Ria

Head Like a Hole starts off with a true crime podcaster invading a woman's privacy in search of the truth to shit that happened decades ago so that he can hit the jackpot for his podcast show. Huge no thanks. 2 ⭐, and only because of that cover.

The story was predictable but the art was good. 2.5 ⭐ generously rounded up.

Lost interest about halfway, will try again later. The writing is good, I'm just not in the mood for a nonfiction right now. 3 ⭐ but rating may change.

A book about musicians I don't usually mind. However, this has characters swap povs in the middle of the page. Character after character pov, sometimes short paragraphs and sometimes couple pages. This isn't for me. 2 ⭐

I remember liking this when I was a teenager but as an adult this just reads like poorly disguised Outlander fanfic. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but the main heroine who kept being described as “feisty” kept coming off as meek and whimpy. The writing was fine, but the characters annoyed me. 2.5 ⭐

The writing was fine but I grew bored and lost interest. I may pick it up again later. 3 ⭐

Suckered by a pretty cover but this historical fiction hid christian vibes. At about 20% of the story, I saw where this was going. At 50% I was very annoyed. At 85% I am thoroughly done with this author. 100% I'm not touching another one of her books. I'm sorry. I'm atheist and all this is just...grr.

I admit, the writing is good. The first 20% had me hooked, even, and I was invested and then came the River Nile turned red and I immediately searched the book on Google and saw this is christian (stop capitalizing the word autocorrect!) fiction, I went “Fine. I can read out of my comfort zone. It won't kill me.”

Guys, this. Was. Torture.

I'm not getting into a rant. The writing was good it has a pretty gorgeous cover, so I'm giving this 2 ⭐. It had so much potential. Oh well. Onto the next book!

I wanted to like it so much more than I did. It wasn't bad, but it didn't grab me as much as ACOTAR has. The characters were likeable but the plot wasn't quite there. 3.5 ⭐ rounded up.

I was bored. The writing wasn't bad but I felt no connection with the story at all. 2.5 ⭐

Beautiful, stunning and may require tissues. This was a heartwarming graphic novel perfect for the fall season. 5 ⭐!

About halfway through I had the strangest sense that I'd read this before, but I'm fairly positive that I haven't as it's a relatively new release.

This took me into another world and I read it in one sitting. It was excellent and I am steadily reading through every Kate Elliott book I can get my hands on. 5 ⭐

A delightful selection of chicken recipes from around the world. Plenty of good stuff, my favorite is the chicken and mushrooms recipe. I would have liked some pictures with the meals for an idea of what it's supposed to look like, but otherwise this was a good chicken recipe collection! 4 ⭐

I really wanted to like this so much more than I did. I could appreciate what the author wrote, some lines were quite good, but I struggled with it keeping my attention and I didn't overly care for the characters. The setting was good but the mystery felt a bit flat for me. Perhaps that's my fault in that I've been reading mysteries for a long time. But this showed promise and I'm glad I have the second book at the library to dive into. 3.5 ⭐

This was a good romance but felt a bit rushed. 3 ⭐.

This was a good historical fiction book, though felt a bit slow at times. 3.5 ⭐

Historical Greek retelling of Pandora, excellently done, I just wish it was longer. 5 ⭐

A delightful yet very short historical romance story! 4.5 ⭐ rounded up! I wished there was more!

This was alright. Started out strong. 3 ⭐

RTC

3.5 ⭐. RTC

Alaska, m/m romance, hurt/comfort, what's not to love about this short little snippet of life? 4.5 ⭐ I wanted more and it felt a tad rushed, but otherwise, this was a perfect cozy little read.

I may repick this later when I'm more in the mood, but for now it's a dnf at 150 pages. I'm really sad, but this was very slow paced for me and while the writing was good, it's just not gripping me and I need a faster paced book right now. 3 ⭐

This book annoyed me to no end. Slightly sexist, a hint of fat shaming, and overall I really didn't like the writing. As much as everyone else enjoyed this, this was definitely not for me. 1 ⭐

This was slow yet good, and an author I still continue to enjoy reading their stuff. Sci-fi is still something I struggle with, in that it can be confusing at points, but I still liked this. 3.5 ⭐ rounded up.