sidpeanut's reviews
34 reviews

Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

Amazing read! I’ve never been one for memoirs but I started reading this in a BJ’s while waiting for my mom to finish her shopping and couldn’t put it down—so I bought it. 

Paris is a very good narrator and shines a light on the parts of her life that the media never saw or considered in the past. 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway by Jeff Kinney, Jeff Kinney

funny

4.0

Doesn’t get a 5 because there are better Wimpy Kid books. Yet another book I read in a bout of nostalgic boredom because it was laying around the house while on holiday, and yet another easy book I can tack onto the reading goal (though it feels like cheating).

I love you Jeff Kinney!!!

Big Nate: In the Zone by Lincoln Peirce

funny

5.0

Am I giving this book a 5.0 for nostalgia? Yes. Suck it. 

Read this (for the umpteenth time) on holiday at my cousins’ house since they were lying around. I love this series. Hold a special place in my heart. 

(Plus, another easy book to tack onto my reading goal since I’m so far behind). 

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.5

AHHHHHH I read this book in one sitting and OHHHH MY GOODNESS

The prose has me weeping. It’s so beautiful. Why can’t I write like that. 

Sapphic love story told through letters between two agents on opposing sides of a war fought among different timelines? Hell fuckin yeah. 

“I love you. I love you. I love you. I’ll write it in waves. In skies. In my heart. You’ll never see, but you will know. I’ll be all the poets, I’ll kill them all and take each ones place in turn, and every time love’s written in all the strands it will be to you.”

The Body Scout by Lincoln Michel

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

It was ok! Made me realize that I kind of love noir?? 

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The book was promising, but it fell short for me; I attribute that to how fast paced the book was (I mean, this book has demons sacrificing souls and aliens running from a galactic collapse, yet the most unrealistic part of the book was how quickly the plot developed). The vast amount of characters made it hard for me to truly get engulfed in the book as it didn’t spend a lot of time on the exposition and backstory of each character and plot line. While that might be someone else’s cup of tea, it isn’t mine. 

I will say, I appreciate how the book doesn’t shy away from the grotesque reality of some of the topics it touches upon. 

Appleseed by Matt Bell

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

WOW! This book was AMAZING! It’s the type of book where you’re itching to continue reading, but you don’t want to finish it because then it’ll be over. We had the pleasure of speaking with the author, Matt Bell, in my writing class, and it was a great experience! 

The way he weaves the storylines and parallel myths into each other had me SCREAMING and borderline throwing the book because of how crazy it was. It really makes you appreciate how stories can be told. 

Everyone needs to read this book. 

Beach Read by Emily Henry

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Augustus Everett I love and relate to you so bad. 
January was kind of annoying at points but I also see where she’s coming from. 
It was ok!! 

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I’m not usually in the mood for cheesy rom-com books, but when I am, I reach for Ali Hazelwood. She writes exactly what I’m looking for. I am in love with Jack Smith-Turner; he is EXACTLY my type (attractive 30-something year old physicist with lots of cool physics tattoos). Elsie is 100% a protagonist I can project onto (chronic people-pleasing physicist) which is what I unapologetically do anytime I read a romance book. I loved the science puns and the diverse cast of characters (so much so that I actually squealed when certain sexual orientations were represented) and the fact that this book was about a theoretical physicist.

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Haven’t read Vonnegut in a while; reminded me why he’s one of my favorite authors!