Author: Wendy

TTT: Top Ten Best Character Names In Fantasy

Posted May 22, 2018 by Wendy in Top Ten Tuesday / 10 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl! I’ve always wondered how authors come up with unique names in the fantasy genre! I decided to narrow this TTT topic of top character names down to names in fantasy books because there are just so many interesting names when it comes to fantasy! Here are some of my favorites! Alosa: Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller Froi: Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta […]

Mini Reviews: A Kiss In The Dark, American Panda, I Believe In A Thing Called Love

Posted May 21, 2018 by Wendy in Mini Reviews, Reviews / 0 Comments

My Thoughts: The cover is really cute and the premise sounds fun and adorable. Unfortunately this one completely missed the mark for me and I really struggled to finish the book. There are two timelines, junior year and senior year, that alternate through out the book. Something happened junior year that screwed up Macy’s friendships and the alternating timelines are supposed to reveal the story. Unfortunately… both timelines came off really dull to me — both are wholly encompassed by homecoming […]

Cafe Chat: Seasonal Genre Reading

Posted May 17, 2018 by Wendy in Cafe Chat / 1 Comment

It’s been ages since a cafe chat post! I mean… literally, ages. I think it’s just due to the fact I’ve had so much less time writing blog posts! It makes me sad but I AM actively working on making time for that! 🙂 Anyway, gather round, grab that mug of whatever you want to drink while we chat (or maybe a cold glass instead given the topic?) Today I wanted to talk about seasonal genre reading! I don’t know […]

Review: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Posted May 14, 2018 by Wendy in Reviews / 1 Comment

Why Did I Read? Oh the hype was huge for this one! The cover is gorgeous! Dark fairytales! It sounded fascinating and JUST like my sort of thing! My Thoughts: Spoiler alert: I was such a black sheep on this one. The premise is really intriguing. Alice has spent her whole life moving around with her mom because bad luck always seems to find them. Her grandmother is sort of famous for writing a book of dark fairy tales — a […]

Review: Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Posted May 10, 2018 by Wendy in Reviews / 0 Comments

Why Did I Read? I love fairy tale retellings. Every time that’s in a blurb, I’m like I need it! My Thoughts: I really loved the first half of this book! This Snow White retelling was super original and had some really fascinating aspects and twists on the classic Snow White fairytale. That’s my favorite part about retellings — seeing the unique twists that authors come up with and how they fit into this brand new story and still seeing […]