“There are things happening inside me that I don’t even have words for, and I usually have words for everything, even if I don’t say them out loud. A shiver suddenly breaks us apart. A sharp chill rushes through me, when just a second ago, I was warmer than I’d ever been. My teeth start […]
“Just go on dancing with me like this forever and I’ll never tire. We’ll scrape our shoe on the stars and hang upside down from the moon.” this is one of those books thats supposed to make you physically ill and in pain; and if it doesn’t, then im not sure what will. despite the […]
“Choose your words carefully, even the words you think, because they become seeds, and seeds become history.” before going into this book, the description of it made my expectations very high, especially because a lot of the people i follow on instagram were hyping the remnant chronicles up; and so why wouldn’t this series live […]
“To quote the poets… we’re fucked.” whenever i pick up a graphic novel, i never really think about why they would never be in novel formats, because they’re usually very beautiful in graphic novel format and sometimes better that way, but monstress i’ve never been more curious as to how this story would unfold. this […]
“But gods are born of ichor and nectar, their excellences already bursting from their fingertips. So they find their fame by proving what they can mar: destroying cities, starting wars, breeding plagues and monsters. All that smoke and savor rising so delicately from our altars. It leaves only ash behind.” i received an advanced readers […]
“A history written in ashes, in bones. Before the blast, they say there’d been sermons about fire, about the end of the world. The fire itself gave the last sermon; after that there were no more.” Oh man. Where do I even start? *Deep breath* Okay. This novel had one of the best beginnings that […]
“Survivors make it because they learn to adapt. Adaptation is coping. Coping is strength.” Thanks to Dutton Penguin Books for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Keep in mind this has no effect on my rating and/or my opinion. I want to inform you that this is my […]
“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything – what a waste!” first of all, i […]
“Some instinct warned me off. I was always wary of Dahmer. I was willing to hang out with him at school, but there was no way I was going to forge a closer friendship.” I always wanted to become a psychologist. My first classes in senior year were about evilness, where my teacher initially wanted us to do presentations […]
“Yes, I love vulgarity. I claim it loud and clear. I love it because only it says what we are, without hideous masks we wear by nature, which turns us into mean beings, hypocrites, ceaselessly running after decency, a quality I couln’t care less about.” I know, I know. I haven’t been posting much, but […]