#justbookdatathings – reading and analyzing in style

Review: Three Dark Crowns

February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 vwellsReview

So, I totally edited this post, but then I went ahead and deleted it by accident because I am dumb. So below is my original unedited review. It’s not terrible, it just has four extra[…]

Review: Gemina

February 1, 2018February 1, 2018 vwellsReview

Long time no see! So, I’m back for realsies this time and now let’s catch up on some of my reads from last year. In fact, I have not reviewed most of the books that[…]

Sort of Review: Solaris Seethes

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 vwellsReview

A while back I briefly joined a site called Online Book Club where I wrote all of one review before I realized that it wasn’t really for me. Part of that realization were the books[…]

Review: Illuminae

July 22, 2017July 22, 2017 vwellsReview

I was in a horrendous reading slump before I finally read Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman and let me tell you what an amazing life decision that was. I read the book in[…]

Updates!

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 vwellsUpdates

I’ve been on a brief and unplanned hiatus for the past month or so. I’ve had a major transition at work which involved the addition of some major responsibilities and I’ve been dealing with something[…]

Review: A Darker Shade of Magic

May 20, 2017 vwellsReview

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab was a good book that came at a bad time for me. I was experiencing a book hangover after attempting to push my way through The Scottish[…]

Review: Heartless

May 3, 2017 vwellsReview

I don’t like Alice in Wonderland but if there’s one thing I do like it’s angsty love stories with boys in eyeliner. So as you might imagine, I enjoyed Heartless by Marissa Meyer, a sort[…]

Review: The Heart of Betrayal

April 30, 2017 vwellsReview

I raved and raved about Mary E. Pearson’s The Kiss of Deception, and the sequel, The Heart of Betrayal was just as amazing and wonderful and rave-worthy! Since I had purchased the whole trilogy based[…]

Let’s Not: The Scottish Duke

April 16, 2017 vwellsLet's Not

I tried with this book, I really did. I put it aside after my first “Let’s Read!” post and then picked it up again and made a serious effort to push through it, but I[…]

Video: Unboxing My Old Books

March 3, 2017March 3, 2017 vwellsVideo

My first ever YouTube video! I’ve been getting my books out of my parents’ house for a while now and I’ve finally started unpacking the boxes I’ve brought home. The following is not the most[…]