March/April Reading Wrap Up!
Hey guys! I haven't posted in almost two months, whoops! I haven't had much to update on in terms of life stuff, but if I have my stuff together, there should be a life update post posted before I post this wrap up. If not, it will be coming shortly! I didn't post a March reading wrap up because I only read four books last month and two of them were for school. So needless to say, I decided to combine the last two months of reading in this one post. I'm not going to elaborate on the books I read for my Children's and Young Adult Literature class because I already wrote full reviews on my blog for class. I usually don't rate the books I read for my class, unless I was already interested in reading that book prior to taking the course, so if I have a rating for a book I read for CYAL, I will put it below the cover image. If you are interested in learning more about those books, check out my posts on
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March Books
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| Read for CYAL |
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This is the second book in the Wayward Children series. It is a prequel to the first book and follows two of the characters we meet in that book. Jack and Jill are raised to be opposites. Jack is raised to be prim and proper, while Jill is raised to be a tomboy. When the girls go unappreciated, a door opens up to a portal world, where their stereotypical roles are reversed. I really loved this second book in the series. I enjoyed Jack's character progression throughout the book. She and Jill's relationship as sisters is tested over and over and she continuously pursues what she believes to be the right choice. The exploration of this portal world was more interesting to me than the first book set at the school, and I felt like this one was more developed.
Rating: 5/5
I was pleasantly surprised with this book! It follows Gemma Doyle, who goes to a girl's school after her mother is killed. There she is supposed to learn how to be a proper lady. Gemma has been seeing strange things and once she gets to school, things begin to unravel and be revealed about what could be happening with the things she is seeing. I'm interested in continuing on with this series. There are some paranormal elements that I hope to see more of in the other books. I did not like several of the characters in this book, though I think they were intended to be unlikable. I listened to most of the book on audiobook and I think that I would have enjoyed it even more if I read in the physical format.
Rating: 3/5
April Books
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| Read for CYAL |
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| Read for CYAL; Rating: 4/5 |
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| Read for CYAL |
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| Read for CYAL: Rating: 3/5 |
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| Read for CYAL; Rating: 4/5 |
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| Read for CYAL; Rating: 4/5 |
I honestly really liked the first book in the Shadow and Bone trilogy! I have heard a lot of mixed reviews about it, so I'm glad that I enjoyed it. This book is about Alina, who was orphaned in a war. She becomes best friends with another orphan named Mal. When they are eight, they are tested to see if they are Grisha, the people in this universe who have powers. Alina knows she is different but suppresses her abilities. Eventually, Alina and Mal join the army and forced to go into The Fold, where everything is completely dark and terrible beasts attack their ship. Aline's powers come forth and she is able to save many of the people on her ship. The Darkling, who is basically in charge of the Grisha, has been hoping for someone to have the abilities that Alina does and he takes her to the Little Palace to train to become a Grisha. I think the magic system in this world is different and interesting. My main qualm is that most of the plot twists were pretty predictable. I will definitely be continuing on with the series!
Rating: 4/5
This is a super cute middle grade graphic novel about a boy named AJ, who has a crush on a girl in his class named Nia. She is obsessed with vampires, so he thinks that if he pretends to be one, it will impress her. I loved this graphic novel because it played on a lot of stereotypical vampire tropes and kind of made fun of
Twilight throughout, which if y'all didn't know, I was a mega-fan of back in the day. I loved the art style and even though the ending was quite unbelievable, the story was funny and a great read overall.
Rating: 5/5
I listened to the audiobook of
Akata Witch and I am so glad that I did. The main character is Sunny, an albino girl with Nigerian parents, who was raised in America for the first nine years of her life and then moved back to Nigeria. After she sees a vision of the world ending, Sunny discovers that she is a Leopard Person, with the ability to turn invisible. Throughout the story she learns to hone her abilities with a group of other Leopard People friends. I think the magic system of this book is very interesting and unlike anything I have read before and I think that I would have liked the book more if I had listened to the audiobook over a shorter span of time, but I think it took me about two months to finish this book. I just never really felt drawn to go back to it in the first half. The second half of the book picked up and became more interesting, but I just feel sort of meh about it overall. It definitely wasn't bad, and I will pick up the sequel, but I am in no rush to. The reason I'm glad I listened to the audiobook though, is because it is set in Nigeria and there are terms in the book in other languages so it was nice to hear them spoken.
Rating: 3/5
This is a super cute middle grade graphic novel about a boy named AJ, who has a crush on a girl in his class named Nia. She is obsessed with vampires, so he thinks that if he pretends to be one, it will impress her. I loved this graphic novel because it played on a lot of stereotypical vampire tropes and kind of made fun of Twilight throughout, which if y'all didn't know, I was a mega-fan of back in the day. I loved the art style and even though the ending was quite unbelievable, the story was funny and a great read overall. Rating: 5/5
I listened to the audiobook of Akata Witch and I am so glad that I did. The main character is Sunny, an albino girl with Nigerian parents, who was raised in America for the first nine years of her life and then moved back to Nigeria. After she sees a vision of the world ending, Sunny discovers that she is a Leopard Person, with the ability to turn invisible. Throughout the story she learns to hone her abilities with a group of other Leopard People friends. I think the magic system of this book is very interesting and unlike anything I have read before and I think that I would have liked the book more if I had listened to the audiobook over a shorter span of time, but I think it took me about two months to finish this book. I just never really felt drawn to go back to it in the first half. The second half of the book picked up and became more interesting, but I just feel sort of meh about it overall. It definitely wasn't bad, and I will pick up the sequel, but I am in no rush to. The reason I'm glad I listened to the audiobook though, is because it is set in Nigeria and there are terms in the book in other languages so it was nice to hear them spoken. Rating: 3/5
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