Morbid Bookworm

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green 4/5🌟 Junky by William S Burroughs 3/5 🌟 Our Chemical Hearts  by Krystal Sutherland 4.5/5 🌟

This book follows two main characters, Henry and Grace. Henry is a senior in highschool, just appointed to Editor of his school newspaper, when one day, Grace walks into his classroom. She is unkempt, wearing oversized men's clothes and has a pronounced limp. Henry, almost immediately becomes facinated with Grace and when she agrees to be co-editor of the Newspaper at school, Henry gets the opportunity to get to know her. This story is one of teenage love, tragedy, grieving, and how to move on. 4.5/5 stars on Goodreads for me. This is in my top ten favorite books of 2016. Beautifully written, excellent debut Novel!

January 10, 2017: Caraval by Stephanie Garber List of Cages by Robin Roe January 17, 2017 History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silverado February 7, 2017 King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard  Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman  March 14, 2017 The End of Oz by Danielle Paige (No cover art yet )

My Book of the Month subscription box arrived today. Inside is "The Sun is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon.

This is a book about a heroin/morphine addict set in the 1950s. Gave a behind the scenes look at addiction and what it's like to be an addict and homosexual. The ups and downs, the extremes addicts will go to for the next fix. I gave it a 3/5 stars on Goodreads because the story was a little flat. I was hoping for some grit, and it fell a little flat for me. All in all was a good read. I'd consider reading more from Burroughs.

Finished this book relatively quickly. The plot is similar to most other YA Fantasy. Girl is an orphan, working as a mapmaker for the Army, and while fighting going through the "Fold" (a dark foggy section of land where flying creatures threaten to snatch and kill those who go thru it.) She suddenly finds out that she has a magical power and is actually a "Grisha". (An elite group of people that have magical abilities.) She is taken to live with and study with other Grisha and The Darkling. (The most powerful Grisha). The story goes on...and basically she finds out a horrible secret and must risk everything to save herself and the land she lives in. I gave this a 4/5 stars on Goodreads. I will continue the series. I liked it, just was exactly what I expected :)

I've got 5 books that I'd like to get to this month. 1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 2. Junky by William S Burroughs 3. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 4. Cress by Marissa Meyer 5. Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin

Decided to pick this up. It feels wintery...for whatever reason. I know a little bit about the synopsis, and I'm intrigued. I like fantasy books, but haven't read one in a while. So, I'm diving into this one. I'm excited to discover this world and this series.

I typically give any book that I read at least 100 pages before deciding to put it down. Night Film was one that I had to put down for now. The story is good, but it's moving along at a snail's pace. So I put it down, and picked up something new.

Night Film by Marisha Pessl I am currently reading Night Film. I am on page 106 and frankly, I'm not enjoying it as much as I wanted to. The premise of the book is intriguing, but the author spends too much time with description and unnecessary detail. I'm a fan of being descriptive, but in abundance it can be a bit overwhelming. I'm enjoying the mystery aspect, and the characters, but they don't seem to mesh well with each other. Maybe that's the idea? I don't know. I'm hoping it picks up the pace soon . 

I'm a 31 year old book enthusiast, bibliophile, book-a-holic...what have you. I'm a single mom, and I have a soft spot in my heart for the darker things in life. The Macabre, creepy, morbid, freaky, occult... etc.... A lot of what I read follows that same theme. Now, not everything, but a good portion of my reading material is weird and/or dark. So that's what you will find here! 💀