the long walk by stephen king

“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 […]

Read More

the fire sermon by francesca haig

“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 […]

Read More

african psycho by alain mabanckou

“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 […]

Read More

the fishermen by chigozie obioma

“That story, as all good stories, planted a seed in my soul and never left me.” Sometimes I like to change from my usual Young Adult reads and switch to something else. In this case, I was in a dreading reading slump, and I needed something different to get me into my reading routine after […]

Read More

and i darken by kiersten white (the conquerers saga, #1)

“They are less than the mud. You do not get angry at the mud for clinging to your shoe. You wipe it off and never look at it again.” Raise your hand if you’re a big fan of historical fiction! I see myself as one, too. Theres something about the genre that really sucks me […]

Read More