may's weekly reading book reviews
welcome to our collection of may’s weekly reading book reviews!
(you know, as they happen!)
(they appear every monday morning on my instagram, if you’d like to follow along.)
but i also like to share them here where i can post links on each title i read (or thought about reading) so you can learn more about each book on its page at bookshop.org*— where each purchase supports an independent bookstore.
enJOY and happy reading!!
xo,
*hallie :)
✨ weekly reading book review may 2024: episode one!! ✨
this week i read {or finished} :
❤️ ON THE EDGE OF THE DARK SEA OF DARKNESS, THE WINGFEATHER SAGA, BOOK ONE by andrew peterson (not for me; scary middle grade fantasy adventure; multiple moms told me the books get way scarier, even, so FYI!)
❤️ 101 THINGS I LEARNED IN FILM SCHOOL by neil landau & matthew frederick (all forms of storytelling essential reading!! title link takes you to barnes & noble; it’s not listed on bookshop.org right now.)
❤️ THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY by patricia highsmith (1955 thriller, "psychopath" classic, content warning of two scenes of violence)
❤️ TOKYO UENO STATION by yu miri (read only if you like saaaaaaaaddddddd booooks)
❤️ PLAIN JANE & THE MERMAID by vera brosgol (i loooooooooooved it!!! INCREDIBLE folktale graphic novel; the antithesis of the girlie needs to be pretty AND rescued!!)
sorta currently reading :
❤️ SORCERER TO THE CROWN by zen cho (adult fantasy = alternate regency historical fiction x british magic? i’m a little lost. again, booklink to barnes & noble for ya.)
❤️ ART + FAITH by makoto fujimura
miiiiight read next:
❤️ STARS & SMOKE by marie lu
what stories are YOU loving right now?!
❤️xo,
*hallie
✨❤️ weekly reading book review may 2024: episode two!! ❤️✨
here’s what i read this week:
❤️ STARS & SMOKE by marie lu
yep. that was it… ;D
almost done with, & currently reading & loving:
❤️ THE WRONG WAY HOME by kate o'shaughnessy
miiiiight read next:
❤️ HULA by jasmin ‘iolani hakes
❤️ THE TATAMI GALAXY by tomihiko morimi
❤️ THE RETURN OF ELLIE BLACK by emiko jean (thanks, simon books!!)
returning to the library because i didn’t get to ‘em:
(*le sob*)
❤️ HOW TO SOLVE YOUR OWN MURDER by kristen perrin
❤️ 888 LOVE & THE DIVINE BURDEN OF NUMBERS by abraham chang
podcast rec:
❤️ THE WRITER FILES with kelton reid, his latest conversation with jeff goins….!!! not just for writers!!
& currently watching:
❤️ RAYA & THE LAST DRAGON !! (the disney animated film; imdb page here.)
what stories are you loving right now?!
with all my blueberry compote love,
❤️xo,
*hallie :)
*bookshop.org: supporting the local indie bookstore of your choice. you know, instead of evil corporate space colonizers who want our government to be ruled by inhuman machines. (all i’m saying is, people and your community and freedom of thought and speech and print is way more important and 2-day shipping. see also: danny caine’s HOW TO RESIST AMAZON & WHY…) :)