July 2016 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hello! July has ended. It was a good month for me in general. I wasn’t too busy so I spent most of my time reading. What makes me even happier, I finally read The Book Thief! And several other books that have been waiting for me to read. So here are the books I read in July.

[Review] Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn

Title of Book: Sharp Objects
Author: Gillian Flynn
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2013
Language: English
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 396

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: She must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.

[Review] Requiem - Lauren Oliver

Title of Book: Requiem
Series: Delirium #3
Author: Lauren Oliver
Publisher: Harper
Publication Year: 2013
Language: English
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 470

They have tried to squeeze us out, to stamp us into the past.

But we are still here.

And there are more of us every day.

Lauren Oliver’s thrilling story of forbidden love in a totalitarian world comes to an epic conclusion in REQUIEM, an extraordinary culmination to the bestselling Delirium trilogy.

This is a review of the final book in a series. Beware of spoilers ahead.

June 2016 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hi! July is here. Some of you are already on summer vacation. So I hope you have a good summer. For me, that usually means spending my day reading books and relaxing. Unfortunately, this year June means thesis deadline and oral presentation. That’s fine though because finally I’m one step closer to getting my master degree. Anyway, I did read 5 books and one novella in June. I’m so proud of myself because I only read two books in May. That’s quite an improvement. So, here’s the books I read in June.

[Review] Pandemonium - Lauren Oliver

Title of Book: Pandemonium
Series: Delirium #2
Author: Lauren Oliver
Publisher: Harper
Publication Year: 2012
Language: English
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 455

The old life is dead. 

But the old Lena is dead too.

I buried her. 

I left her beyond a fence, behind a wall of smoke and flame.

In this electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed New York Times bestseller Delirium, Lauren Oliver sets Lena on a dangerous course that hurtles through the unregulated Wilds and into the heart of a growing resistance movement. This riveting, brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, forbidden romance, and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.

This is a review of the second book in a series. Beware of spoilers ahead.