her family, but can't find anything in common with his own father, creating a tense atmosphere and a lot of awkward family talks, especially about his "unhealthy" obsession with maps and his desire to be anywhere other than where he is.

The main characters, and all of the characters, seemed realistic to me. Jennifer has a way of creating a story that seems like it couldn't happen, but as you read it, it makes perfect sense and it feels like you're driving across the country with the characters in the story. Everyone seemed like they were real people; they all had their secrets, their problems, their own backstory that had nothing, and everything, to do with the other characters in the story.

Although I really did like this story, I felt that it was missing something. It is a very short story, only 256 pages, and I feel like something else could have been done with it.

Overall, I gave it 4/5 stars, and it definately got me out of my reading slump, and I'm ready to read again!

Overall - ★★★★☆

Update

Hi readers,
As you can all probably tell, I've been missing for, well, a long time.
I started University in the fall of last year, and it really took a toll on me physically and mentally.
I've been re-evaluating what I want to do about my book blog and my instagram, and I'm still not entirely sure exactly what I want to do with them, but I feel that I've put too much work into them to just give up after one hard, dry spell.
I've taken the last bit of time to recoup and to change my writing style up, my reading style, and to figure out exactly how I want to run this blog.
I've decided that I'm going to post reviews when I want to, and about books I want to. I'm not going to force myself to write and I'm hoping that that will make me want to write.
The last time I tried to run this blog, I had to force myself to write, and I had to write a list at the beginning of every month about what I was going to write about. This time, I'm going to just see what I feel like writing. If that doesn't work, then I may consider shutting this blog down.
For now, there's going to be a lot of changes, and I'll see where this takes me.
To everyone who's kept checking my blog while I've been away, I really appreciate it, and I hope I can be a good reviewer and a good writer for you guys.
Thank you everyone.

2017 Reads

2015 Reads | 2016 Reads 

Last updated: December 31st, 2017

January

1. ★★★☆☆.75 Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer
2. ★★★★☆      Been Here All Along by Sandy Hall

April

1. ★★★★★      Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
2. ★★★★★      Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

June

1. ★★★★☆      You Are Here by Jennifer E, Smith
2. ★★★★★      Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
3. ★★★★☆      The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
4. ★★★☆☆.5   Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
5. ★★★★★      The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

July

1. ★★★★★      Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare
2. ★★★★☆      Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
3. ★★★★☆.5   Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns #1) by Kendare Blake
4. ★★★★☆      Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) by Morgan Rhodes
5. ★★★★★      The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

August

1. ★★★★☆      The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace
2. ★★★★☆      In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
3. ★★★★☆      A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
4. ★★★★☆      Kalahari (Corpus #3) by Jessica Khoury
5. ★★★★☆      The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
6. ★★★☆☆      The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
7. ★★★★★      Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity #2) by Victoria Schwab
8. ★★★★☆      Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
9. ★★★☆☆      The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
10. ★★☆☆☆      Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

September

1. ★★★★★      The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2. ★★★☆☆.5   Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
3. ★★★★☆.5   The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
4. ★★☆☆☆.5   The Last Star Burning by Caitlin Sangster
5. ★★★★☆      Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

October

1. ★★★☆☆.5   Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomney Sun
2. ★★★★☆      Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
3. ★★★☆☆      Fishbowl by Bradley Somer
4. ★★★★☆      The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
5. ★★★☆☆.5   Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
6. ★★★★☆      One Dark Throne (Three Dark Crowns #2) by Kendare Blake

November

1. ★★★☆☆      Slasher Girls and Monster Boys by Various Authors
2. ★★★★★      Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
3. ★★★☆☆      The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
4. ★★★★★      Very Good Lives by J. K. Rowling
5. ★★★★☆      Archie Vol 1 by Mark Waid
6. ★★★★☆      Archie Vol 2 by Mark Waid
7. ★★★★☆      Archie Vol 3 by Mark Waid
8. ★★★★☆      Archie Vol 4 by Mark Waid
9. ★★★★☆      The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
10. ★★★★☆      Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman
11. ★★★☆☆      The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman

December

1. ★★★★☆.5   The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) by Mary E. Pearson
2. ★★★★☆      The Wicked + The Divine Vol 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen
3. ★★★★☆.5   The Wicked + The Divine Vol 2: Fandemonium by Kieron Gillen
4. ★★★★☆      Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley
5. ★★★★☆      Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
6. ★☆☆☆☆      The Wicked + The Divine Vol 3: Commercial Suicide by Kieron Gillen
7. ★★★★☆      The Wicked + The Divine Vol 4: Rising Action by Kieron Gillen
8. ★★★☆☆      The Wicked + The Divine Vol 5: Imperial Phase 1 by Kieron Gillen
9. ★★★★☆      Alex + Ada Vol 1 by Johnathan Luna
10. ★★★★☆      Alex + Ada Vol 2 by Johnathan Luna
11. ★★★★☆      Alex + Ada Vol 3 by Johnathan Luna
12. ★★★★☆      The Heart of Betrayal (The Remnant Chronicles #2) by Mary E. Pearson

Books read this year: 58/52