The books I read:
1. The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
This was the first book I read this month, and I enjoyed it! It was written in a very different way, with each page being a new word in the dictionary, and the story being told using each word as a different part of the story. It was weird, but in a good way.
I have a full review of The Lover's Dictionary here if you want to read more of my thoughts!
2. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
This one I've been looking forward to reading for awhile. I read Matt Haig's Reasons to Stay Alive over the summer, and even though that that book was non-fiction and How to Stop Time is fiction, I knew that it was going to be great because I love his writing style. He writes in a beautiful way, and you can tell that a lot of thought goes into his work.
I absolutely loved this book, I loved how it was told, how it had famous characters like Shakespeare and Fitzgerald in it, and I found that the entire book was wonderfully created and the build up to the ending was amazing. I highly recommend it!
3. Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent
This is a psychological thriller that I personally found to be more of a psychological analysis, of sorts. It focuses solely on the character of Oliver, and even though I was expecting more of a thriller, the aspects of a thriller were there and I definitely enjoyed the book overall.
I have a full review of Unraveling Oliver here if you want to read more of my thoughts!
4. The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
This one is also a psychological thriller, and I quite enjoyed this one too. I found the plot to be a bit slow for the first 100 pages or so, but when it did pick up the pace, it REALLY picked up the pace. I enjoyed all the characters and the plot overall, and the ending really shocked me.
I have a full review of The Woman in the Window here if you want to read more of my thoughts!
5. The Wicked + The Divine Vol 6 by Kieron Gillen
I've had mixed feelings about all of these graphic novels in this series, as can be seen by my review of the first five volumes here. I've loved some, and I've hated others, and this one sits more on the disliked side than the loved side.
I enjoyed the artwork in this one, as it was consistent and I could easily follow it through, but I found the story to be a bit lackluster in this volume. Some of the volumes in this series were fast-paced all the way through, but I found this one to be more of a filler between the fourth, and the seventh (which I will have to wait until it comes out to see how much of a filler this volume was).
Overall, it was alright, and I'll definitely read the next volume to see if it will pick up a bit.
6. Suitors and Sabotage by Cindy Anstey
I was kindly sent an ARC of this from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This was the last book that I read this month. After all of the psychological thrillers I was reading, I wanted a lighter, cute contemporary read to finish my month off with.
Overall, I quite enjoyed this book. It was a super sweet and lighthearted romance story that took place in the 1800s, with a bit of a mysterious twist to it, which was a nice change!
I have full review of this here
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